The Killing Jar

A Mother’s Love Taught Me About Life And Death As A Child

Trigger warning: Animal Euthanasia and Pet Passing

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When we were young we weren’t allowed to have a dog, we had a few cats, but none of them seemed to last for long (my first cat, aptly named “Kitty” died shortly after I was born, he had a heart defect, another cat we had named Thomas died of a back tumor that was…