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When she died this past Spring , I left her food bowl out . It was just something I was n't ready to put away . I knew that eventually I would need to put it away but in someway it has stayed in place as an homage to her . My cat loved to eat !

What led the speaker to leave her cat 's food bowl out after it 's death ?
It was one of the cat 's favorite items , so she left it there as a tribute