This month’s cat vocabulary is a term from Twitter known as the rainbow bridge. It’s an expression used for a cat who has died. They say the cat has crossed the rainbow bridge.

It is a good euphemism to explain what has happened. The cat’s body is dead. No one will argue that. But where does their spirit, their soul, their essence of their being go? Over the rainbow bridge to their next life or even an afterlife. The cat we knew is no longer hindered by a physical body.

It’s always heartbreaking to have a cat die. I’ve gone through it three times already. Yet, I can’t live without a cat. So, I may end up going through it another hundred times. I was with all three cats when they died. I helped them cross the rainbow bridge.

It was the least I could do for such wonderful companions. When they died, there wasn’t much more I could do for any of them. I couldn’t stop death from claiming them. I just hoped they have long, healthy, and happy lives while they live with me.