and we just found her on the side of the freeway

we haven't told DD2 yet, we're not sure how. She understands death pretty well, we have already lost 2 cats (really not a good record here) and she understood when my grandparents died. But we want to retrieve her so we can give her a proper burial but not sure if we should have DD2 to help us.

Just thought I would write a quick eulogy for her:

Elf was found as a young kitten on christmas morning by my bestfriend in her back yard. Her greyhound was sitting under the tree elf was in, hoping to have a cat-snack. My friend rescued her, cleaned her up and fed her. When we got back from holidays we adopted her, however our other cat was not impressed. Eventually they became the best of friends and hung out together all the time.

Elf was known to be a cuddly cat, she loved jumping into bed with me at bed time and trying to get between me and my book, no matter how close it was to my face. She had a very loud purr and loved everyone to death. Elf preferred to eat dog food rather than cat food to the great consternation of our Dog and loved to weave under our feet as we walked. Gentle with kids and tollerant of our Daschound she was such a lovely soul.

RIP Elf, I hope you continue to give everyone cuddles where ever you are. We will miss you.