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Life Lessons for a Five-Year-Old (and a 27-Year-Old)

This past Tuesday my family arrived home from a wonderful vacation to find a lonely cat and an awful smell.  You see, we have two cats, but only one came to greet us.  The other one, unfortunately, I found under our steps deceased.  We're not 100% sure exactly what happened to our three-year-old cat, but he had a history of UTIs that we thought were stress-induced.  Truth be told, he's never really acclimated to being a full-time indoor cat.  Augustine, you will be missed!  I am not, however, writing a eulogy for my cat, so I'll get to the point.  I really want to discuss how this tragedy proved to be a powerful life lesson for my oldest daughter, Genesis. Back to last Tuesday.  I walked downstairs to make sure that our cats had enough food and found myself surprised by how much food was actually left in their bowls.  Instantly I had a hunch that something was wrong.  Actually, my hunch went back to when our other cat met us at the doo...