OH, Break My Heart

Leah realized that Mia wasn't coming home today. I hadn't lied to her about the situation in fact when Scott left to take her to the APL Leah ask where Daddy was and I told her point blank "Daddy is taking Mia to look for a new home". She was confused and asked what he was bringing home for Mia and I told her "nothing". Tonight Leah wanted to feed the dog and when I told her the dog food wasn't in the bathroom anymore, it was on the ledge where we kept the cat food I think things started to click. She nervously laughed then told me "Mommy that's silly, Mia doesn't like dog food" so I told her "Leah, Mia doesn't live here anymore, remember?". She broke down sobbing and told me over and over again "I want Mia to come home, I want Mia home with me". I sat on the kitchen floor to comfort her and she cruled up in my lap. Tyler was upset by all the commotion and crawled over looking for comfort as well. The whole thing absolutely broke my heart. I miss the cat too but I'm certain this is for the best. I hope Leah will understand and not think of this as punishment for something she has done. I hate to see her so upset but when I started thinking about mothers that have to break awful news about a loved one that's not coming home I realized how lucky I am.