Beautiful ... very, very sad but incredibly beautiful.

When we lost a much loved cat before we got Jingle and Belle, the vet who helped us through it sent us this card:

"We who choose to surround ourselves with lives even more temporary than our own live within a fragile circle, easily and often breached.
Unable to accept its awful gaps, we still would live no other way.
We cherish memory as the only certain immortality, never fully understanding the necessary plan ......."
"the Once Again Prince" Irving Townsend

We have 3 cats.

Winston is an 18 pound gray and white domestic short haired cat that we got as a kitten at a pet store in 1999. His name is Winston because his first toy was a pack of winston brand ciggarettes.

Marbles is a skinny but tall and long all black short-haired cat. We got him in November of 2005 and the Vet guessed that he was about 3 years old at the time. A family member found him wandering around her neighborhood, and despite posting flyers, etc... his family was never found, so he came to live with us.

We tried to figure out what his name was by trying all sorts of typical black-ct names to see if he responded. after a week of that we finally decided on Marbles because he is nutty (as in the cat has lost his marbles). After 2 days, he learned his new name.

Then we got Guinness in July of 2006. The story about how we got him is really long (I'll save it for another day) but the short version is that a neighbor dropped him off at our doorstep. He is a 1 year old Maine Coon cat and he is very smart, very active, and very high-maintainence.

He has a lot of issues. He is clingy and follows me around the house all day long and cries when I leave for 5 minutes to go have a smoke on the porch. During the first 3 days he lived here he thought that the bathtub was a litter box, but thankfully he is very smart so fixing that issue was easy (and thankfully it was the bathtub and not a closet or behind the couch).

I could write a novel about Guinness and his issues and special needs. But to keep this short, I'll just say that he fits right in to this family, and we are working on the issues :)

Liz

(((( Trekker )))) what a beautiful way to remember and share Midnight.

Trekker........I hope this helps you...................

Thanks Snoopy, that's really lovely.

((trekker)) Oh contrare, our animal companions have as much heart and soul as we do, as we all here know, I'm sure.

You know how animals just know when things aren't right with you? Whenever I've been sick or down for the count, whatever reason, my animals pile around me and stay with me, only getting up to take care of their own needs. Then they're right back at my side. It amazes me.

I feel your pain. I just lost my Sweetie Pie on May day, and I wasn't expecting to. She'd been sick for sometime but it was happening so gradually. She was full of cancer. She was my tortie cat and queen of the house.

After I let her go, my folks thought they might have to put me inthe hospital! I had that kind of reaction where I was just wailing in grief. I couldn't even stay in my own home. I stayed with my folks for 3 days while they went to my home and cleared all evidence of Sweetie Pie.

I miss her so much. And at the age of 57, I've lost a lot of pets along my life journey. Every time it's hard. But I'm still mourning my Sweetie Pie, miss her terribly.

Yes, I feel your pain. ((hugs))

My sweet, goofy Archie, who is no longer with us:

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Pictures of Toby as a puppy (he is almost 2 now):

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Hello, Am sorry Trekker about your loss. My Syd is 14 and I dread the day....

It is nice to see how old our pets are living to be nowadays.

I have Sydney, Silky Terrier, when he was young I was in bed about a year and a half due to m.s. and he kept me hanging on through some bleak times. I got better and now I too belong to the 'Ya look so good' club, ha. Now its my turn to return some of the devotion he's given me all through the rough times. I'm honored.

Now if I could just figure out how to post pictures like you all have, I'd be doing good. ha. margie

I need to add a NEW pet we got tonight....
LMAO we now have a pet toad named Rita....
Just what I needed huh?

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alll of your babies are soooo cute!!!!
To all of you that have lost yours.I am very sorry!!:(
I have my Felix kitty he just turned 7 yrs old in may.
He is always following me around.When i am so sick i cant get up off the couch.He is right by my side.When i have had a surgery its as if he knows not to step on that spot..He always takes good care of his momma..
He could be anywhere in the house and i can say.Felix do you wanna treat?He will come runnin..LOL
When i am online,he is usually right here on the back of my chair.
For about 4 months i had a stray momma kitty i took care of but she became very aggresive.She gave birth to 2 lil baby kitties on 9-14-06.When i found them on my front porch i just knew they would be coming im yhouse..LOL
I tried to take care of momma kittie and keep her happy.
I played with her everyday.I opened the window for her so she could lay up there and look out.But after 2 1/2 to 3 weeks i guess being inside just took a toll on her.She became kinda crazy!!! She started biting her babies and throwing them around in the box!! Then she woul jump on me when i would go upstairs.I had to seperate her from the babies.Then she started howling which in turn made my felix howl...all night long!!!!!!!
So i had to give her away!!:(
I was finally able to convince my husband to let us keep the babies though.
They are almost 5 weeks old ..:)
One is male thats noops and a female lucky!They are just adorable and have brought soooo much happiness into our lives..:)
Now i have the task of introducing them to felix...LOL
I got some good advice on here.So wish me luck.Imgoin for it this weekend!!
Here's the pics of my witties.
I'll try and get a better one of the kitties soon!
~Kell~