The hardest decision

It was only a matter of time and we both knew it. I had promised myself that we would not make Sam suffer and we took the decision today to let her go. Perhaps it is the fact that there is the promise of life within me that makes it hard to let go of another. Perhaps the fact that she was so brave and never complained til the end that makes it difficult to cope with right now. But more than that is the knowledge that she will never feel pain or hunger again ... just the abundance of love we have for her.