Very, very true!!! [Was born and raised in Ohio - Columbus! However, I've now actually lived longer in Florida than I did in Ohio.]Oh-oh-oh....one more because this is the one I really wanted to post in the first place.
Its never easy. I still think about Chloe some 18yrs later. The thing about pets in general is they give. They don't care about politics, religion, race, and all that other stupid shit we human use to hate each other. They just love. I see you are/were a fellow Ohioan.