Light A Candle in Loving Memories

Baby girl just showed up one day in our yard. She wanted to stay out most of the time. She would follow my husband or myself all around the place. Eventually she started to stay in more and more. After having her in our lives for almost 7 years, she developed liver failure. It was so hard to say goodbye to her. She was our special little friend.

Baby Girl, you came into our lives one November night in 2005. You came to the back to find food, and when we saw you, we started leaving food out for you. After a time, you became so used to us that you would let us pet you. From then on, we were yours. You would follow Daddy or me around the yard whenever we were out there doing things. You would come in the house to sleep, or to get cooled off in the summer or warmed in the winter. The other cats would come over to you, but you growled at them. I know it was just your way of saying don’t mess with me. You did get used to them, though, after a while.

So suddenly you took ill. Daddy and I just thought you were getting old and wanted to sleep more than usual. We were so devastated, Baby Girl, to learn that you had liver failure. The doctor told us that the most humane and kindest thing we could do for you was to let you go. At first we didn’t want to. We gave you fluids to help with your being so dehydrated, and we tried to get you to eat. We saw that you had no appetite and you were getting weaker. You would look up at us as if to say “I don’t feel good. It’s time to let me go.” So Daddy and I did the most heartwrenching thing for us and we said good-bye to you. We are so grateful to Cherish Pet Cremations for taking such wonderful care of you for us. You are now on the mantel along with Shadow and Chibi.

Baby Girl, we are so sorry that you had to leave us. It is going to be so sad now when we do outside work because you will not be there with us. When we come home, we won’t see you anymore waiting for us in the front of the house. Thank you, Baby Girl, for coming into our lives for the short time that you were here with us and giving us such unconditional love. We asked Shadow and Chibi to watch for you at the Rainbow Bridge. Even though you did not know them, we asked Sam and Muffin to watch for you, too. We know that you are all together now.

We will see you again someday. Until then, know that you will always hold a special place in our hearts. You will never be out of our thoughts. We will miss you immensely, our little princess.

 

My sweet “Baby Kitty”, I miss you with all of my heart. Not a day goes by that I don’t think of you. I remember the day that I brought you home. You were a stray living in the bushes behind a store, or in the sewer. When I first saw you, I fell in love with you. I would leave food for you and the other cats every night on my way home from work. On the third time that I came to feed you, you let me pet you. Then you let me pick you up and cuddle you. You purred and purred. So I took you home. You sat on my shoulder and just purred in contentment for the 20 minute ride. You seemed so happy to have a loving home to live in.

It did not take you long to greet each other kitty and to have playmates. The other cats accepted you right away. Then I took Max home, your buddy from the bushes. You would play fight with him and the others.

One day I noticed that you were not using the litter box, but piddling in the kitchen. You started acting lethargic and not eating as much. So Daddy and I took you to the vet only to learn that you had kidney failure. Because of that, you had become very dehydrated. The vet gave us vitamins for you and fluid to give you under your skin. You came back to your old self for a while. Then you went downhill again. You stopped eating and only stayed on the couch for two days.

It was time to let you go, my baby kitty. The doctor said you were born with kidney disease and it would only get worse for you. We had to say good-bye to you, Chibi. It was the hardest thing for me to ever do, because
you were MY baby kitty.

I miss you with all of my heart and I will never forget you. Wait for me, Chibi, at the Rainbow Bridge. Shadow is there with you, and one day we will cross that bridge together.

 

05/28/09 My precious little boy, Shadow, today makes two weeks since you went home to Rainbow Bridge. It seems like only yesterday you were still here with us. I miss you with all of my heart, My Shadow. How I wish to hold you again and stroke your soft fut. I keep seeing you coming out from under the couch, but it’s not really you. I keep hearing your meow, but you’re not really there. If I could build a stairway to heaven, I’d climb right up and bring you back again.

Daddy found a pretty ceramic angel urn to put you in. I lined it with white silk for you, My Shadow. Your final resting place. It just breaks my heart, my sweet little boy, knowing that I will never be able to hold you again and give you kisses. Why, Shadow, did you have to leave so soon? It hurts so much not knowing what took your life in such a short time. Even the doctor at the vets could not tell us why. I miss you so much, My Shadow.

Until we meet again, may God hold you
in the palm of his hands.

 

My Baby Shaodw, you and your brother Rusty were born on September 18, 1998 down in Florida in a covered sump pump. Your mom, Callie, was a stray. And to keep you and Rusty safe from getting hit, we took you in. We tried to take in your mom, too, but she wanted to be an outside cat. So Daddy and I raised you and your brother from kittens. You had been with us for 10 and a half years. You were the best baby of them all. You were so loving
to everyone, especially Bear.

We don’t know why you got sick or what caused you to lose your life in just a few short days, but we tried all that we could to take care of you. Why you stopped eating and drinking we will never know. Dr. Walter said it was your liver, and yet, Dr. Rountree found nothing wrong with your liver from the blood test. But Dr. Walter knew you the best. He told Daddy and me that it probably was your liver. He gave you a shot and gave us medicine for you and told us to get you baby food and some Pedialyte. So on the way home from Dr. Walter we had to stop and get these things for you. I am so sorry, My Shadow. I just wish we were with you when you went to sleep for the last time. You of all will hold the most special place in our hearts and we will always
and forever love you.

You will be missed more than you will ever know. I especially will miss you on my side when I lay on the couch at night kneading me. My Shadow, why did you have to leave so suddenly? What made you so sick for such a short period of time? Only God has those answers and maybe one day He will tell me. Rest in peace, my precious little boy. Wait for me at the Rainbow Bridge. I will see you there soon.

 

My Beloved Boy Shadow,
It has only been a day since you went home. How much I wish to hold you again, my tubby cat, like I did for the last time yesterday morning. We want you with us always, my Shadow. It would have been too hard for daddy and me to bury you in the backyard. So we took your precious little body to be cremated today. It was so hard letting go. But we will have you with us forever. I hope you know that, my Shadow. You will still be here with me and Daddy, and your brother, Rusty. And your cousins Boots, Bebe and Mysti. And your niece Angel. And your nephews, Bear & Dudley. And don’t forget there’s Max & Chibi. My little crybaby cat. Yes, you made the most noise. Always meowing for mommy’s attention. And mommy loved to give you that attention. It will be so hard for mommy though to forget how you would come up on top of me while I lay on my side and you would knead me. I will miss that the most. And giving your your favorite, mayonaisse. Those are times that I will miss most and always.
I love you, my precious little ‘furangel’.

 

My best boy, Shadow,
Daddy and I went and brought you home yesterday. Your ashes are in a little pretty flowered tin that Pet Cremations put them in. We have you sitting on the mantle
above the fireplace.

Oh, My Shadow, how I miss you so. I still can’t believe you’re gone. I gave your brother Rusty a brushing today and it broke my heart because you loved to be brushed too.

Last night when Daddy and me let the other “guys” out, Bear went from room to room looking for you. You were Bear’s favorite. Remember how he would cuddle up with you on the couch? And Chibi has been looking for you too. He keeps going by the end of the couch just crouching there waiting for you to come out. I had to give Chibi some extra hugs today to comfort him and tell him you’re gone. Oh My Shadow my heart is broken. I grieve for you so,
my cry baby cat.

Mommy has to go back to work tomorrow but it is not something she might be able to do just yet because the tears will not end.

When I look at pictures of you and the little tin that your ashes are in and the fur that I cut off of you, it makes my heart ache. Even when I go in the spare bathroom it makes me cry because you liked laying next to the tub.

I keep praying to God to help me get through this grief, this tremendous grief I feel over you going home.

I will love you forever, my special little boy, and not a day will go by that I do not think of you.