As someone who has had to put down more than his share of cats — thank you for this insightful, lyrical post. In fact two of our cats, Blackie and Lucy, looked very similar to your precious kitty.
It was barely my doing. I asked God to help me write what I couldn't write, alone. I also asked for motivation this morning when I was in the doldrums about writing it, and -- behold -- on Facebook, a friend found her dog dead. Bang, there was my motivation. God clearly loves me. You. Her. All of us.