23.5 A very, very black day today

A very, very black day today in our house; not a word was spoken, but that it choked down a rising in the throat. I found a piece of sandstone which was very appropriate. Very easy to work, but what should I have put? I settled for ‘Cat’ - she knew no real name – which would always for me bring back happy (and sad) memories. She has a spacious plot in our back garden (c.3/4 acre) of about 8 sq ft. Her spirit will exist only as that which remains in our memories – now intact, but crumbling and fading month by month, until only the most prominent facts, features and recollections of emotions remain. She is asleep now.