Last Saturday,August 19th, I had to
make the heart wrenching decision to
send my my beloved kitty Tabitha
to The Bridge.
The loss of her loving and beautiful
presence in my life..which she blessed
for one month shy of 15 years...is
devastating.
Tabitha had been having a bit of
a rough go of things since the
beginning of the month but she
was a tough girl with a strong
will to live and I was always right
there with her, like a lioness
protecting her cub.
Tabitha and I had been down this
road before late last year,but she
pulled through and I hoped and prayed
that she'd do so again this time..especially
after she had made two special goals
that I had set for her.
The first one which I set last December
was for Tabitha to make it to her 15th
birthday in February, which she did.
After that victory I told my girl
that I wanted her to her to make it
to my birthday in June which she did.
I then set a new goal for her..
to make it to September so that
we could celebrate the anniversary
of the day that I rescued this amazing
7 month old kitten (not feral) who
had been tossed out to fend for herself.
Sadly this was not to be.
On Monday,the 14th,I noticed that
she was moving about a lot slower than
she normally did and I was immediately
on edge. By Wednesday her eating habits
had changed (not for the better) and
on Thursday evening when I saw that she
could barely use her hind legs I scooped
her up into my arms and began to cry into
her fur....I knew that I was loosing my
precious girl.
By early Saturday morning I could see
that Tabitha was starting to shut down
and I knew that the moment that I was
dreading had arrived.
I gently wrapped her in one of my towels
that had my scent on it and carried her to
my Jeep...but before I did so I made sure
that my other four kitties were upstairs
before we left the cottage.
I drove with my right hand while I
held my sweet girl with my left arm
against my body.
Her head was nestled in the crook of
my elbow and she was looking at
me with those beautiful pea green eyes.
I could tell that she was at peace.
At one point Tabitha stretched out her left
front leg and placed her left paw over my
heart...and kept it there until we reached
the vet's office...and her eyes were still
on me the entire time.
I will keep this precious,beautiful image
in my heart for the rest of my life.
In the vet's office, with her
still wrapped in my towel,her head
now nestled in the crook of my right
arm as I covered Tabitha's soft furry
head with kisses and tears and whispered
how much I loved her..I set her beautiful
spirit free.
Even though my heart aches I'm
finding a sense of peace in knowing
that Tabitha is no longer in pain
and that she has been reunited with
Tigger,Sophie,Maggie,Tom and Forrest,
that they're all running though the
sunlit meadows of that most blessed place
on the other side of The Bridge....and
that one day I'll be reunited with
all of them.
Tabitha
February 1,2002 - August 19,2017
Mommy loves you, precious angel
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All of my children have paws =^..^=
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