I miss Knuckles so much

I just recently lost one of my "kittens", Knuckles, who had just turned 5years old. It is so hard to lose a loved pet, most people do not understand that you grieve as you grieve for a human loss. It is deep, it hurts, it tears a hole in your heart. He had chosen me as soon as his eyes opened and as soon as he could walk, he followed me everywhere I went and when I wasn't home, he would wait for me, just sit and wait. True, agape love he gave me and I miss him.