The past few years have been shaped by loss. Several relatives passed away during this time. Human death is always heavy. It interrupts families, alters relationships, and leaves behind a sense of finality that’s difficult to process. Even when relationships are complicated, loss still asks something of you emotionally. But grief doesn’t arrive in a single form. What truly shattered my inner world came from a different direction. Within three months, I lost three of my cats. They were sixteen, eighteen, and fourteen years old — animals I had shared a large part of my life with. They weren’t just animals in my home; they were daily companions, silent witnesses…