It is with great sadness and with broken heart that I have to tell you Jemara, vanquisher of the neighbourhood rats, is no more. After a short illness that has progressed rapidly in these last few days, it was decided by ourselves with the help of our vets at Watkins and Tasker, that her suffering had greatly increased, was irreversible and the kindest thing was for us to help her on her way.
She died in my arms at 10 o'clock this morning, still purring 'til her last breath. Neither I or my husband have stopped crying yet and the pain of losing such a wonderful animal will be with us for some time. We have laid her to rest under the yew tree, her favourite spot, where she can watch the birds gathering on the lawn forever.
If there is an afterlife, no doubt her previous owners, Shelagh and Jeff, and her dog-brother Nubi (who we also looked after) will be waiting to greet her at the gates of the Happy Hunting Grounds.
Goodbye Jemara. You go before us, in peace and without pain. We will so miss you.
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