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Goodbye Sweet Mimi (RB)
"Matthew" wrote in message ... I am sorry Lyn "-L." wrote in message ... Hi Guys, I haven't posted here in along time, but wanted to let the old timers know I lost my sweet tortie, Mimi, today. She would have been 18 in July. She was doing remarkably well despite having CRF and pretty bad arthritis in her back hips. This morning when I checked on her, she couldn't walk - had peed on herself and was pretty out of it. I think she may have had a stroke. I tried to get a vet to come to the house, but no one had any time on their schedules, so I took her in to the local vet and said goodbye. Before she passed, she gave me some purrs and reached out her creamy white paw, just as she had done through the cage bars at the Humans Society 17 years ago. She was an awesome kitty - my first pet while living on my own - and hopefully now is a kitten again, playing with Peewee on the RB. Goodbye Sweet Girl - I love you! -L. (Lyn) I have a soft spot for calico girls. I lost my Beaner in 2003 at age 16 , in pretty much the same scenario, and she was also a cat that begged to be taken home. Condolences for your loss. :-( |
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Goodbye Sweet Mimi (RB)
-L. wrote:
Hi Guys, I haven't posted here in along time, but wanted to let the old timers know I lost my sweet tortie, Mimi, today. She would have been 18 in July. She was doing remarkably well despite having CRF and pretty bad arthritis in her back hips. This morning when I checked on her, she couldn't walk - had peed on herself and was pretty out of it. I think she may have had a stroke. I tried to get a vet to come to the house, but no one had any time on their schedules, so I took her in to the local vet and said goodbye. Before she passed, she gave me some purrs and reached out her creamy white paw, just as she had done through the cage bars at the Humans Society 17 years ago. She was an awesome kitty - my first pet while living on my own - and hopefully now is a kitten again, playing with Peewee on the RB. Goodbye Sweet Girl - I love you! -L. (Lyn) I say hello, but sadly good-bye, as I hold you in my arms. You, who I have known, deep within my heart. You are so real to me. For moments, yet for all eternity. Why? Why I ask, must this be? To endure in pain is to ask for answers. Why must this be? Does God know why? Will He enlighten me? Will He strengthen my faith, my beliefs so I can endure? Will I ever know the answer? Why? --Julie Fritsch * * * * * * * * * With you a part of me hath passed away; For in the peopled forest of my mind A tree made leafless by this wintry wind Shall never don again its green array. Chapel and fireside, country road and bay, Have something of their friendliness resigned; Another, if I would, I could not find, And I am grown much older in a day. But yet I treasure in my memory Your gift of charity, and young hearts ease, And the dear honour of your amity; For these once mine, my life is rich with these. And I scarce know which part may greater be,-- What I keep of you, or you rob from me. --George Santayana * * * * * * * * * ....do animals go to heaven? I do believe that we and our animals will meet again. If we do not, and where we go is supposed to be heaven, it will not be heaven to me and it will not be where I wish to go." --Cleveland Amory * * * * * * * * * Strange that so small mortality should leave So large an emptiness! for as we grieve Your little life of few but happy years Ended for us, one who could understand Each subtle word, and answer hand with hand Had hardly taken greater toll of tears. Yet why should we not mourn for as a friend? That name was yours; if every man would spend His life as well, earth were not hard to save. Grant that God made your heart and brain but small. What more has an archangel than his all? And all God gave to you, to us you gave. --Amelia Josephine Burr * * * * * * * * * I shall walk in the sun alone Whose golden light you loved: I shall sleep alone And, stirring, touch an empty place: I shall write uninterrupted (Would that your gentle paw Could stay my moving pen just once again!). I shall see beauty But none to match your living grace: I shall hear music But not so sweet as the droning song With which you loved me. I shall fill my days But I shall not, cannot forget: Sleep soft, dear friend, For while I live you shall not die. --Michael Joseph * * * * * * * * * Since you have gone the sun has left the sky, No breezes blow, No birds sing To ease the aching vacuum in my heart. I shall not forget your gentle ways; No judgements made, No difficult demands, No needs save one, To share your life with mine. Now kind, uncomprehending people say, "Cheer up, you'll love another pet some day." --Hilda Lunn * * * * * * * * * Is Heaven all you asked of it, O little cat? Did Peter fit A halo for your graceless head? Is there a quilt for your special bed, And a bowl of cream just out of reach Of your thieving paw? Or do They teach You not to steal in paradise? Does the flapping of Their wings entice? Do you scamper and swing on a golden fence, Or are They teaching you reverence? And are there really golden thrones Up there? Or do the Mighty Ones Have nice fat chairs that you can claw And tear and snag with an impious paw? And do the angels understand That a little cat in a lonely land Still longs for a kiss and a friendly cuff? Celestial joys are not enough. Please, some small saint in shining white, Hold her close in your arms tonight. --Bianca Bradbury * * * * * * * * * Dancing ribbons pushed by time Float through an old kitten's dreams. She chases them into eternity, And catches them, As they change into angels' wings. --Daryl Douglas Foyer * * * * * * * * * May her memory be eternal. --from the Eastern Orthodox requiem service * * * * * * * * * Warm summer sun Shine kindly here, Warm southern wind Blow softly here, Green sod above Lie light, lie light-- Good night, dear heart, Good night, good night. --Robert Richardson, adapted from his poem "Annette" in _Willow and Wattle_ (1893) by Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) as the epitaph for his daughter, Olivia Susan Clemens Take care, Nicholas |
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Goodbye Sweet Mimi (RB)
On May 15, 5:46*pm, "-L." wrote:
Hi Guys, I haven't posted here in along time, but wanted to let the old timers know I lost my sweet tortie, Mimi, today. *She would have been 18 in July. She was doing remarkably well despite having CRF and pretty bad arthritis in her back hips. *This morning when I checked on her, she couldn't walk - had peed on herself and was pretty out of it. *I think she may have had a stroke. *I tried to get a vet to come to the house, but no one had any time on their schedules, so I took her in to the local vet and said goodbye. *Before she passed, she gave me some purrs and reached out her creamy white paw, just as she had done through the cage bars at the Humans Society 17 years ago. She was an awesome kitty - my first pet while living on my own - and hopefully now is a kitten again, playing with Peewee on the RB. Goodbye Sweet Girl - I love you! -L. (Lyn) I am so sorry Lyn. I have tears in my eyes as I am reading your story. It should be on some consolation to know that she lived a long life and most probably a very good life too. I had a Mimi too and she was also a tortie. She died in '97 of cancer at 15. We would like them to live forever, but the years go by so fast and it seems that their life span is so short! G. |
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