Pet Lovers

[SeaMaiden]

@gizmogal  I am late to this thread....but I am so so sorry to hear that you lost your sweet arrow😢. Forgive me for not saying so sooner.  Loss of our pets is just so so hard. Wish I could give you a ((hug)).

[mwmc]

I had a cat named Handsome. He lived to be 21. He had arthritis for the last 3 years of his life. He got pneumonia and we got him through that. Then the next year we had to let him go because he had throaat cancer and couldn't eat. He was good nature and had a strong will to live. He tried so hard but, he just couldn't get anyting down. I know it is hard, I am crying as I write this.  My inlaws live in the country, so I was able to bury him. My husband made a coffin and Handsome has his favorite blanket. I could go on and on he was such a great cat. It took over a year and I still wasn't sure if I was ready, but my husband missed having an animal in the house. We got the first cat we looked at. His name is Orion. He brings me joy. Hopefully when you are ready you will find a new kitty. God Bless

[moon_gazer]

gizmogal,

I am very sorry for your loss. It is such a heavy sadness we feel when we lose a pet. I am afraid I am about to face the same thing with my little 16 &1/2 year old dachsund. I can barely eat or sleep for worrying over it. I kmow you miss your baby very much.Sending you hugs (((()))).

[Mom of Kai]

May Angel Wings comfort you.  Hugs

[GingerPeach]

I'm so sorry, @gizmogal

Letting go is never easy and never simple.  I remember with my last cat, many years ago, comforting her while lying in bed together before she passed.

Please take some comfort and some strength in knowing that you saved him from unnecessary suffering.  You're strong enough to take on the burden and he trusted you to know the right time.

[gizmogal]

The support here, filled with hugs and prayers, anecdotes of mutual experiences, and assurances of good days ahead has gotten me through the first full day of missing Arrow. I come back to the thread to read entries, knowing I am going to feel better for it. 

I cried in short intervals yesterday.  I had to take time to put away common Arrow things like bowls and a toy or two long abandoned under the couch. That triggered memories and a timeline of small this-and-that occasions we all have in the course of sharing our lives with animals. For a startling moment I thought I heard Arrow or glimpsed him looking through the uprights on the staircase on his way down to the kitchen. Perhaps he visited? My sister suggested that when I told her of this feeling. 

I am used to dealing with much of life alone and it suits me. But I’m vulnerable and emotional without the chance to tend to a cat’s every dependency or issue a belly rub on demand, after so many years of being sure something else alive around here needs me. 

I’m going forward as I must and glad for the hearts and hand-holding coming from so many. I know I’ve made some of you think again of your own losses and share your tears. It’s a community we all know we’ll join the minute we take in our pets and make them family. I am honored by your offerings of comfort. It’s getting me through this and it makes a difference. 

[SeaMaiden]

@mwmc  Sounds like a lovely burial for your Handsome. I know your tears. Enjoy Orion! Can you put a picture of him here? What a lucky cat to have found his way to you!  I know Handsome is  happy that you are giving another kitty a wonderful home and into your heart!

[seaBreeze]

Oh my dear, your post brings tears to many of us ... we ache with you.  Knowing the anquish to say goodbye at the Bridge was done out of love ...it had to be.  

One day you will smile again as sweet memories come

upon you.

[Bird mama]

Oh @gizmogal  I am so sorry that Arrow had to go over the rainbow bridge.  

[beastielove]

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Dear gizmogal

My heart goes out to you on the loss

of your beloved boy.I can relate to the

pain and heartache that you're dealing

with as I've been down that same dark

road many times before and will be again

at some point as I'm currently mommy

to four rescued kitties.

Please find comfort and solace in

the fact that Arrow always knew

how very much he was loved,that he

was surrounded by that same love

when you sent him to The Bridge

in peace and with dignity and that he is

now running like a kitten with Cupid

and all of his new friends thru the

sunlit meadows of that most blessed place.

I'm elated that you plan to rescue

and adopt two kitties in the fall.

I know that they'll fill your life

and your home with their amazing

unconditional love.

I'm going to light a special

memorial candle for Arrow on

the pet loss dot com site.

Sending you lots of healing hugs.

   (((((GIZMOGAL)))))

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