This is the best part of your post, What Exit?. I love hearing about how kitties got their great names.
I’m so sorry for your loss.
I’m so sorry to hear about Velcro. I know how badly it hurts.
Velcro must have been an outstanding companion, and your tribute to her brought tears to my eyes as well. I know that only time can bring any true comfort, but you have my sincere sympathies.
My ex-fiancée had a cat named Vel, short for Velcro. Vel hated everyone except my friend. And then one day Vel climbed into my lap. It surprised the hell out of my friend. Vel was put to sleep a couple of years later, having grown old and sick. But at least I got to befriend her a little.
I’m very sorry to hear that. I had to put my Zoe down last Saturday, so I know how much it hurts.
count me among the teary-eyed. losing one’s well-loved kitty seems neither mundane nor pointless to me
>^.^< ~ Hugs and purrs to you! I’ll post about my kitties when I have a bit of time.
I always hate these threads. They remind me that I’ll be doing this to my cats eventually. Always tears me up. I’m gonna hug my kitties when I get home. 
I’m sorry, What Exit?
It’s so hard to let them go, but it takes true love and courage to do what’s right.
RIP, little Velcro.
(off to go find something to mop my eyes with now before somebody sees me)
Oh, I’m so sorry. It seems the SDMB is losing a lot of cats lately, but I guess it always does, as their lives are so precious and short. I lost my kitty last August, and I still get a big lump in my throat when I think about her.
I’m heartbroken for you.
She sounds like she was (still is?) a wonderful kitty.
So glad you had the opportunity to have known her so well, and how lucky she was to have found such a great family in you and yours.
I’m getting ready to do some gardening, I’ll plant a black eyed susan in her honor.
You are wonderful. Thank you all for the comforting words.
I understand, and extend my condolences to you and your family. You wrote a beautiful tribute for Velcro (like the “there’s something in my eye” kind of wonderful tribute).
My first post as a paid SDMB member was about going through this with my cat, Mao. And like you, I felt a bit better after I posted and better still once I read the responses and realized that, yes, other people feel the same huge sense of loss when a pet dies.
It’s never easy to let go, but what would our lives be like without the little buggers?
That sucks, dude. I’m sorry to hear about your loss.
Too many losses around here these days.
I’m sorry about Velcro. She sounds like a great kitty!
It’s been over 10 years since I had to put my cat down. I’m down to about twice a year now when I miss him so much I just cry for a little while. I’d never had a cat before and had no idea how utterly sweet and caring a fuzzball like him could be.
Please accept my condolences as well. Losing a pet is tough. Take comfort in that her going peacefully, purring to the end. The SO and I had to put his German Shepherd down about five years ago, it was incredibly difficult and we both cried a lot.
I do remember thinking that it was much more peaceful than I had expected, and that I can only hope to slip away as peacefully when I shuffle off this mortal coil.
May you someday meet in peace at the rainbow bridge.