MsMittens, so sorry to hear about your kitty. It's not an easy choice to make, but there was great comfort to me in knowing that I had given my dog the best life possible, and I was there to hold and comfort him in the end. That was very preferable to me to allowing it to possibly die in pain and alone while I was at work. I felt like it'd had my love for years, and it deserved to have my love in the end too.

It's an empty spot in your life, but the memories will start to overtake the sad hole before too long.