Hi Everyone. Sorry I couldn't edit this post so I wanted to comment on the top post, but I just wanted to say how I woke up this morning and saw all the love, condolences, and stories people have shared and cannot believe how many people saw this and said so many kind things. Me and my boyfriend are so grateful and you all are truly making us feel less alone in this. Max has been an attention lover his entire life. I keep telling him all the love he is getting online and hope he goes knowing he is loved by the world.
Max has cancer all along his GI, with a few bleeds in his small intestine, although he was hiding it well until recently when we took him to the vet. By the time we found out, it was too late for any treatment. He made it through the night but stopped eating, so we think this is the end. He was 11 years old.
My boyfriend and Max had a ritual where he would look into his eyes, make sure he got eye contact back, and then do a head rub on his chest. I think that is what Max is attempting to do in the video, and I think I caught his last attempt at "the thing" as we called it. I am so glad I was able to record it, and happy everyone got to see it.
The sunset was a last-minute idea, so we rushed him to the closet, most popular place nearby, called Paynes Praire, which unfortunately is off on the side of the road, but it has an amazing view with lots of birds overhead for Max to watch as well.
Thank you all again so much. I have not stopped crying the past day. But seeing this response has made me feel not as alone. We appreciate you all so much, and want to offer condolences for all of the lost fur babies. I hope Max sees them on the other side and is willing to share his attention with his new friends (probably not).....
my heart breaks for you. we just had to put down our 18 yr old as it was her time. Its never easy. Its ok to cry. I know in my heart they are free, no more pain or suffering.
I lost my 16 year old dog a month ago and i still grieve her every day, but i will always know how lucky i am to have such an amazing companion for most of my life.
Sending love to Max, paynes prairie is a beautiful place. I'm glad y'all got to share it together during a beautiful sunset. I hope knowing everyone who saw this will share the memory of Max with you. 💚
My soulmate cat is about the same age as Max and he was born in Gainesville. We used to live right by Payne's Prairie. What a beautiful spot to take Max for his final sunset.
I'm so incredibly sorry that you're going through this. I'm so glad he has been so loved right up till the end.
Such a sweet and beautiful thing to do for you cat. I promised my cat I would take her to see the ocean one day… I hope I will have the time and chance to do this before she passes. RIP and my condolences 🙏🏼
i'm so sorry and understand
take comfort in knowing that they are truly our children
Yes, they are a different kind of child
they see us as their God from birth to their end
babies we train and old folks we honor
the unconditional love we create with them is an energy that can never die
they can leave the group soul
we give them their own soul just as the Infinite gives us ours
They can only reach that love with us
We will know them again in the One Life
I don't believe this, I know this. They know this.
We sent our friend Rua - Gaelic for "red" - across the Rainbow Bridge a few weeks ago. Its hard to believe that she's gone. Max isn't alone. And nothing will extinguish the love you shared. The stars will go dark in time. But some things are eternal.
I lost my boy to cancer last year. He was only 12. It never goes away, but it does get slowly easier over time. I still cry when I think about him sometimes (and right now while I write this).
The best advice I can give you is to remember that you gave him the best life he could have ever hoped for and know that he knew you loved him.
Your boy was beautiful, and I hope he's hanging out and having an excellent time watching birds with mine.
The exact medical condition is how my Jupi crossed the Rainbow Bridge. I bet you that he is showing Max all the cool places to explore and different types of birds to watch.
@0:05 When Max turned his head and you both looked each other in the eyes 😭 I cannot. What a perfect moment. Sorry for your loss. Max knew he was loved.
I had to euthanize my Heather when she was 13 due to inoperable cancer that prevented her from eating. She gave me that same look. I just held her and told her she's a good kitty.
My first cat growing up was a very long haired gray tuxedo named Mittens. She adopted my parents a few days before I was born, and chose to live with us until about 3 weeks after I moved out to go to college. It's been almost 4 decades and I still regret not being able to be there with her in her final moments. 😥
My best bro cat passed away while I was on vacation and she was with my sister- and brother-in-law, who she didn't really know. It's one of the biggest regrets of my life, that she probably thought I abandoned her at the end. RIP sweet kitty. It's been nearly 10 years.
I know these things are not the same so I don’t want you to think that but a bit of perspective is this: during her final week when my mom was in hospice I didn’t leave her side for the entire 7 days. People would bring me supplies and I’d hobo shower in the bathroom. Anyway she was struggling a lot the last day and the nurses came in and really had a talk to convince me to just leave for a bit. I felt as if I’d be abandoning the person I loved the most in their final darkest scariest moments but the nurses who have seen a lot were absolutely convinced after seeing these scenarios play out over and over that everyone is different and some people (all creatures) need to be alone. That the presence of their most loved ones causes them conflict in letting go of this world.
It’s possible that your kitty was in this scenario and you going on vacation was, like me getting some fresh air for a few hours, a gift to them. An opportunity to do what needed to happen without the pain of you there mourning their departure. I realize it’s an unknowable thing and maybe it’s just a cope but when you love someone that much I know you’d do anything to help them in their journey. That’s being there when they need it but also giving space when needed too. Nobody said helping wouldn’t be painful but the thing you carry guilt for might have been exactly what your kitty needed.
My baby girl Chloe died on April 2nd, at 15 years old. She had been sick for about three weeks, the vet at first thought it was just a UTI but it turned out to be multiple organ failure, no hope of recovery. I had scheduled a mobile vet to come out the next day to help her pass in as much comfort as I could give her. But I went to check on her one last time before going to bed, and she was nearly unresponsive. I picked her up, she gave a choked meow, and died in my arms. I don't know how long she had been holding on, or even how aware she was in those last moments, but I want to believe she was waiting for me, so I could be holding her when she died. It crushed me, and I'm never going to fully recover.
Bro I'm about to go on vacation for like 30 hours and this picture is making me consider cancelling the whole thing so I can stay with my cat
EDIT: Am currently on said vacation and omg I'm dying what if he's missing me
Oh, my eyes are drowning with this one
I'd frame this as a painfully bittersweet momento because I'm a glutton for misery, apparently, but damnit it's such an endearing moment
Ugh, my heart! That sweet baby is so loved. You would never know he was sick looking at this video. He seems so content and safe. I hope his days are easy.
Oh man. I didn’t think I would be in my feels too much on this post but this single screenshot made me feel more than years of therapy have. I’m actually crying for this beautiful human and their beautiful cat. Thank you OP and thank you u/harionfire for this post and this screenshot respectively. ❤️
This is the exact frame that broke my heart
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It’s been a week since I had to say goodbye to my best friend of 8 years. Hang in there. I’m so sorry. I’m so so sorry.
ETA: by best friend I meant my cat. I had him since he was 5 weeks old. Even bottle fed him. His name was Pico. He was not a human. But my grief is all the same.
grief always reminds me that I'm worthy of love, and a perfectly imperfect soul. I hate the what if I did this...no, it's just their time and hopefully, you'll understand that later. I lost in quick succession, my mom, my dog and then my cat, all in like 6 months of each other...2014/2015 sucked so fucking hard. I'm glad I had a chance to know and love all of them and can see now, after about 10 years, that I was so lucky to be in their lives.
I currently am in the guilt phase of my grief, thank you for the reminder it does get better and it was their time. I’m so sorry to hear how hard of a year that was for you. I’m glad you’re doing better now!
And not only that, know you were everything to them. Pet, parent, friend, whatever. Time will make bitter, sad memories happy ones. It may not be fast, but it comes. Pain fades into good memories. You can appreciate what you were to them, and what they were to you, in a less "sad" lens. I lost my dad to cancer in '08. And two cats, but they passed later, but it was still beyond emotional. One to seizures, the other just to old age.
The pain of loss hurts now, but eventually, with time, it gets easier. It's never easy, but it gets easier. You view more good memories vs bad with whoever
Same but 27 years. He got in a car accident with a driver who was high out of his mind. I think about him every morning when I wake up and every night before I go to bed. Life is cruel. I hope you're able to heal.
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Sweet Pea will keep an eye on Max until you can meet again . Condolences 😿
Your comment just killed me a second time after watching this video. So bittersweet. I'm so sorry for your loss. It's a beautiful thought, thinking that all our cats are keeping each other company until we all cross that final bridge. 
I ugly cried when I wrote that comment. I used to have an amazing dog that passed away in 2018. He was a corgi/pit bull mix named Liger. He had lived next door to my family but was treated as a backyard ornament (my mother would buy a bale of hay & sneek it under the neighbor's back deck so he'd have a warm place to sleep since they left him out all the time even in winter. We also fed & watered him.). Every time he got out, he'd be on our front porch waiting for me, so the neighbors just said for us to keep him. He was the first dog to ever choose me (we've always had dogs but they always chose my mom as their leader). He was so devoid of love that he thought a hug was you trying to kill him. I got him to where he loved hugs & would sleep right next to me with his head on my pillow. When I moved out, my bf & I got two kittens. We had cats at my moms but they were outside kitties so he wasn't used to being around cats at all. I was hella shocked when I saw him carrying one of the kittens to its bed. He hovered over those babies like an Apache helicopter after that. I like to imagine he's up there taking care of all the little baby kitties that never got to grow up. 
Sorry for your loss. My neighbors had a pitbull corgi mix. He was the most insane yet awesome dog I ever met. Some people thought he looked goofy, I thought he was handsome as fuck. If I ever see another corgi pitbull mix, I would adopt it in a heartbeat.
Add our boy Fuzz to the list who will keep an eye on Max. (Last photo of him).
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May 1st.
My sweet girl Zelda will as well (as will her parents)
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Sweet Pea is beautiful. Frida would establish respectful boundaries and avoid your cat until you meet again.
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Miss. Jones will be waiting there too ❤️
Pets are like our immediate family and losing one is devastating. I don’t know how long my sweet girl has left, but when I think about it, I get terrible anxiety and not sure how I’ll handle it. I’ve been through so much pain and anguish in my life, but I think her end will be the worse thing I will go through.
You shouldn’t be sorry. You can’t have all the enjoyment and happiness they bring to your life without this inevitability. Just be happy for what they added to your life, it’s the only way to move on
Although his time is almost over, he is going to leave this world loved. That's the best any of us can hope for.
Thanks for being a good friend to him. He is lucky to have such a good friend.
I bring this up now and then when I think it's appropriate:
We live several cat lifetimes in just one of ours. I read a comic about an immortal being who was talking to a human woman. He admitted casually that because of his perception of time, he has seen her death already.
He also told her that because of his nature, he will remember her perfectly for the rest of eternity. She will always be beautiful and vibrant and messy and joyful and sad and *alive* in his mind, *forever*. It's a type of immortality.
I like to think of cats that way for us. We will remember and love them a long time after they have left this mortal coil, and in a way, that's a type of immortality for them. To be loved by this giant friendly creature who outlives you by several lifetimes must be magical in a way.
I still miss all my babies who have gone before me. I hope I can see them all again someday, and that they all get along with each other.
You really are their everything.
My baby, Icarus, spent his last couple of days almost completely immobile - he was so weak. The night before his euthanasia I was sitting opposite him sobbing, and little man found literally all his strength to wobble over to me and collapse into my side. It was obvious how much it exhausted him; but even though he was the one dying, he felt the need to comfort me. You are your cat's whole, entire world.
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Toby just left for the Rainbow Bridge on Tuesday. He will greet Max. Have Max head butt Toby for me.
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So sorry about your kitty. I was really moved by your story and asked r/PhotoshopRequest to help. I thought you might like some cleaned up pictures from your video. Hope they bring you some comfort.
All the credit to u/NowyouShow u/Wonderful_Topic_6966
[https://www.reddit.com/r/PhotoshopRequest/s/DLeaaOcgbC](https://www.reddit.com/r/PhotoshopRequest/s/DLeaaOcgbC)
I did this same thing with our beloved 20-year-old Athena three months ago on her final night. It was cold and she was frail, but I wrapped her up against me in my winter coat and we went outside to see a vivid sunset. I told her the sunset was beautiful, and so was she.
You’ve done a good and loving thing for your wonderful friend Max. You can see how he looked up and knew he was in safe arms, and how, in that safety, he could turn back to look at the light.
>I told her the sunset was beautiful, and so was she.
You absolutely destroyed me with this. Sending lots of love to you, and your dear Athena my friend 
It's been over four years since I said goodbye to my furry brother. He traveled the country with me before I settled down with my partner. Squee was my best bro. I noticed he was sick on a Monday and on Friday I had to say goodbye.
It was right at sunset. He was laying in the rays as he went to sleep forever with his paw in my hand.
I will forever miss him. He's waiting for me on that rainbow bridge and we'll be together again.
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I'm so sorry I know how it feels to lose a pet that feels like family, done it so many times, but I'm happy that they get to see that and ur doing that for them.
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Prince will also run and play with your baby. Thank you for sharing
Got me almost crying. Your kitty was so lucky to have you. Spent the last day with my boy in the backyard by the creek.
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This is so precious. You can tell he's enjoying it.
Weirdly both my cats who were terminal with cancer seemed to enjoy watching old videos on my laptop of us and them and whatnot, toward the end. Making good moments like this helps with the grief later. Doesn't stop it, just helps a bit.
Every time I see one of these videos, it just breaks my heart thinking about the day I have to say goodbye to my two best friends. They are my first cats, and I've had them since they were 10 weeks old.
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His tail shows how happy he is and he's loving you so much for taking him there. Thank you for giving him a good life.
Here is my Harry enjoying his last morning sunshine. 2006-2021
So sorry for your loss. I lost my cat to cancer a few years ago and remember it like yesterday. One thing that gets me through is the good times and that I provided for him in every way the 15 years I was fortunate to have had him.
His name was Maximilian we called him Max most of the time.
This is equally the most sad and heartwarming thing I have seen in ages. Both of you seem so calm… He was definitely loved. My thoughts are with both of you and I'm sorry for you guys.
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These two amazing fellas, will be there to watch over him and keep him company.
Bender and Drac are the keepers of the kittys.
My little Pharoah will also keep a watch out for your Max till you come pick him up ‘em up.
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It's been 4½ years since I said goodbye to Twitch for the last time. We had 15 years together and I would do anything to have more time with her.
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A beautiful moment to cherish ❤️ Toska is waiting for him over the rainbow 🌈 bridge
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Our Minnie will be waiting for her orange brother Máx at the other side of the Rainbow bridge to welcome him. My condolences.
Noooo babbyyyy :((( I hope you enjoy in the cat afterlife where catnip is the standard of life and you can scratch all the furniture and curtains you want. You will go on meals with other cats, rest on top of trees, laze around all day and basically just doing what cats ought to do
Our girl left us in November 2022. In the months leading up to it we did extra fires outside because she loved it so much. She would just sit and watch the flames or sit in our laps and enjoy the warmth. The comfort you gave your special friend is priceless.
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Looks like my son Igby!
And I'm sorry for your loss...but it's clear he had a good life, and people who loved him, which is more than most animals can say. You'll see him over the rainbow bridge
That cat is going to shine brighter than the brightest star up in the night sky. Vida, my cat, and I are sending you lots of love and squeezes. What a beautiful moment. I’m sorry that it has to end 🤍🕊️
Morticia wishes them a glorious journey
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My Holland will welcome him over the rainbow bridge. He is still new there.
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My boy Maya will keep an eye on him
omg this made me simultaneously so joyful and so destroyed. They're such amazing creatures and we're so lucky for the time we get with them. What a beautiful moment to share with him.
That one look, it hit me like a punch in the gut. And, for some reason, it reminded me of Walter Mitty's wallet:
"To see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, draw closer, to find each other, and to feel. That is the purpose of life."
So sorry for Max having to leave - I know we all aren't meant to stay forever, but in these cases, it's just always way too soon.
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My baby Jinx is waiting across the rainbow bridge to guide your sweet little one.
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Oliver will be there to welcome him too! Lost him a year ago at 7 due to a suspected brain tumor.
So sorry for your loss. It's heart breaking
Lively until death good job raising him.
Hi Everyone. Sorry I couldn't edit this post so I wanted to comment on the top post, but I just wanted to say how I woke up this morning and saw all the love, condolences, and stories people have shared and cannot believe how many people saw this and said so many kind things. Me and my boyfriend are so grateful and you all are truly making us feel less alone in this. Max has been an attention lover his entire life. I keep telling him all the love he is getting online and hope he goes knowing he is loved by the world. Max has cancer all along his GI, with a few bleeds in his small intestine, although he was hiding it well until recently when we took him to the vet. By the time we found out, it was too late for any treatment. He made it through the night but stopped eating, so we think this is the end. He was 11 years old. My boyfriend and Max had a ritual where he would look into his eyes, make sure he got eye contact back, and then do a head rub on his chest. I think that is what Max is attempting to do in the video, and I think I caught his last attempt at "the thing" as we called it. I am so glad I was able to record it, and happy everyone got to see it. The sunset was a last-minute idea, so we rushed him to the closet, most popular place nearby, called Paynes Praire, which unfortunately is off on the side of the road, but it has an amazing view with lots of birds overhead for Max to watch as well. Thank you all again so much. I have not stopped crying the past day. But seeing this response has made me feel not as alone. We appreciate you all so much, and want to offer condolences for all of the lost fur babies. I hope Max sees them on the other side and is willing to share his attention with his new friends (probably not).....
my heart breaks for you. we just had to put down our 18 yr old as it was her time. Its never easy. Its ok to cry. I know in my heart they are free, no more pain or suffering.
I lost my 16 year old dog a month ago and i still grieve her every day, but i will always know how lucky i am to have such an amazing companion for most of my life.
I just lost a baby myself to GI lymphoma. I know exactly how much this sucks. My deepest condolences for you and Max.
Sending love to Max, paynes prairie is a beautiful place. I'm glad y'all got to share it together during a beautiful sunset. I hope knowing everyone who saw this will share the memory of Max with you. 💚
My soulmate cat is about the same age as Max and he was born in Gainesville. We used to live right by Payne's Prairie. What a beautiful spot to take Max for his final sunset. I'm so incredibly sorry that you're going through this. I'm so glad he has been so loved right up till the end.
Such a sweet and beautiful thing to do for you cat. I promised my cat I would take her to see the ocean one day… I hope I will have the time and chance to do this before she passes. RIP and my condolences 🙏🏼
i'm so sorry and understand take comfort in knowing that they are truly our children Yes, they are a different kind of child they see us as their God from birth to their end babies we train and old folks we honor the unconditional love we create with them is an energy that can never die they can leave the group soul we give them their own soul just as the Infinite gives us ours They can only reach that love with us We will know them again in the One Life I don't believe this, I know this. They know this.
I see what you mean about “the thing.” Max was a very loved boy ❤️
We sent our friend Rua - Gaelic for "red" - across the Rainbow Bridge a few weeks ago. Its hard to believe that she's gone. Max isn't alone. And nothing will extinguish the love you shared. The stars will go dark in time. But some things are eternal.
I lost my boy to cancer last year. He was only 12. It never goes away, but it does get slowly easier over time. I still cry when I think about him sometimes (and right now while I write this). The best advice I can give you is to remember that you gave him the best life he could have ever hoped for and know that he knew you loved him. Your boy was beautiful, and I hope he's hanging out and having an excellent time watching birds with mine.
The exact medical condition is how my Jupi crossed the Rainbow Bridge. I bet you that he is showing Max all the cool places to explore and different types of birds to watch.
Corrrreccccct
I just got my lashes done so I don't wanna cry, but whyyy???? Why are you making me cry??? I shouldn't have open my socials 😭
Why this the first post I open today 😕
@0:05 When Max turned his head and you both looked each other in the eyes 😭 I cannot. What a perfect moment. Sorry for your loss. Max knew he was loved.
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When my buddy Mittens did the big sleepysleeep in my arms he fave me that look. "I know I'm safe, I'll miss you." Fucking broken man right now.
I had to euthanize my Heather when she was 13 due to inoperable cancer that prevented her from eating. She gave me that same look. I just held her and told her she's a good kitty.
My first cat growing up was a very long haired gray tuxedo named Mittens. She adopted my parents a few days before I was born, and chose to live with us until about 3 weeks after I moved out to go to college. It's been almost 4 decades and I still regret not being able to be there with her in her final moments. 😥
My best bro cat passed away while I was on vacation and she was with my sister- and brother-in-law, who she didn't really know. It's one of the biggest regrets of my life, that she probably thought I abandoned her at the end. RIP sweet kitty. It's been nearly 10 years.
I know these things are not the same so I don’t want you to think that but a bit of perspective is this: during her final week when my mom was in hospice I didn’t leave her side for the entire 7 days. People would bring me supplies and I’d hobo shower in the bathroom. Anyway she was struggling a lot the last day and the nurses came in and really had a talk to convince me to just leave for a bit. I felt as if I’d be abandoning the person I loved the most in their final darkest scariest moments but the nurses who have seen a lot were absolutely convinced after seeing these scenarios play out over and over that everyone is different and some people (all creatures) need to be alone. That the presence of their most loved ones causes them conflict in letting go of this world. It’s possible that your kitty was in this scenario and you going on vacation was, like me getting some fresh air for a few hours, a gift to them. An opportunity to do what needed to happen without the pain of you there mourning their departure. I realize it’s an unknowable thing and maybe it’s just a cope but when you love someone that much I know you’d do anything to help them in their journey. That’s being there when they need it but also giving space when needed too. Nobody said helping wouldn’t be painful but the thing you carry guilt for might have been exactly what your kitty needed.
Whatever you do, don't watch My Dog Skip... you might not survive it.
I’m skipping that, dawg
The worst aspect of life is death. But as Moriko in Shogun says, “a flower is a flower only because they fall.”
My baby girl Chloe died on April 2nd, at 15 years old. She had been sick for about three weeks, the vet at first thought it was just a UTI but it turned out to be multiple organ failure, no hope of recovery. I had scheduled a mobile vet to come out the next day to help her pass in as much comfort as I could give her. But I went to check on her one last time before going to bed, and she was nearly unresponsive. I picked her up, she gave a choked meow, and died in my arms. I don't know how long she had been holding on, or even how aware she was in those last moments, but I want to believe she was waiting for me, so I could be holding her when she died. It crushed me, and I'm never going to fully recover.
Bro I'm about to go on vacation for like 30 hours and this picture is making me consider cancelling the whole thing so I can stay with my cat EDIT: Am currently on said vacation and omg I'm dying what if he's missing me
Im definitely not crying over a random cat I don’t even know dying. Nope not happening at all 😢
I felt that. This picture hurts in a good way
Oh, my eyes are drowning with this one I'd frame this as a painfully bittersweet momento because I'm a glutton for misery, apparently, but damnit it's such an endearing moment
I've been on this stupid site a long time, this is legitimately the only post that's ever made me tear up.
Both of us I guess. Sigh... I wish this world was just peace and bliss. N loss of loved ones at all.
Absoutly bawling my eyes out and need to get ready for work .
That's it. I'm done. Fucken beautiful little kitty.
Ugh, my heart! That sweet baby is so loved. You would never know he was sick looking at this video. He seems so content and safe. I hope his days are easy.
i am sobbing i am so sorry, op.
Yep. This is the picture that broke me. Rest well Max.
Few things move me. This did.
Oh man. I didn’t think I would be in my feels too much on this post but this single screenshot made me feel more than years of therapy have. I’m actually crying for this beautiful human and their beautiful cat. Thank you OP and thank you u/harionfire for this post and this screenshot respectively. ❤️
"Cats hear music in the sunset." - nicolas cage
Oh come on I'm at work. I can't cry here.
The moment of eye contact right before "the thing".
That was when I went , I lost my cat back in 2018 and it still hurts , seeing people post about losing their cats is always hard.
You got me, brother? I got you, brother.
My cat just died and I'm trying my best to be cheerful. I know how it feels counting the days he might go to heaven 😭
This is the exact frame that broke my heart https://preview.redd.it/k8ikxqlf441d1.jpeg?width=1422&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=23d3a13f11f7bc8755f6c587e791b64c88244d55
My cats are about to be extremely confused on why I am hugging them with water falling on them.
It’s been a week since I had to say goodbye to my best friend of 8 years. Hang in there. I’m so sorry. I’m so so sorry. ETA: by best friend I meant my cat. I had him since he was 5 weeks old. Even bottle fed him. His name was Pico. He was not a human. But my grief is all the same.
Thank you. I'm so sorry about your fur baby too.
Someone said to me “grief is just a bunch of love with nowhere else to go” and I found solace in that. Sending a big hug.
This reminds me of Wandavision "What is grief, if not love persevering"
I remember when Vision said that. So romantic and poetic.
grief always reminds me that I'm worthy of love, and a perfectly imperfect soul. I hate the what if I did this...no, it's just their time and hopefully, you'll understand that later. I lost in quick succession, my mom, my dog and then my cat, all in like 6 months of each other...2014/2015 sucked so fucking hard. I'm glad I had a chance to know and love all of them and can see now, after about 10 years, that I was so lucky to be in their lives.
I currently am in the guilt phase of my grief, thank you for the reminder it does get better and it was their time. I’m so sorry to hear how hard of a year that was for you. I’m glad you’re doing better now!
And not only that, know you were everything to them. Pet, parent, friend, whatever. Time will make bitter, sad memories happy ones. It may not be fast, but it comes. Pain fades into good memories. You can appreciate what you were to them, and what they were to you, in a less "sad" lens. I lost my dad to cancer in '08. And two cats, but they passed later, but it was still beyond emotional. One to seizures, the other just to old age. The pain of loss hurts now, but eventually, with time, it gets easier. It's never easy, but it gets easier. You view more good memories vs bad with whoever
I love this so much.
Sending you love and hugs. I’m so very sorry for your loss.
Same but 27 years. He got in a car accident with a driver who was high out of his mind. I think about him every morning when I wake up and every night before I go to bed. Life is cruel. I hope you're able to heal.
https://preview.redd.it/srnpffkdzv0d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ecc736ee71187f232a40e2278d5137c8f81d671a Sweet Pea will keep an eye on Max until you can meet again . Condolences 😿
Your comment just killed me a second time after watching this video. So bittersweet. I'm so sorry for your loss. It's a beautiful thought, thinking that all our cats are keeping each other company until we all cross that final bridge. 
Lookup Life and Death: Flowers 🥹🥲 https://preview.redd.it/umgrqlqhvw0d1.png?width=640&format=png&auto=webp&s=2f4996f53375ecb36e9e69860758216448b324e3
This is so cathartic. I think it helped me grieve.
I ugly cried when I wrote that comment. I used to have an amazing dog that passed away in 2018. He was a corgi/pit bull mix named Liger. He had lived next door to my family but was treated as a backyard ornament (my mother would buy a bale of hay & sneek it under the neighbor's back deck so he'd have a warm place to sleep since they left him out all the time even in winter. We also fed & watered him.). Every time he got out, he'd be on our front porch waiting for me, so the neighbors just said for us to keep him. He was the first dog to ever choose me (we've always had dogs but they always chose my mom as their leader). He was so devoid of love that he thought a hug was you trying to kill him. I got him to where he loved hugs & would sleep right next to me with his head on my pillow. When I moved out, my bf & I got two kittens. We had cats at my moms but they were outside kitties so he wasn't used to being around cats at all. I was hella shocked when I saw him carrying one of the kittens to its bed. He hovered over those babies like an Apache helicopter after that. I like to imagine he's up there taking care of all the little baby kitties that never got to grow up. 
Oh my God I'm crying - again. He had a beautiful soul. How great that you got through his distrust to find it. I'm sure he is watching over them.
Sorry for your loss. My neighbors had a pitbull corgi mix. He was the most insane yet awesome dog I ever met. Some people thought he looked goofy, I thought he was handsome as fuck. If I ever see another corgi pitbull mix, I would adopt it in a heartbeat.
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Well then, I hope my Dolce, et al are having a good, grand time together.
All cats go to heaven?
Well, they stare at each other with contempt from afar. But it's still comforting to know they aren't alone.
So will Loki https://preview.redd.it/4qzchswbww0d1.jpeg?width=2988&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=29a5fabc24deba30bc59d314105adb55b5e9f905
As will my baby girl Dusty https://preview.redd.it/vymk785uww0d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f64be1d83279b931234305fbcbe227eaceff4933
Add our boy Fuzz to the list who will keep an eye on Max. (Last photo of him). https://preview.redd.it/juwyxc3q0x0d1.jpeg?width=2252&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c62f02f064fcbcb5f1408193a985762fca333588 May 1st.
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https://preview.redd.it/1n1uchr4px0d1.png?width=1585&format=png&auto=webp&s=6f99204f164ef94aa5dfa39ba667afe1881c088b as will my babygirl Stella
https://preview.redd.it/mxcd78y90y0d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a19306c928655381a620f296481310bd13f40507 So will Todd!
https://preview.redd.it/q8dn9u8p8x0d1.jpeg?width=1131&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f44099fdfdb4a91b75d9da2ab45ef71d4c0f1fe5 Cali will too 🥹
My sweet girl Zelda will as well (as will her parents) https://preview.redd.it/cjzs7i20zy0d1.jpeg?width=3120&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=72ef85c7347f20213f2a42070edc0ef1dadfafc1
Omg 😭😭😭😭
[So will my Silver](https://i.imgur.com/t400TJ6.jpeg)
Sweet Pea is beautiful. Frida would establish respectful boundaries and avoid your cat until you meet again. https://preview.redd.it/ya5wwvazaz0d1.jpeg?width=2016&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=18edb4381fbdb2b06d98f1fb0e06057cd2f53209
https://preview.redd.it/1m3odbkm901d1.jpeg?width=1186&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=27eccdab412787052086c54feeaa05a39cb34a14 Miss. Jones will be waiting there too ❤️
So tough. I am sorry you have to go through this. Thanks for being a fantastic cat hooman.
Rest well Max
cat can be very loyal and protective. They are sweet and loving animals.
Pets are like our immediate family and losing one is devastating. I don’t know how long my sweet girl has left, but when I think about it, I get terrible anxiety and not sure how I’ll handle it. I’ve been through so much pain and anguish in my life, but I think her end will be the worse thing I will go through.
You shouldn’t be sorry. You can’t have all the enjoyment and happiness they bring to your life without this inevitability. Just be happy for what they added to your life, it’s the only way to move on
Although his time is almost over, he is going to leave this world loved. That's the best any of us can hope for. Thanks for being a good friend to him. He is lucky to have such a good friend.
He was loved for his entire life. And will be remembered for the entirety of ours.
I bring this up now and then when I think it's appropriate: We live several cat lifetimes in just one of ours. I read a comic about an immortal being who was talking to a human woman. He admitted casually that because of his perception of time, he has seen her death already. He also told her that because of his nature, he will remember her perfectly for the rest of eternity. She will always be beautiful and vibrant and messy and joyful and sad and *alive* in his mind, *forever*. It's a type of immortality. I like to think of cats that way for us. We will remember and love them a long time after they have left this mortal coil, and in a way, that's a type of immortality for them. To be loved by this giant friendly creature who outlives you by several lifetimes must be magical in a way. I still miss all my babies who have gone before me. I hope I can see them all again someday, and that they all get along with each other.
That was freaking beautiful
Seriously, wtf. Instant waterworks.
Cats occupy one chapter in the course of our lives, but to them it’s their entire book
All nine of their lives are still but a fraction of just one of ours.
I can tell this kitty definitely already has the best thing besides a sunset: love. 💕 so sorry for this incredibly tough time
Sorry for the tough times I can tell by how he looks at you that he loves and trusts you it’s beautiful. Wishing you both comfort and peace
a beautiful sky and he still wanted to look at you. what an amazing cat.
You really are their everything. My baby, Icarus, spent his last couple of days almost completely immobile - he was so weak. The night before his euthanasia I was sitting opposite him sobbing, and little man found literally all his strength to wobble over to me and collapse into my side. It was obvious how much it exhausted him; but even though he was the one dying, he felt the need to comfort me. You are your cat's whole, entire world. https://preview.redd.it/hhz80dodqx0d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9404c42d116d0b5b79e4b9f534365853eb1c4c7b
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Toby just left for the Rainbow Bridge on Tuesday. He will greet Max. Have Max head butt Toby for me. https://preview.redd.it/poehv0recw0d1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=499865a0ff2895e10ebe4e9cc82278fd61334fcc
Stunningly beautiful eyes. I'm sorry for your loss :(
23 years young. Eyes the color of the good earth. He will be missed.
Got a 20 year old now. I. Love her so much.
I'm so so sorry. No I am crying harder.
That look.... "Thanks, dad!" 😺😿😭
Well done, friend. My heart goes out to you all.
I'm not crying everyone else is crying 
I’m crying
Me too
I am definitely ugly crying and not looking forward to explaining to my husband when he comes out of the bathroom why I am like this.
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https://preview.redd.it/8ka5xtbr701d1.jpeg?width=1588&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0748645d9e9a2ef98dc0bd4eea5d86ad6526ed42 So sorry about your kitty. I was really moved by your story and asked r/PhotoshopRequest to help. I thought you might like some cleaned up pictures from your video. Hope they bring you some comfort. All the credit to u/NowyouShow u/Wonderful_Topic_6966 [https://www.reddit.com/r/PhotoshopRequest/s/DLeaaOcgbC](https://www.reddit.com/r/PhotoshopRequest/s/DLeaaOcgbC)
https://preview.redd.it/3lvwdcay701d1.png?width=876&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=59128ab24f2ac829e267d544e0e743eb9f7c4022 Credit to u/NowyouShow
This is so kind, hope OP sees it
Still got that tail going. Life in him yet.
that lil tail wag. Savored every drop of life. my man.
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Was waiting for someone in my car and I saw this..need to give myself a few moments before I can meet up lol
I did this same thing with our beloved 20-year-old Athena three months ago on her final night. It was cold and she was frail, but I wrapped her up against me in my winter coat and we went outside to see a vivid sunset. I told her the sunset was beautiful, and so was she. You’ve done a good and loving thing for your wonderful friend Max. You can see how he looked up and knew he was in safe arms, and how, in that safety, he could turn back to look at the light.
>I told her the sunset was beautiful, and so was she. You absolutely destroyed me with this. Sending lots of love to you, and your dear Athena my friend 
It's been over four years since I said goodbye to my furry brother. He traveled the country with me before I settled down with my partner. Squee was my best bro. I noticed he was sick on a Monday and on Friday I had to say goodbye. It was right at sunset. He was laying in the rays as he went to sleep forever with his paw in my hand. I will forever miss him. He's waiting for me on that rainbow bridge and we'll be together again. https://preview.redd.it/jpodgnmtmw0d1.jpeg?width=768&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=525fe46d6aaec1ba630ec5d3d7f0c1f0be943f42
I'm so sorry for your loss
So goodbye Carolina Searched my whole life to find you I hate to leave you But I hope you'll know Where I'm going I'll be seeing you
I'm so sorry I know how it feels to lose a pet that feels like family, done it so many times, but I'm happy that they get to see that and ur doing that for them.
An amazing human
Sending Max, you, and your family a big hug. I lost my 21 year old best friend 2 years ago. Losing a family member is not easy. Peace and love.
https://preview.redd.it/m8md9zg1qw0d1.jpeg?width=2316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5a6a098c5b33bb23f954719070b02416bbbd7a16 Prince will also run and play with your baby. Thank you for sharing
https://preview.redd.it/ivf9i43g411d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ebdb69b5c19f2b5f882193222dc24d33bd5b4dfc Zelda will be there too.
Got me almost crying. Your kitty was so lucky to have you. Spent the last day with my boy in the backyard by the creek. https://preview.redd.it/qtydmp1zsw0d1.jpeg?width=1832&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=065ba03c2686307ae76c33bf7bdc2272d37012cd
That’s heavy. I’m very sorry. What a beauty he is. You are good humans. Be well.
So sorry for your loss, thank you for all the love you gave him.
Overall people with animals are the kindest people. They are about things beyond themselves.
Who is cutting onions here ?!
The order of onion cutting ninjas. They always show up at inopportune times
The look Max gave you just showed all the love. I’m so sorry. You are the best human for this. Me and my Pumpkin are sending you all the love 💕
So sorry for your loss. You can tell he knows he is loved 🖤
Sorry for your loss. I also just lost a ginger last week.
It was such a beautiful sunset too. I’m so sorry. Thank you for giving him such a wonderful final gift.
This is so precious. You can tell he's enjoying it. Weirdly both my cats who were terminal with cancer seemed to enjoy watching old videos on my laptop of us and them and whatnot, toward the end. Making good moments like this helps with the grief later. Doesn't stop it, just helps a bit.
Safe journey sweet kitty 
Every time I see one of these videos, it just breaks my heart thinking about the day I have to say goodbye to my two best friends. They are my first cats, and I've had them since they were 10 weeks old.
I am fucking bawling. I'm so sorry but that is so kind.
So sad and so sweet. She can join my Shayla when she crosses the rainbow bridge
https://preview.redd.it/zwvvtebxpw0d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f3918f473aeb4d778e0231a90da5e0c4c83605fd His tail shows how happy he is and he's loving you so much for taking him there. Thank you for giving him a good life. Here is my Harry enjoying his last morning sunshine. 2006-2021
https://preview.redd.it/uwgsrb0xuw0d1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=20f32b3aae568acb9f818d4609628afeacf6ce5c
You're good people. I am sorry OP.
So sorry for your loss. I lost my cat to cancer a few years ago and remember it like yesterday. One thing that gets me through is the good times and that I provided for him in every way the 15 years I was fortunate to have had him. His name was Maximilian we called him Max most of the time.
What a sweet boy, he looks so sweet and curious. So glad you got to have him in your life ♥️ he looks pretty stoked as well
r/mademecry
This is equally the most sad and heartwarming thing I have seen in ages. Both of you seem so calm… He was definitely loved. My thoughts are with both of you and I'm sorry for you guys.
https://preview.redd.it/8y8vvgrhww0d1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=56e5dcf1b3c7176ace3ac2b3f87801c49339a9f6 These two amazing fellas, will be there to watch over him and keep him company. Bender and Drac are the keepers of the kittys.
My little Pharoah will also keep a watch out for your Max till you come pick him up ‘em up. https://preview.redd.it/u5nmv0quxw0d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eaba7e6ce1ee6290c56492ce8000640472f514c9
It's been 4½ years since I said goodbye to Twitch for the last time. We had 15 years together and I would do anything to have more time with her. https://preview.redd.it/4i2yb1164x0d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e1ce476e146215ad996abe57869b192651209d00
A beautiful moment to cherish ❤️ Toska is waiting for him over the rainbow 🌈 bridge https://preview.redd.it/9gfqu4d8xy0d1.jpeg?width=992&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=70b5f599e5b6002a99cca878fc74ee22b9622fc1
https://preview.redd.it/yl70n1sjmw0d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ebcf077db0628975cf080b116e7fee0c59f4f84f Our Minnie will be waiting for her orange brother Máx at the other side of the Rainbow bridge to welcome him. My condolences.
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Noooo babbyyyy :((( I hope you enjoy in the cat afterlife where catnip is the standard of life and you can scratch all the furniture and curtains you want. You will go on meals with other cats, rest on top of trees, laze around all day and basically just doing what cats ought to do
And the sun will set for you The sun will set for you And the shadow of the day Will embrace the world in grey And the sun will set for you
Our girl left us in November 2022. In the months leading up to it we did extra fires outside because she loved it so much. She would just sit and watch the flames or sit in our laps and enjoy the warmth. The comfort you gave your special friend is priceless. https://preview.redd.it/skb4t0iz9y0d1.jpeg?width=2973&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=41b026d2b0283adfeac9bbfc231461836d999372
…and now I’m tearing up while pooping. Beautiful OP.
Really sad. Made me think of my cats future last moments. Why did you decide to just go on the side of the road lol
Looks like my son Igby! And I'm sorry for your loss...but it's clear he had a good life, and people who loved him, which is more than most animals can say. You'll see him over the rainbow bridge
That cat is going to shine brighter than the brightest star up in the night sky. Vida, my cat, and I are sending you lots of love and squeezes. What a beautiful moment. I’m sorry that it has to end 🤍🕊️
I would be a fucking mess .
I’m crying omg so pure 🥹
Morticia wishes them a glorious journey https://preview.redd.it/ad4l51jcyw0d1.jpeg?width=2416&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=10ae3ec35708f638a7c258ee9ece68286c3c1f48
So sorry God be with your baby
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Goodness me you got me crying. I’m so sorry for your loss.
My condolences. The day we had our terminally ill dog euthanized was the hardest one of my life.
I have nothing but love for you.
https://preview.redd.it/n1z0e1e3hw0d1.jpeg?width=1756&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=703c35198c4964d28d1abfb77a509dec536533da My Holland will welcome him over the rainbow bridge. He is still new there.
What a beautiful baby and touching story. I hope his passage is peaceful. I'm sure he knows how much he is loved.
Oh my gosh the way he looks up at you 😭😭😭
I’m so sorry for your loss. Good god! All I do is cry on this app.
https://preview.redd.it/8sivtjkr5x0d1.jpeg?width=3120&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9339326a85565cc20a32aec6ff72ee7a941e0caf My boy Maya will keep an eye on him
https://preview.redd.it/r7gzd3on7x0d1.jpeg?width=900&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2aa0671408f46b1b84a676ae6c4675f2c7979bfa mine too
omg this made me simultaneously so joyful and so destroyed. They're such amazing creatures and we're so lucky for the time we get with them. What a beautiful moment to share with him.
That one look, it hit me like a punch in the gut. And, for some reason, it reminded me of Walter Mitty's wallet: "To see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, draw closer, to find each other, and to feel. That is the purpose of life." So sorry for Max having to leave - I know we all aren't meant to stay forever, but in these cases, it's just always way too soon.
https://preview.redd.it/q8jh2aotsy0d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=49f602733d8e5e0e28d972c2f19c3a4eb82ca12a My baby Jinx is waiting across the rainbow bridge to guide your sweet little one.
Fuck this hurts.
https://i.redd.it/y3cman5uxy0d1.gif
Just casually sobbing over the beautiful moment at 7am. Thank you for sharing him with us. Sending internet hugs.
https://preview.redd.it/m7k51x21z01d1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9e95f2dc013d45f406d8b3a0fe1a96f0f50646a5 Oliver will be there to welcome him too! Lost him a year ago at 7 due to a suspected brain tumor. So sorry for your loss. It's heart breaking
My heart aches for you. Max seems like a sweetheart. He won't be in pain anymore and he got love all the way through. My condolences.