Tallulah was about six weeks old when this picture was taken. She grew into an expert tree-climber, daring headboard walker, inquisitive flower-sniffer, and wonderful companion. She passed away last November, just a little shy of 20.
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So sorry to hear your baby has passed she lived a good life at 20 yrs thats great hope you will get another companion soon but youll never replace such a darling baby from Desis’s Mommy
Oh so very sorry for the loss of your soft and wonderful baby. I am so glad you could enjoy each other for such a long time. I dread the day when my babies time comes!
She looks like such a sweet girl. I have had two that lived into their 20’s…and they left such a hole in my life. The only way I filled it was with a new love…I hope you too will when the time is right.
She was so sweet. Like everyone else has said, I’m sorry for your loss. My baby passed about 3 years ago at the age of almost 21. I’d had her since I was 2. The only saving grace is that she lived for so long.
Tallulah…RIP with my Pepper and all the other kitty’s that have gone before.
‘Bet you can’t see me behind this tree!’ What a little doll… and sorry for your loss. I have had but one pet in my 50+ years, and was already distanced from my Heidi (German Shep mix) by divorce when she passed. Didn’t make it any easier ! I still miss her….
Debby, makes me sad to hear that you have ever only had one pet. If your circumstances are favorable, maybe it is time to open your heart to another. Even though logically we know that we will outlive our pets, it is still hard to lose them. But for me it is harder still to live in a house with out a warm furry body or three. (husbands don’t count) The best way to honor a loved pet that has crossed the bridge is to give your love to another that desperately needs it.
Mom wouldn’t have it when I was a kid. Heidi was with us for 11 years, and was the best dog. I do have a cat now… not enough time/room for a dog. I have had my Chloe for 2 years and I wonder why I waited so long. Thank you ppearson… for opening your heart to me !
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Comment by Dee from Tampa
2007-02-06 17:47:35
So glad you have Chloe, Debby!
Comment by Debby in AZ
2007-02-06 18:15:43
Thank you Dee. Me Too !! Even when she licks my eyelids at 4 in the morning… LOL
I agree with you, ppearson. My house is not a home without a kitty. 16 years ago, I lost beautiful Smokie when she was only a year and a half old. I was lost. My hubby left it up to me whether to get another fuzzball. A week later, while we were making funeral arrangements for my Father-In-Law, Shaddo came into out lives.
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Comment by Joan from New Jersey
2007-02-06 19:16:11
Uh, OUR lives. Silly typo.
Comment by Amber
2007-02-07 03:40:45
your comment touched my heart because it woz my cat that passed awayi loved my lil Talluah she woz my babie
I had kitty named, Stiimpy. had 6 toes on each paw. Would have been 14 in Mar., but passed 2 wks. I miss him like crazy. Have his lil sis, Zoey. only 3. Makes it bearable
These first four lines may be trash
For they go against Ogden Nash
For the nicest thing ’bout a kitten is that
When it grows up, it becomes a cat.
Tallulah - such a gorgeous kitten
Easy to see how she had you smitten
But by now you must surely know
O’er the rainbow bridge she lays low
Playing gently, I know its true
Waiting to snuggle again with you.
For all of us, we feel your gloom
(At least Huddy’s Mom’s backpack saves some room).
I know you miss Tallulah’s warmth and purr
Its easy to see why you miss her.
Great poem, Ivory Bill! Tallulah had a long and wonderful life and memories evoked by this kitten picture can bring back her spirit to make you and us smile again! Beautiful girl!
Hi Bill, your poem is so beautiful. I love the Rainbow Bridge and of course Huddy’s backpack reference.
Tallulah and mom, you were blessed to have each other.
To everyone who has lost a beloved pet and said never again, please reconsider. I have been there as well. But you know what guys? A life without a little bundle of purring love is too sad to even contemplate.
It will never stop amzing me just how much love something so small can give. I lost my baby at 21, last July. I was gifted a baby Sphynx to love, and though she will never replace my baby, she fills the giant void a great deal! And she too is my baby now. In fact, there are a total of 4 in my life now, and I foster for a cat rescue, all thanks to the b*tchy little cat who picked me 18 years ago!
Never long enough! I always wonder why parrots live to be 80 or so and not our beloved kitties and poochies. (Please parrot lovers don’t be mad at me. I wish they could all have long lives
hey there i am mom to two cats pebbles(1.5 yrs) and lucy(4mnth) and recently discovered this site and love it!! just checked out ur link to the candle site its very beautiful. gona try and submit pic of lucy and c if she gets on!
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Comment by Dee from Tampa
2007-02-06 18:13:15
Glad you’ve joined us, Fiona!
Comment by Lynn from PA
2007-02-06 18:30:33
Welcome aboard, Fiona! Glad you joined us!
Comment by Karin from SF, CA
2007-02-06 18:40:03
Welcome Fiona. You will find this to be a lively and informative group of people. They will fill you with joy, laughter, tears and good information as well.
Comment by Susan in OH
2007-02-06 20:09:14
Failte, Failte, Fiona! I’ve only been here a month or so, but the adorable kittens and the warmhearted people keep me coming back!
Comment by CatRancher from Iowa
2007-02-06 20:13:30
Welcome, Fiona! Can’t wait to see your Lucy! This is a great community of cat loving folks here!
Comment by KITTYPAW IN MEMPHIS
2007-02-06 21:41:39
Hi Fiona. I lurked for a long time before starting to comment. Everyone here is great. You’ll love it! Glad to hear from you.
How wonderful to have enjoyed the company of pretty little Tallula for almost 20 years! Yes, I had a twenty-year kitty too, and the passing of such a one leaves a hollow place. But we can take some comfort in recalling that for all their long lives they were happy and loved–and I shouldn’t be too surprised if Tallula sends you another little one to love and take good care of, when the time is right.
What a pretty girl she was and am so sorry for your loss, they mean so much and enrich our lives and I am sure Tallulah is with you in spirit, what a wonderful age to reach..
Hi Sharon in Austell,
I found the recipe for low protein, that you asked for the other day. I ran across these awhile back. I have never had to use them, I just thought I’d pass the info on to you. You can investigate it and see if there is anything that you can use. You probably know better what you are looking for. You can always ask for your vet’s opinion.
Chicken & Rice Diet
1/4 cup cooked chicken breast
1/2 ounce clams, chopped in juice(canned)
1/2 cup rice, long-grain, cooked
1 Tbsp. chicken fat
1/8 tsp. salt substitute(potassium chloride)
1/4 multiple vitamin-mineral tablet
1/10 B complex vitamin-trace mineral tablet( Give it your best shot)
Chop chicken and combine all ingredients. As should be the case with all home-prepared recipes( and canned commercial food), take up and discard the uneaten portion after 30 minutes.
This diet is low-protein, low phosphoruos, normal potassium and normal sodium. Provides 55 grams protein and 1000 kilocalories as mixed.
Here is a website you can check out for more recipes, if you like. Once you click on the address, it will take you to the page. Click on “Home prepared food for your cat- recipes for cooked diets”. There are three pages, on the third is recipes for Special diets. I also seen a box to the right that said, More Reipes for CRF cats. You might want to check it out.
You are amazing. Thank you. This sounds good enough for people to eat. Always did think I fed the critters better than the bipeds. I can’t wait to try this. I’ll let you know what he thinks.
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Comment by Renee in Arkansas
2007-02-07 06:37:52
Sharon,
You are welcome, glad to help you out. I know how kitties can get bored with eating the same thing all the time. BTW, what state are you in? Is it Tennessee?
Comment by Sharon in Austell
2007-02-07 13:03:56
I’m in Atlanta now, but my father’s side of the family hailed from Tn and I even tried going back there a few years ago. Beautiful state but 3 of my 4 daughters were still in Atlanta and wanted momma home again. I didn’t argue.
Such a beautiful girl…I’m sure her life with you was a happy one–and I’m sure she made your life richer. Both of you were very blessed…and I’m sure she’ll be waiting for you.
What a beauty! She reminds me of my Annabelle, who will be 19 this summer. It breaks my heart that she’s getting near the end of her life, because she’s made such a difference in my life for so long. She’s almost completely deaf now, but still has her moments of kitten-like feistiness. We have four other cats, too, including two less than a year old. But there will never be another Annabelle.
My heart goes out to you for the loss of your sweet kitty. I lost my precious Otis last August, and am still in the healing process, but the first two or three months were gut-wrenching. It does get a little easier with time, however. I found a lot of comfort from folks online, at petloss.com, which someone previously mentioned. Prayers for pets is another wonderful site with very caring people. There is a huge virtual community of animal lovers out there who understand our pain and can help us through it–more so than some of the people closest to us, I’ve found, who think we should just “get over it.” As Sonya Fitzpatrick says, we never get over them, just eventually get used to living without them. And know they are waiting for us on the other side…. God bless!
I am sorry for the loss of you beloved Tallulah. It is never easy losing such a wonderful furry friend. Your cat was a beautiful creature. You can set up a memorial for Tallulah on http://www.rainbowbridge.com and people can visit her memorial. Know that you have friends here if you need to talk.
Serenah, I like the quote you provided. It could be said better about how we don’t get over them, we just get use to them not being around. I still miss Whiskers who has been gone two years now.
Serenah–that is all so true! I lost Juliet (best pet ever!) to renal failure 18 months ago, and even though I have 3 other cats, every once in awhile it hits me like a ton of bricks that she is gone forever. Very sad. (Wow, I just realized that today is the “anniversary” of my father’s death. It was 40 years ago today–I was just 3 1/2 years old (to the day). My mother has never stopped mourning him. She never remarried. She kind of reminds me of Mary Wollstonecraft who carried Percy Shelley’s heart (after he drowned) in a silk shroud with her for the rest of her life. Kind of beautiful–and creepy!).
Dee, Serenah, and Karin — my heart goes out to you all…we never “get over” the loss, we can only keep moving along. When a memory of a lost loved one evokes that wave of grief washes over us it can be so overwhelming. A few months ago my sister told me to close my eyes and then brought out something from behind her back and told me to smell and asked me what it reminded me of. Without hesitation, I said “Dad!” She had brought out a little leather pouch with a magifying glass in it that belonged to my Dad. It still smelled of him. We both laughed and then we cried, sobbed…he has been gone since August 1, 1995. When something triggers my memory of a lost loved one, human or animal…I always talk to them as if they have just entered the room. Sometimes just a “hello, I love you and miss you…” But it makes me feel better…I believe that they have just paid me a little visit from the other side.
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Comment by Dee from Tampa
2007-02-06 18:10:42
Thanks for that CatRancher–very soothing. This all reminds me of “Medium” last Wednesday–did you watch it? Lynn in PA–did you get a chance to view it? What an ending–really touched me. (Not to get too “metaphysical” here, but this is an interesting story—My mother never liked the way she looked in the wedding photo with my father that hung on the living room wall. Every time she would say, “Richard, please get rid of that picture!” He would jokingly respond, “The day that picture is taken off the wall, is the day I die!” When my mother came home from the hospital the evening of my father’s death and went into the bedroom, she heard a crash in the living room—the picture was on the floor with all the glass shattered around it. My mother always felt this was my father’s goofy sense of humor communicating with her from “the other side”. Kind of interesting, huh?
Comment by Lynn from PA
2007-02-06 18:36:43
Yes, Dee, I did watch it and loved the ending. Please accept my sympathy in the loss of your father. BTW, my father will be gone 10 years next month and his name was Richard, too. I truly believe that your father made sure that picture was no longer on the wall. I have had, what I believe to be visit from loved ones on the other side. They were too real not to be true. They have amused and comforted me. I guess that’s why I identify with Medium and Ghost Whisperer so much. Thanks for sharing. If they can find a way back, they will come to you.
Comment by CatRancher from Iowa
2007-02-06 19:18:56
I did watch Medium, Dee. I agree, great ending, one of the better episodes. Whatever happened (metaphysical or not)…your Mom took comfort from the picture falling and believing it was your father’s sense of humor — and that’s a good thing!
Comment by Susan in Kennesaw, GA
2007-02-06 19:34:16
I have heard visitors from the other side sometimes use water to tell they are with us. I had a toilet in Augusta that would flush itself I always said that is my ghost. About three months after I moved here it started up again. I laughed when it happened and said well mama it sure took you long enough to find me.
A giant hug to all who have had to say good bye to loved ones whether they are human or furry. I think we can still talk to them from our hearts.
Comment by Renee in Arkansas
2007-02-06 20:19:09
Karin and Serenah, so sorry for your loss of your kitties, Otis and Whiskers. To Dee and CatRancher, sorry for the loss of your dad. I know what that is like. I lost my dad in August 2002, just a couple weeks after my birthday. I still miss him like crazy. We were so close. I miss his hugs and he telling me he “loved me”. He was so easily tickled. He took joy in the simplest of things and had a great sense of humor.
What a sweet kitty. Our longest lived kitty made it to just shy of 18, another sweetie named Mog, who just got better with age. Cats are such treasures in our lives.
Tallulah was about six weeks old when this picture was taken. She grew into an expert tree-climber, daring headboard walker, inquisitive flower-sniffer, and wonderful companion. She passed away last November, just a little shy of 20.
Please be careful most gorgeous one! Ficus trees can have thorns!
oh my goodness - she looked just precious - quite a balancing act. She had a good long life!!
So sorry to hear your baby has passed she lived a good life at 20 yrs thats great hope you will get another companion soon but youll never replace such a darling baby from Desis’s Mommy
Oh so very sorry for the loss of your soft and wonderful baby. I am so glad you could enjoy each other for such a long time. I dread the day when my babies time comes!
AWWWW! Sooo very beautiful! I am so sorry for your loss.
Inquisitive FUZZZZ!
Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all.
She looks like such a sweet girl. I have had two that lived into their 20’s…and they left such a hole in my life. The only way I filled it was with a new love…I hope you too will when the time is right.
what a beautiful little girl.RIP with my Ashley and Tabitha:)
I am so sorry, I lost my sweet baby a year ago and still can’t believe he is gone.
She was so sweet. Like everyone else has said, I’m sorry for your loss. My baby passed about 3 years ago at the age of almost 21. I’d had her since I was 2. The only saving grace is that she lived for so long.
Tallulah…RIP with my Pepper and all the other kitty’s that have gone before.
Ah…I too lost a Pepper at the ripe age of 28 a few years ago. It must be a good name for spunky kitties that won’t go easily.
‘Bet you can’t see me behind this tree!’ What a little doll… and sorry for your loss. I have had but one pet in my 50+ years, and was already distanced from my Heidi (German Shep mix) by divorce when she passed. Didn’t make it any easier ! I still miss her….
Debby, makes me sad to hear that you have ever only had one pet. If your circumstances are favorable, maybe it is time to open your heart to another. Even though logically we know that we will outlive our pets, it is still hard to lose them. But for me it is harder still to live in a house with out a warm furry body or three. (husbands don’t count) The best way to honor a loved pet that has crossed the bridge is to give your love to another that desperately needs it.
Mom wouldn’t have it when I was a kid. Heidi was with us for 11 years, and was the best dog. I do have a cat now… not enough time/room for a dog. I have had my Chloe for 2 years and I wonder why I waited so long. Thank you ppearson… for opening your heart to me !
So glad you have Chloe, Debby!
Thank you Dee. Me Too !! Even when she licks my eyelids at 4 in the morning… LOL
I agree with you, ppearson. My house is not a home without a kitty. 16 years ago, I lost beautiful Smokie when she was only a year and a half old. I was lost. My hubby left it up to me whether to get another fuzzball. A week later, while we were making funeral arrangements for my Father-In-Law, Shaddo came into out lives.
Uh, OUR lives. Silly typo.
your comment touched my heart because it woz my cat that passed awayi loved my lil Talluah she woz my babie
Timeless FUZZ!
So cute! such a long life! she was very fortunate to have experience so much adventure and love in a lifetime!!! peace!
My Stimpy is going to be 14 this May. We will miss them ALL. Godbless….
I had kitty named, Stiimpy. had 6 toes on each paw. Would have been 14 in Mar., but passed 2 wks. I miss him like crazy. Have his lil sis, Zoey. only 3. Makes it bearable
These first four lines may be trash
For they go against Ogden Nash
For the nicest thing ’bout a kitten is that
When it grows up, it becomes a cat.
Tallulah - such a gorgeous kitten
Easy to see how she had you smitten
But by now you must surely know
O’er the rainbow bridge she lays low
Playing gently, I know its true
Waiting to snuggle again with you.
For all of us, we feel your gloom
(At least Huddy’s Mom’s backpack saves some room).
I know you miss Tallulah’s warmth and purr
Its easy to see why you miss her.
What a beautiful poem for such a beautiful girl.
Lovely poem. I especially like the Huddy’s backpack reference.
I told Huddy he was the mentioned in Ivory Bill’s poem. He smiled at me in that ‘cat’ kinda way. lol
Great poem, Ivory Bill! Tallulah had a long and wonderful life and memories evoked by this kitten picture can bring back her spirit to make you and us smile again! Beautiful girl!
Great one!
Hi Dee, How are you? Were you sick or just sick of us all yesterday? Hangover from the Super Bowl?
Hi, Susan! I figured you could all use a break from me. Plus, Kittenmaster didn’t have to click on all my links! haha!
Hi Bill, your poem is so beautiful. I love the Rainbow Bridge and of course Huddy’s backpack reference.
Tallulah and mom, you were blessed to have each other.
To everyone who has lost a beloved pet and said never again, please reconsider. I have been there as well. But you know what guys? A life without a little bundle of purring love is too sad to even contemplate.
It will never stop amzing me just how much love something so small can give. I lost my baby at 21, last July. I was gifted a baby Sphynx to love, and though she will never replace my baby, she fills the giant void a great deal! And she too is my baby now. In fact, there are a total of 4 in my life now, and I foster for a cat rescue, all thanks to the b*tchy little cat who picked me 18 years ago!
Wonderful poem, Bill. You say such wonderful things!
Lovely poem and as usual you do wonders with words, Bill! Tears streaming down face..have to explain to coworkers.
Ivory Bill–Do you write the women in your life beautiful poetry as well? (pssst…Huddy’s mama said she is single and in the Houston area!)
I didn’t say I was single, sweetie. I said I’m happily divorced.
:) 
whoops, my mistake!
Great one Ivory bill !
Such a beautiful poem,thanks Bill.
Now I can’t stop crying, thank you very much. You do have such a way with words. I love all your poems, but this one has to take the cake.
Tallulah was a gorgeous kitten. It is always hard to see them travel to the Rainbow Bridge.
What a great poem! It brought tears to my eyes.
Thank you for your beautiful poem, Ivory Bill . Bittersweet tears for Tallulah.
What a beautiful baby and “salad bar” lover she was! I’m sorry for your loss. No matter how long they are with us, it’s still never long enough is it?
Never long enough! I always wonder why parrots live to be 80 or so and not our beloved kitties and poochies. (Please parrot lovers don’t be mad at me. I wish they could all have long lives
Surely God has a place for even the littlest angels once their time among us is done.
RIP Tullulah with my Sooty I lost last year to kidney failure.
tallulah is sooooo cute. like a big fur ball. AWwwwwww….. is all i have to say. from a scale 1 to 10 i give tallulah a 10. and a
Have a kitty and a smile!
It’s obvious from this list that I must go and buy a backpack. I should have bought one 20 years ago…
Dee is usually the one who provides links such as this, but she’s been missing (hope nothing’s amiss). http://petloss.com/poems/maingrp/rainbowb.htm
This is another lovely site. You can lite a candle for your loved one furry and otherwise.
http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/enter.cfm?l=eng
hey there i am mom to two cats pebbles(1.5 yrs) and lucy(4mnth) and recently discovered this site and love it!! just checked out ur link to the candle site its very beautiful. gona try and submit pic of lucy and c if she gets on!
Glad you’ve joined us, Fiona!
Welcome aboard, Fiona! Glad you joined us!
Welcome Fiona. You will find this to be a lively and informative group of people. They will fill you with joy, laughter, tears and good information as well.
Failte, Failte, Fiona! I’ve only been here a month or so, but the adorable kittens and the warmhearted people keep me coming back!
Welcome, Fiona! Can’t wait to see your Lucy! This is a great community of cat loving folks here!
Hi Fiona. I lurked for a long time before starting to comment. Everyone here is great. You’ll love it! Glad to hear from you.
Another great memorial site:
http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/enter.cfm?l=eng
How wonderful to have enjoyed the company of pretty little Tallula for almost 20 years! Yes, I had a twenty-year kitty too, and the passing of such a one leaves a hollow place. But we can take some comfort in recalling that for all their long lives they were happy and loved–and I shouldn’t be too surprised if Tallula sends you another little one to love and take good care of, when the time is right.
Thank you for sharing the photo of your beautiful girl.
She will be waiting for you at the Rainbow Bridge…
Such a beautiful baby. I am so sorry for your loss.
What a pretty girl she was and am so sorry for your loss, they mean so much and enrich our lives and I am sure Tallulah is with you in spirit, what a wonderful age to reach..
Gorgeous girl! She looks like a mix of three kitties into one soft fuzz. Glad you got to have such a long time together.
Beautiful baby lives to a ripe old age. I’m sorry for your loss, but you’ll see her on the other side.
She made an amazingly beautiful kitten! So precious!
Hi Sharon in Austell,
I found the recipe for low protein, that you asked for the other day. I ran across these awhile back. I have never had to use them, I just thought I’d pass the info on to you. You can investigate it and see if there is anything that you can use. You probably know better what you are looking for. You can always ask for your vet’s opinion.
Chicken & Rice Diet
1/4 cup cooked chicken breast
1/2 ounce clams, chopped in juice(canned)
1/2 cup rice, long-grain, cooked
1 Tbsp. chicken fat
1/8 tsp. salt substitute(potassium chloride)
1/4 multiple vitamin-mineral tablet
1/10 B complex vitamin-trace mineral tablet( Give it your best shot)
Chop chicken and combine all ingredients. As should be the case with all home-prepared recipes( and canned commercial food), take up and discard the uneaten portion after 30 minutes.
This diet is low-protein, low phosphoruos, normal potassium and normal sodium. Provides 55 grams protein and 1000 kilocalories as mixed.
Here is a website you can check out for more recipes, if you like. Once you click on the address, it will take you to the page. Click on “Home prepared food for your cat- recipes for cooked diets”. There are three pages, on the third is recipes for Special diets. I also seen a box to the right that said, More Reipes for CRF cats. You might want to check it out.
http://cats.about.com/od/recipes/Recipes-for-Kitty-Treats.htm
I hope this helps you and your grandkitty out.
You are amazing. Thank you. This sounds good enough for people to eat. Always did think I fed the critters better than the bipeds. I can’t wait to try this. I’ll let you know what he thinks.
Sharon,
You are welcome, glad to help you out. I know how kitties can get bored with eating the same thing all the time. BTW, what state are you in? Is it Tennessee?
I’m in Atlanta now, but my father’s side of the family hailed from Tn and I even tried going back there a few years ago. Beautiful state but 3 of my 4 daughters were still in Atlanta and wanted momma home again. I didn’t argue.
Stop and smell the roses FUZZ
Somewhere over the rainbow FUZZ
Such a beautiful girl…I’m sure her life with you was a happy one–and I’m sure she made your life richer. Both of you were very blessed…and I’m sure she’ll be waiting for you.
What a beauty! She reminds me of my Annabelle, who will be 19 this summer. It breaks my heart that she’s getting near the end of her life, because she’s made such a difference in my life for so long. She’s almost completely deaf now, but still has her moments of kitten-like feistiness. We have four other cats, too, including two less than a year old. But there will never be another Annabelle.
My heart goes out to you for the loss of your sweet kitty. I lost my precious Otis last August, and am still in the healing process, but the first two or three months were gut-wrenching. It does get a little easier with time, however. I found a lot of comfort from folks online, at petloss.com, which someone previously mentioned. Prayers for pets is another wonderful site with very caring people. There is a huge virtual community of animal lovers out there who understand our pain and can help us through it–more so than some of the people closest to us, I’ve found, who think we should just “get over it.” As Sonya Fitzpatrick says, we never get over them, just eventually get used to living without them. And know they are waiting for us on the other side…. God bless!
I am sorry for the loss of you beloved Tallulah. It is never easy losing such a wonderful furry friend. Your cat was a beautiful creature. You can set up a memorial for Tallulah on http://www.rainbowbridge.com and people can visit her memorial. Know that you have friends here if you need to talk.
Serenah, I like the quote you provided. It could be said better about how we don’t get over them, we just get use to them not being around. I still miss Whiskers who has been gone two years now.
(trying to type all of this through tears).
Serenah–that is all so true! I lost Juliet (best pet ever!) to renal failure 18 months ago, and even though I have 3 other cats, every once in awhile it hits me like a ton of bricks that she is gone forever. Very sad. (Wow, I just realized that today is the “anniversary” of my father’s death. It was 40 years ago today–I was just 3 1/2 years old (to the day). My mother has never stopped mourning him. She never remarried. She kind of reminds me of Mary Wollstonecraft who carried Percy Shelley’s heart (after he drowned) in a silk shroud with her for the rest of her life. Kind of beautiful–and creepy!).
Dee, Serenah, and Karin — my heart goes out to you all…we never “get over” the loss, we can only keep moving along. When a memory of a lost loved one evokes that wave of grief washes over us it can be so overwhelming. A few months ago my sister told me to close my eyes and then brought out something from behind her back and told me to smell and asked me what it reminded me of. Without hesitation, I said “Dad!” She had brought out a little leather pouch with a magifying glass in it that belonged to my Dad. It still smelled of him. We both laughed and then we cried, sobbed…he has been gone since August 1, 1995. When something triggers my memory of a lost loved one, human or animal…I always talk to them as if they have just entered the room. Sometimes just a “hello, I love you and miss you…” But it makes me feel better…I believe that they have just paid me a little visit from the other side.
Thanks for that CatRancher–very soothing. This all reminds me of “Medium” last Wednesday–did you watch it? Lynn in PA–did you get a chance to view it? What an ending–really touched me. (Not to get too “metaphysical” here, but this is an interesting story—My mother never liked the way she looked in the wedding photo with my father that hung on the living room wall. Every time she would say, “Richard, please get rid of that picture!” He would jokingly respond, “The day that picture is taken off the wall, is the day I die!” When my mother came home from the hospital the evening of my father’s death and went into the bedroom, she heard a crash in the living room—the picture was on the floor with all the glass shattered around it. My mother always felt this was my father’s goofy sense of humor communicating with her from “the other side”. Kind of interesting, huh?
Yes, Dee, I did watch it and loved the ending. Please accept my sympathy in the loss of your father. BTW, my father will be gone 10 years next month and his name was Richard, too. I truly believe that your father made sure that picture was no longer on the wall. I have had, what I believe to be visit from loved ones on the other side. They were too real not to be true. They have amused and comforted me. I guess that’s why I identify with Medium and Ghost Whisperer so much. Thanks for sharing. If they can find a way back, they will come to you.
I did watch Medium, Dee. I agree, great ending, one of the better episodes. Whatever happened (metaphysical or not)…your Mom took comfort from the picture falling and believing it was your father’s sense of humor — and that’s a good thing!
I have heard visitors from the other side sometimes use water to tell they are with us. I had a toilet in Augusta that would flush itself I always said that is my ghost. About three months after I moved here it started up again. I laughed when it happened and said well mama it sure took you long enough to find me.
A giant hug to all who have had to say good bye to loved ones whether they are human or furry. I think we can still talk to them from our hearts.
Karin and Serenah, so sorry for your loss of your kitties, Otis and Whiskers. To Dee and CatRancher, sorry for the loss of your dad. I know what that is like. I lost my dad in August 2002, just a couple weeks after my birthday. I still miss him like crazy. We were so close. I miss his hugs and he telling me he “loved me”. He was so easily tickled. He took joy in the simplest of things and had a great sense of humor.
What a sweet kitty. Our longest lived kitty made it to just shy of 18, another sweetie named Mog, who just got better with age. Cats are such treasures in our lives.
Nice name, Karin. Where are you from?
Tallulah FUZZ-head.
I love the white feet and all the colors. She looks like autumn.
Just look at all the mischief in those eyes!!
*hugs Tallulah and slips her into backpack*
My goodness, I didn’t realize Tallulah had gone over the Rainbow Bridge. I’m sorry for your loss.
I meant couldn’t.
I am truly sorry about your loss.
I also have three tree climbers and headboard walkers.
Love them.