Retrospective 2023
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It’s been a while since I last took the time to write here. 2023 has proven to be a particularly interesting year, filled with numerous projects and a wealth of learning opportunities. Throughout the year, I’ve contributed to 38 open-source projects, resulting in 357 merged pull requests. statistics made using oss-contribs

Hey,

I recently lost my furry friend… It was a tough period and I’m still sad, even if time is healing slowly.

It’s the first time I had to deal with such a situation where I have to decide when to go to the vet for the final journey… It was so hard…

Today I can talk about it without getting too emotional. I’ve also written a blog post on my website to express what I was feeling about that.

People are telling me to adopt another one, but to be honest, I don’t feel like I can do it now… Maybe it will come back, I don’t know.

All I can say is that it was one of the hardest thing to endure. We love so much those small little animals… Maybe too much.

And you, how have you dealt with such situation? Did you end up getting another one at some point?

Edit: I spent this morning going through each of your messages individually. Thank you so much for sharing your stories and advice. I’m at a loss for words, except to express my heartfelt THANK YOU for your kindness and support. One phrase from your comments deeply resonated with me: “Grief is the price to pay for love.” How profoundly true that is… I believe our Izumi lived a joyful life, and he brought us joy “every. single. day. of. his. little. life.” Making the decision to end suffering is incredibly difficult, but I believe it’s a part of being a responsible pet owner. In such moments, selflessness, not selfishness, is the choice to do.

  • skylerMEnglish
    7•10 months ago

    Received a report saying:

    please allow the community to vote on dead pet posts.

    The community already votes on dead pet posts via upvotes/downvotes. And the results are largely in favor of allowing these posts.

    I understand that death is a tough subject for some people. These sort of posts make me tear up too. But our beloved furry friends are not immortal. They all die eventually.

    If this community can serve as a place to help people grieve when they lose their pets then I’d say it’s worth making a few people uncomfortable.

    Rest in peace, Izumi. You were a beautiful cat that was clearly well loved in life.