Bless you dearest Even, godspeed on your journey....{{{Even, Ann & Glenn}}}
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Even's final trip to the vet...
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Posted 7 months ago by AZDEBRA 5/27 & crew #
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(((((An and Glen)))))))
Posted 7 months ago by Cat talk rules #
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Thoughts for all of you. Bless you for giving your boy the final gift of love.
Posted 7 months ago by Jetta and Boo Boo's Mom #
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MCW wrote this for one of her kitts...It seems appropriate to re-post...
Night night furball
Close your eyes
Dream of chasing butterflies
Basking in the sunshine
Jumping up trees
Exciting smells in a gentle breeze
Sleep tight furball
Love you little friend
I’m so sorry this is the end
Thanks for the laughter
Thanks for the tears
Thanks for all the loving years
God bless furball
Don’t be afraid
I know that you can be brave
Be peaceful in passing
Enjoy what’s in store
In furball heaven
It won’t hurt anymorePosted 7 months ago by 12PAWZinFL #
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My heart aches with your loss of your beloved Evan, but I admire you for your strength to do what needed to be done. He is now in a better place, not in pain, as you said, and frolicking with the others over the bridge. The wolf has brought him into the fold. I wish you and Glenn now peace, know that you did what was the right thing, and remembering Evan in his own beautiful way. May the angels kiss you both gently while you sleep tonight and know that they are watching over Evan as well. Much love and hugs, Mama Lynn
Posted 7 months ago by Lynn from PA 6/8 #
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Thank you all so much... as I go to sleep tonight, I am comforted by the many people here who understand what Glenn and I have been through. Thank you for your kindness, your hugs, your tears, and your good wishes. I know Even would love to have met each and every one of you.
Posted 7 months ago by anncetera2 #
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(((Ann, Glenn and Even))) Godspeed to the Meadow, Even. You gave him the best gift of all, Ann...Even left this life on a high note. My heart breaks for you and Glenn tonight.
Posted 7 months ago by roxysmommy #
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I just joined tonight so I could say a personal thank you to you all for the kind words. Ann showed me this thread and I cried several times at the words that you have all shared trying to help us cope with his passing from out lives for now. I thank you each and everyone. I pry that none of us have to make a decision like this in the future but being a realist I know it will happen and I am glad that there are kind and generous folk like you all who will help.
Posted 7 months ago by annceteras_glenn #
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Welcome A_G, you both made the kindest and yet the hardest choice for Even {{A_G & Ann}}}
Posted 7 months ago by AZDEBRA 5/27 & crew #
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Those in the Meadow are so glad to see Even as he wakes between the paws of The Wolf. Enjoy, sweet boy. Your mom and dad loved you so much to give you this gift.
Posted 7 months ago by paulajeanne #
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Even lies curled in a soft white ring under the Tree, one paw thrown over his eyes, and his fur gleams brightly as the sun breaks through the leaves.
He is not asleep.
Even is smiling to himself and listening to the soft chatter of Binx, Parfait, and the Autumn Kitten who surround the newcomer. The members of The Kitten Pack always have their own opinions and they love welcoming the new residents of the Meadow.
"He's so big and pretty! The Wolf didn't tell us how pretty he is!"
"Or how big he is!"
"He doesn't tell us everything."
"Even came last night, and they talked for a long time and then when the Wolf took him around and everyone was so happy to see him and Jasper gave him flowers and the Basils showed him the hedge-rows and Mama Cat was laughing with him and Even kept on saying how good he felt and Wilbur and Shaddo and Jiggs played with him at the Brook and Lucky and Lady and..."
"Parfait, take a breath!"
"Oooh, look at the pretty patches on top of his head," says one small cat, her tiny nose almost touching Even's black nose. "What are those?"
Padding over to the Tree from his resting place in the long grass, the Wolf answers the question of the sweet Autumn Kitten, knowing full well that the handsome young rascal in front of them is wide awake:
"Those patches are where his mama and his papa kissed him good-bye, dear ones."
And Even blinks, gazing upward into the kindest eyes in this Life, he and the Wolf both smiling joyfully.
Even is home.
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Brava Emma, well done....thank you.
Posted 7 months ago by AZDEBRA 5/27 & crew #
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Someone shared this poem with me on another kitty forum, and I'd like to share it with all of you:
YOU HAVE CHOSEN TEARS
The little orange boy stopped.
Behind him, kitties were playing, chasing each other and
wrestling in the warm sunshine.
It looked like so much fun, but in front of him, through
the clear stillness of the pond's water, he could see his mommy.
And she was crying.
He pawed at the water, trying to get at her, and when
that didn't work, he jumped into the shallow water. All that got him was wet and Mommy's image danced away in the ripples.
"Mommy!" he cried. "Is something wrong?" The little orange boy turned around.A lady was standing at the edge of the pond, her eyes
sad but filled with love.
The little orange boy sighed and walked out of the water.
"There's been a mistake," he said. "I'm not supposed to be here."
He looked back at the water.
It was starting to still again and his mommy's image was coming back.
"I'm just a baby. Mommy said it had to be a mistake. She said I wasn't
supposed to come here yet." The kind lady sighed and sat down on the grass.
The little orange boy climbed into her lap.
It wasn't Mommy's lap, but it was almost as good.
When she started to pet him and scratch under his chin like he liked, he
started to purr. He hadn't wanted to, but he couldn't help it.
"I'm afraid there is no mistake. You are supposed to be
here and your mommy knows it deep down in her heart," the lady said.
The little orange boy sighed and laid his head on the lady's leg.
"But she's so sad. It hurts me to see her cry. And daddy too."
"But they knew right from the beginning this would happen."
"That I was sick?"That surprised the little orange boy.
No one had ever said anything and he had listened when
they thought he was sleeping.
All he had heard them talk about was how cute he was, or
how fast he was or how big he was getting.
"No, not that you were sick," the lady said.
"But you see, they chose tears."
"No, they didn't," the little orange boy argued. Who would choose to cry?
The lady gently brushed the top of his head with a kiss.
It made him feel safe and loved and warm - but he still worried about his mommy."Let me tell you a story," the lady said.
The little orange boy looked up and saw other animals gathering around. Cats - Big Boy and Snowball and Shamus and Abby and little Cleo and Robin. Merlin and Toby and Iggy and Zachary. Sweetie and Kamatte and Obie. Dogs too- Sally and Baby and Morgan and Rocky and Belle. Even a lizard named Clyde and some rats named Saffron and Becky and a hamster named Odo. They all lay down near the kind lady and looked up at her, waiting.
She smiled at them and began:A long long time ago, the Loving Ones went to the Angel
in Charge. They were lonesome and asked the Angel to help them.
The Angel took them to a wall of windows and let them
look out the first window at all sorts of things - dolls and stuffed animals and cars and toys and sporting events. "Here are things you can love," the Angel said. "They will keep you from being lonesome." "Oh, thank you," the Loving Ones said. "These are just what we need."
"You have chosen Pleasure," the Angel told them.But after a time the Loving Ones came back to the Angel in Charge. "Things are okay to love," they said. "But they don't care that we love them." The Angel in Charge led them over to the second window. It looked out at all sorts of wild animals. "Here are animals to love," he said. "They will know you love them." So the Loving Ones hurried out to care for the wild
animals.
"You have chosen Satisfaction," the Angel said.Some of the Loving Ones worked at zoos and wild animal
preserves, some just had bird feeders in their yards, but after a time they all came back to the Angel in Charge. "They know we love them," they told the Angel. "But they don't love us back. We want to be loved in return." So the Angel took them to the third window and showed them lots of people walking around, hurrying places. "Here are people for you to love," the Angel told them. So the Loving Ones hurried off to find other people to love.
"You have chosen Commitment," the Angel said.But after a time a lot of Loving Ones came back to the
Angel in Charge. "People were okay to love," they said. "But sometimes they stopped loving us and left. They broke our hearts." The Angel just shook his head. "I cannot help you," he said. "You will have to be satisfied with the choices I gave you."As the Loving Ones were leaving, someone saw a window
off to one side and hurried to look out.
Through it, they could see puppies and kittens and dogs
and cats and lizards and hamsters and ferrets.
The other Loving Ones hurried over. "What about these?" they asked. But the Angel just tried to shoo them away.
"Those are Personal Empathy Trainers," he said.
"But there's a problem with their system operations."
"Would they know that we love them?" someone asked.
"Yes," the Angel said.
"Would they love us back?" another asked.
"Yes," the Angel said.
"Will they stop loving us?" someone else asked.
"No," the Angel admitted. "They will love you forever."
"Then these are what we want," the Loving Ones said.
But the Angel was very upset."You don't understand," he told them. "You will have to
feed these animals."
"That's all right," the Loving Ones said.
"You will have to clean up after them and take care of them forever."
"We don't care."
The Loving Ones did not listen. They went down to where
the Pets were and picked them up, seeing the love in their own hearts reflected in the animals' eyes."They were not programmed right," the Angel said. "We can't offer a warranty. We don't know how durable they are. Some of their systems malfunction very quickly, others last a long time." But the Loving Ones did not care.
They were holding the warm little bodies and finding
their hearts so filled with love that they thought they would burst. "We will take our chances," they said.
"You do not understand." The Angel tried one more time.
"They are so dependent on you that even the most well-made of them is not designed to out live you. You are destined to suffer their loss."
The Loving Ones looked at the sweetness in their arms
and nodded.
"That is how it should be. It is a fair trade for the
love they offer."The Angel just watched them all go, shaking his head.
"You have chosen Tears," he whispered."So it is," the kind lady told the kitties.
"And so each mommy and daddy knows. When they take a baby into their heart, they know that one day it will leave them and they will cry."
The little orange boy sat up. "So why do they take us in?" he asked.
"Because even a moment of your love is worth years of pain later."
"Oh."The little orange boy got off the lady's lap and went back to the edge of the pond. His mommy was still there, and still crying.
"Will she ever stop crying?" he asked the kind lady.
She nodded. "You see, the Angel felt sorry for the
Loving Ones, knowing how much they would suffer. He couldn't take the tears away but he made them special."She dipped her hand into the pond and let the water
trickle off her fingers. "He made them healing tears, formed from the special water here. Each tear holds bits of all the happy times of purring and petting and shared love. And the promise of love once again.As your mommy cries, she is healing. It may take a long
while, but the tears will help her feel better. In time she will be less sad and she will smile when she thinks of you.
And then she will open her heart again to another little baby."
"But then she will cry again one day," the little orange
boy said.The lady just smiled at him as she got to her feet.
"No, she will love again. That is all she will think
about."
She picked up Big Boy and Snowball and gave them hugs,
then scratched Morgan's ear just how she liked."Look," she said. "The butterflies have come. Shall we
go over to play?"
The other animals all ran ahead, but the little orange
boy wasn't ready to leave his mommy.
"Will I ever get to be with her again?"
The kind lady nodded.
"You'll be in the eyes of every kitty she looks at.
You'll be in the purr of every cat she pets. And late at night, when she's fast asleep, your spirit will snuggle up close to her and you both will feel at
peace.One day soon, you can even send her a rainbow to tell her you're safe and waiting here for when it's her turn to come."
"I would like that," the little orange boy said and took
one long look at his mommy.
He saw her smile slightly through her tears and he knew
she had remembered the time he almost fell into the bathtub.
"I love you, Mommy," he whispered. "It's okay if you
cry."He glanced over at the other pets, running and playing
and laughing with the butterflies.
"Uh, Mommy? I gotta go play now, okay? But I'll be
around, I promise."
Then he turned and raced after the others.Author Unknown
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I am just able to get on to say to you Ann, my sincerest condolences on the passing of Even. You showed the highest form of love by allowing Even to leave when his quality of life would not be the best for him. Many hugs to you and Glenn.
Beautiful story, Siobhan. Very poignant.
Posted 7 months ago by SylMiaFelixsMomma #
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Thank you all, most especially MWC, Emma, and Siobhan... I am lucky that Even had a full life, and years of robust health. I am grateful that I could let him go before all pleasure passed out of his life, and before all waking moments were misery.
It would be nice if I get to see them all again, after I've gone from this life!
Posted 7 months ago by anncetera2 #
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I'm so sorry Ann--the worst thing about loving our furrbabies so much is always knowing that their lives are ever too short. I still think about my beloved Spanky (over 9 yrs. ago) and how hard it was to let him go, but I couldn't have imagined my life without him---they are all such a blessing. Thank you for doing the non-selfish thing by letting him go before such suffering. He knew he was loved---isn't that all everyone wants in this lifetime? {{{Ann, Glenn & Even}}}
Posted 7 months ago by FondaHonda #
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And thank you especially, Emma, for including the Autumn Kitten, who passed away two years ago this month...
Posted 7 months ago by anncetera2 #
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I've been reading all these beautiful words and stories. And mourning my beloved Blackie and Pesco. Blackie was my first puppy, and Pesco my beautiful buckskin quarterhorse, whose favourite activity was chewing on my braids. Tears aplenty here, but joyful ones, feeling that I will be reunited with them. Soon. Thank you, Ann, for sharing Even's last days with us.
Posted 7 months ago by paulajeanne #
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Emma well done, once again. Many tears shed for Evan, and many stories taking him to the bridge. Ann, take good care, and know that he is well and happy and you will see him, my dear, again. Hugs and love to you and Glenn. Get some sleep now, your job is done. You gave him a better place to rest and play. Time will reunite you all. Much love, Mama Lynn
Posted 7 months ago by Lynn from PA 6/8 #
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