Marlene, I'm so sorry to know of your beloved pet's passing. It was a humane and ultimately loving choice you had to make...but not an easy one, I know. Your teens will understand that, given a bit of time.

Blessings,
Lenora
"...if woman's work is never done, why bother about how much of it [isn't] getting done at any given moment?"
~ Claire Fraser in The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon