Dear CJ,
Your candle is now my desktop. Thank you. And thank you SO much for your beautiful reply. I will be reading it many many times over in the weeks, and I'm sure in the months to come. The guilt I am feeling is overwhelming. We had gotten way to complacent with letting them out in the morning. We live in a small neighborhood and we do have a good view of the front yard and down the street from the doorway. But only down one side of the street. The other side is blocked by where I park my truck. Well that's were they were. Coming down that side of the street when my wife looked out. Had she walked down the walkway past my truck she would have seen them coming. But we had gotten lazy, I guess, and we both had stopped doing that. I don't fault her. Had it been me instead of her letting them out that morning the same thing most likely would have happened.
It's a very tough morning for me right now. Last night is the first sleep I have had since it happened. And that moment when you awake and the reality of what happened floods your brain. I'm just in tears right now. It's not going to be a good day. Nor will there be a good day for a long long time.
Rest In Peace My little Turbo