Has anyone lost their best friend?

Due to health issues I dont leave the house very much and have a Canine and Feline buddy here with me to keep me company when everyone is at work and such. A few weeks ago it hit me like it does every now and then of how hard it will be when I am forced to say goodbye to either of my friends but then they do something that makes me laugh and I shake it off and enjoy the moment.
Here is an example of how goofy I am, I have a file folder with a Ziploc bag of each friends hair as I am convined in not too distant future there is a chance we can clone our friends..............I need help lol!

No Sci-Fi movie could ever convince me that I wouldnt want a chance once again to have a friend similar to those I have now, no matter how silly the story is.

Yes I have and to be honest I doubt it will ever be affordable to people on fixed incomes like me or even the common man but ya never know. Maybe in a silly way its more symbalic of my feelings and desire to presrve the bond.