Hi all,
 I just need a hug and a bit of reassurance that we did the right
thing, that time will soothe all hurts, etc. etc. If you don't mind.
  We foster cats for a rescue group. At the moment, in addition to our
own three, we have 2 adult fosters. We had another little girl until
Saturday when she was adopted to a really good home.
  This little one came to us at the end of November -- she'd been
scheduled for euthanasia, because she was pregnant and had a bad cold.
  She must have felt awful when she came to us, but still she snuggled
into us when we picked her up, and co-operated when I fed her a
liver-and-supplements concoction from a medicine dropper. After a dose
of worm pills, her "pregnancy" disappeared, and antibiotics helped a
lot with her cold.
  When we let her out of her isolation, she was determined to be
friends with the other house cats. She charmed all but the feral one
who's afraid of everyone. I have photographs of her snuggling with my
Percy; his paw is over her shoulder, and he's licking her head. The
foster Brittany -- who is so unassertive that she spends a lot of time
on top of the refrigerator so that the others won't push her around --
loved wrestling with this little one.
 And then we got the phone call from a lovely pair of sisters who
adore animals and have another cat from the rescue group I work with.
When they were at the house, I was looking for anything negative that I
could use as a reason to veto the adoption, but I found nothing. I'm
sure she'll be happy in her forever home.
  But we all miss her!  I can't even tell Percy and Brittany what has
happened, and I'm sure they're looking for her (although they've both
seen many cats and kittens come into the house and then leave.)
   Maybe I should have kept her for myself, but really I couldn't
justify doing that. There are enough cats in the house. But, oh, she is
a sweet little thing!

Marion