Clay Pawprint
Description
My cat, Hermie, died right around this time of year in 2012, while I was at school in a different state. My last words to him were actually "Don't die before I come home again." I said it as a joke; I didn't expect him not to listen.
After he was euthanized, the vets immortalized his paw in this piece of clay, and my mom sent it to me to keep. It's the last physical imprint he made during his time on this planet and I'm so glad to be able to hold it and touch it. It's become especially dear to me as the years go by because I have a harder and harder time remembering what he looked like without the help of a picture. But I will have this little piece of him forever.
After he was euthanized, the vets immortalized his paw in this piece of clay, and my mom sent it to me to keep. It's the last physical imprint he made during his time on this planet and I'm so glad to be able to hold it and touch it. It's become especially dear to me as the years go by because I have a harder and harder time remembering what he looked like without the help of a picture. But I will have this little piece of him forever.
Date
April 10, 2019
Title
Clay Pawprint
Citation
“Clay Pawprint,” The Grief Archive, accessed May 18, 2024, https://griefarchive.omeka.net/items/show/18.