The Death of a Cat

A story of fur and love and loss

My son’s cat, Chewy, died in April of 2020. The world was a confusing place then. The world is always a confusing place, but sometimes we convince ourselves we can force it into a pattern, something we understand. But that April, every pattern, every comforting rhythm was gone.

My kids were in online school, my job at the newspaper was so overwhelming I …