Posts Tagged: “life”

Lately, his decline has been impossible to ignore. Jackie, my landlord’s sweet old cat, had stopped eating. Age had been quietly stealing from him for a while. He was just so old, and the hunger had left him completely. His body was whittling away, the sharp ridge of his spine more prominent each day. We would offer him anything, his favorite meal, a special treat, but he’d just turn his head. He was starving, and even the vet couldn’t do anything about it.