Thankful Thursday

Today I am grateful for...

• Desti, our household's lap-cat, pocket panther, and incarnation of Bast, for ten years of love. NO thanks to cancer and acute kidney failure.
• My nibling-of-choice, m, who went out to the vet hospital in the middle of the night to give Desti a familiar person's touch, voice, and scent in her final hours, and set up the call for the rest of the family nine timezones away so she could at least hear our voices. (Additional thanks to m's stepmom, J, who provided transportation and support.)
• The folks at PurrfectCatBoarding for taking care of our kitties during our trip, and for noticing that Desti needed emergency care. Also the folks at Animal Medical Center of Seattle, for providing that care.
• Financial resources, for flinging at the above in emergencies.
• Coffee. Also coffee grinders and brewing equipment.