Thank you all.

Hi TJ,

I am so sorry about Dusty. I cannot even begin to imagine how you are
feeling. I am glad he didn't pass while you were away.

If there is anything I can do, just write me.

Headbutts, healing purrs, kitty luv,

Fuga

TJ wrote:

I just want to thank everyone for all the kind words over the loss of Dusty. I
copied and pasted every last one into a Word document and printed it out for my
daughter to read. She can't believe that her Dust was so popular! She is
having a really tough time with this. She doesn't want to talk about it at all.

You remind me of a friend's report of the time they had to have their
elderly cocker spaniel put to sleep. Both she and her teen-age son were
trying very hard to maintain, after they brought the body home and
buried it in their back yard, each trying to conceal the occasional
sniff from the other. Then Tom said mournfully "Mom, do you realize
this is the first time in my whole life that Boswell hasn't been here?"
and they both broke down and howled.

TJ wrote:

I just want to thank everyone for all the kind words over the loss of Dusty. I
copied and pasted every last one into a Word document and printed it out for my
daughter to read. She can't believe that her Dust was so popular! She is
having a really tough time with this. She doesn't want to talk about it at all.

You remind me of a friend's report of the time they had to have their
elderly cocker spaniel put to sleep. Both she and her teen-age son were
trying very hard to maintain, after they brought the body home and
buried it in their back yard, each trying to conceal the occasional
sniff from the other. Then Tom said mournfully "Mom, do you realize
this is the first time in my whole life that Boswell hasn't been here?"
and they both broke down and howled.

Lots of hugs and purrs for you and your daughter,
--
Polonca in tears & Soncek

"TJ" wrote in message
...
I just want to thank everyone for all the kind words over the loss of
Dusty. I
copied and pasted every last one into a Word document and printed it out
for my
daughter to read. She can't believe that her Dust was so popular! She is
having a really tough time with this. She doesn't want to talk about it
at all.
snip

Lots of hugs and purrs for you and your daughter,
--
Polonca in tears & Soncek

"TJ" wrote in message
...
I just want to thank everyone for all the kind words over the loss of
Dusty. I
copied and pasted every last one into a Word document and printed it out
for my
daughter to read. She can't believe that her Dust was so popular! She is
having a really tough time with this. She doesn't want to talk about it
at all.
snip

Christine Burel wrote:

TJ, my daughter was 7 when we lost Frodo and to try to help her through her
grief, we both picked out a blooming bush (a Rose of Sharon), and planted
it in his honor, along with a memorial plaque that we made and we hung some
windchimes over the bush. We had a little ceremony for him and we put
together a picture album of Frodo's life for us to look at. It helped her
to have some ritual way of saying goodbye.

What a sweet thing to do, not just for your cat, but for your daughter.
I'll bet it helped Celeste a lot, to get through her grief.

Joyce

Christine Burel wrote:

TJ, my daughter was 7 when we lost Frodo and to try to help her through her
grief, we both picked out a blooming bush (a Rose of Sharon), and planted
it in his honor, along with a memorial plaque that we made and we hung some
windchimes over the bush. We had a little ceremony for him and we put
together a picture album of Frodo's life for us to look at. It helped her
to have some ritual way of saying goodbye.

What a sweet thing to do, not just for your cat, but for your daughter.
I'll bet it helped Celeste a lot, to get through her grief.

Joyce

"TJ" wrote in message
...
I just want to thank everyone for all the kind words over the loss of
Dusty. I
copied and pasted every last one into a Word document and printed it out
for my
daughter to read. She can't believe that her Dust was so popular! She is
having a really tough time with this. She doesn't want to talk about it
at all.

The saddest thing is that my daughter and I were on vacation for 5 days
and
didn't return home until late Tuesday. He died on Wednesday. I have been
very
in tune with Dusty since he became sick. Just before I left for the
airport I
hugged him and whispered in his ear, "please don't die while I'm gone".
He
didn't, he waited so we could have one more day. That day I had one can
of cat
food left. I was right near Petsmart and thought I better run in and get
more
but didn't. He had exactly one pill left of his hypertension meds. I
gave it
to him with his dinner and thought, "I better call this in for a refill",
but I
didn't. I had been sensing the time was coming near. I wasn't sleeping
well
because I got up 3 or 4 times a night to check if he was breathing. I have
been
doing this for 5 months. Everytime I left the house I expected to come
back and
find him dead. It became an obsession and very stressful for me.
Everyone said
I was nuts but I just knew.

It's been tough. I've been sad. I miss him so much. It's hard to believe
he is
gone. For 12 years he was my buddy and he gave me so much affection every
day. I
was his mama. I miss his headbutts and the way he would rest his forehead
on my
chin and fall asleep. I miss his soft fur and his big loud purr. I miss
him
sleeping on my feet or my head every night. I miss it all and just cry
everytime I think that I will never have any of that from him again. When
I am
ready I would like to write more. I am at a point now where I can only
remember
the way he looked when he finally went to the bridge. Not a good picture.
I
have been trying to look at all the funny pictures of him. I have picked
out
the one in his blue Tu-tu to go on his urn. Kody dogs urn sports a pic of
him
in a Metallica t-shirt. Only you folks really understand and it helps me
to get
it out of my system. okay, now I am crying to hard to go on

Thanks again you have all been such a comfort for me.

TJ


It's been almost a year now since I lost my beloved Bunter. His passing was
similar to Dusty's - he, too, had some sort of stroke which left him unable
to move, and he, too, died in my arms. I still miss him terribly, and it
still makes me cry to remember him as he was at the end. But I have so many
happy memories of our fourteen and a half years together, too.

They touch our hearts in so many ways - we are truly blessed to have these
special creatures share their lives with us.

hugs and purrs,
Brenda

"TJ" wrote in message
...
I just want to thank everyone for all the kind words over the loss of
Dusty. I
copied and pasted every last one into a Word document and printed it out
for my
daughter to read. She can't believe that her Dust was so popular! She is
having a really tough time with this. She doesn't want to talk about it
at all.

The saddest thing is that my daughter and I were on vacation for 5 days
and
didn't return home until late Tuesday. He died on Wednesday. I have been
very
in tune with Dusty since he became sick. Just before I left for the
airport I
hugged him and whispered in his ear, "please don't die while I'm gone".
He
didn't, he waited so we could have one more day. That day I had one can
of cat
food left. I was right near Petsmart and thought I better run in and get
more
but didn't. He had exactly one pill left of his hypertension meds. I
gave it
to him with his dinner and thought, "I better call this in for a refill",
but I
didn't. I had been sensing the time was coming near. I wasn't sleeping
well
because I got up 3 or 4 times a night to check if he was breathing. I have
been
doing this for 5 months. Everytime I left the house I expected to come
back and
find him dead. It became an obsession and very stressful for me.
Everyone said
I was nuts but I just knew.

It's been tough. I've been sad. I miss him so much. It's hard to believe
he is
gone. For 12 years he was my buddy and he gave me so much affection every
day. I
was his mama. I miss his headbutts and the way he would rest his forehead
on my
chin and fall asleep. I miss his soft fur and his big loud purr. I miss
him
sleeping on my feet or my head every night. I miss it all and just cry
everytime I think that I will never have any of that from him again. When
I am
ready I would like to write more. I am at a point now where I can only
remember
the way he looked when he finally went to the bridge. Not a good picture.
I
have been trying to look at all the funny pictures of him. I have picked
out
the one in his blue Tu-tu to go on his urn. Kody dogs urn sports a pic of
him
in a Metallica t-shirt. Only you folks really understand and it helps me
to get
it out of my system. okay, now I am crying to hard to go on

Thanks again you have all been such a comfort for me.

TJ


It's been almost a year now since I lost my beloved Bunter. His passing was
similar to Dusty's - he, too, had some sort of stroke which left him unable
to move, and he, too, died in my arms. I still miss him terribly, and it
still makes me cry to remember him as he was at the end. But I have so many
happy memories of our fourteen and a half years together, too.

They touch our hearts in so many ways - we are truly blessed to have these
special creatures share their lives with us.

hugs and purrs,
Brenda

wrote in message
...
Christine Burel wrote:

TJ, my daughter was 7 when we lost Frodo and to try to help her through
her
grief, we both picked out a blooming bush (a Rose of Sharon), and
planted
it in his honor, along with a memorial plaque that we made and we hung
some
windchimes over the bush. We had a little ceremony for him and we put
together a picture album of Frodo's life for us to look at. It helped
her
to have some ritual way of saying goodbye.

What a sweet thing to do, not just for your cat, but for your daughter.
I'll bet it helped Celeste a lot, to get through her grief.

Joyce
Thanks, Joyce. I think it did help. Celeste is the kind of person who
feels things very deeply and needs to have an outlet through which to
express those feelings.
Christine