Elizabeth (Cat Mom)

"Elizabeth"

October 1 1993 ----- December 19 1999

Cat

ELIZABETH --

TINY SCRAP OF CALICO FUR

FOUND ONE COLD MORNING IN A CHURCH PARKING

LOT BY YOUR TWO GUARDIAN ANGELS

AND TAKEN TO THE SHAMROCK FOUNDATION.

I ADOPTED YOU RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS IN 1993

AND FELL IN LOVE WITH YOU

THE MOMENT I SAW YOU!!

BUT YOU WEREN'T VERY PLAYFUL

AND WOULD LIE QUIETLY BY THE FIREPLACE

SO I TOOK YOU TO THE VET.

ALL YOUR TESTS SHOWED YOU WERE SICK &

I THOUGHT I WOULD LOSE YOU BEFORE

OUR LIVES TOGETHER EVEN BEGAN...

I VISITED YOU EVERY DAY...

ON YOUR "LAST DAY,"

THEY BROUGHT YOU INTO A LITTLE ROOM

SO WE COULD SPEND SOME TIME TOGETHER.

BUT YOU WERE PLAYING!!

AND YOUR EYES WERE BRIGHT &

YOUR FUR WAS SMOOTH AND GLOSSY.

I WAS NOT GOING TO LET YOU GO.

THEN CAME THE GOOD NEWS --

YOU WOULD BE OK BUT MAYBE A LITTLE DELICATE.

THAT WAS OK &

I BROUGHT YOU HOME WITH ME...

I ALWAYS CALLED YOU MY MIRACLE KITTY

AND EVERY MOMENT & DAY & YEAR

WITH YOU WAS SO SPECIAL.

YOU WOULD STAND UP & WAVE

YOUR FRONT PAWS AT ME

WHEN YOU WANTED LOVING ATTENTION.

I CALLED YOU MY LITTLE BEAR CUB...

THE YEARS PASSED AND

YOU WERE WELL & HAPPY & PLAYFUL

ALMOST ALL THE TIME.

WHEN YOU WERE SICK WE'D FIGHT TOGETHER

THEN COME HOME &

SPEND MORE TIME TOGETHER.

YOU'D LIE ON A SUNNY WINDOW SILL &

THE SUN WOULD MAKE

YOUR BEAUTIFUL CALICO FUR GLOW

LIKE HIDDEN FIRES.

YOU'D SNUGGLE CLOSE AT NIGHT & PURR

AS WE FELL ASLEEP TOGETHER.

YOU WERE ALWAYS AT THE FRONT DOOR

TO GREET ME WITH JOY WHEN I CAME HOME --

YOU WERE ALWAYS GLAD TO SEE ME.

I LOVED YOU WITH ALL MY HEART

MY PRECIOUS FUR-ANGEL...

THEN ONE NIGHT AS WE WERE SIDE BY SIDE ON THE SOFA

I REALIZED SOMETHING WAS VERY WRONG.

I QUICKLY RUSHED YOU TO THE EMERGENCY CLINIC

WHERE THEY TOOK EXCELLENT CARE OF YOU.

YOU CAME HOME THE NEXT DAY

AND ALTHO YOU WERE ILL &

NEEDED LOTS OF CARE & LOVE

I NEVER DREAMED WE WERE

SPENDING OUR LAST DAYS TOGETHER...

I FINALLY KNEW THAT YOU WERE GOING

TO LEAVE ME FOR YOUR

JOURNEY TO THE RAINBOW BRIDGE...

I HUGGED YOU AND HELD YOU GENTLY IN MY ARMS

& TOLD YOU ABOUT THE BRIDGE &

HOW YOU'D BE STRONG & HEALTHY AGAIN

AND THAT YOUR BROTHERS & SISTERS

WERE THERE & WOULD ALL COME TO WELCOME YOU

AND THAT YOU WOULD PLAY IN THE SUNSHINE AT GOD'S FEET...

AND WAIT FOR ME WHEN

MY TIME COMES TO JOIN YOU...

THEN I KISSED YOU GOOD-BYE ONE LAST TIME...

AND YOU WERE GONE --

PEACEFULLY AND GENTLY

AS YOUR SPIRIT SOARED UP

TOWARD THE BEAUTIFUL RAINBOW BRIDGE.

MY TEARS FELL ON YOUR SOFT FUR.

I LAID YOU TO REST UNDER THE

BEAUTIFUL SPREADING BRANCHES OF THE EVERGREEN

IN THE BACK YARD WHERE YOU JOINED

SOME OF YOUR BROTHERS & SISTERS

WHO HAD GONE TO THE BRIDGE BEFORE YOU...

I PLACED THREE STONES OVER YOU TO MARK

YOUR SPECIAL PLACE IN THE "KITTY CROSSING."

ELIZABETH YOU WILL ALWAYS BE IN MY HEART.

YOU WILL NEVER REALLY BE GONE FROM ME

FOR I HOLD YOUR MEMORIES CLOSE THROUGH MY TEARS

AND MY SADNESS.

AND SOMETIMES MY SWEET BABY

I SMILE -- THINKING OF YOUR SWEET AND GENTLE SPIRIT

AND THE LOVE WE SHARED FOR

OUR SIX YEARS TOGETHER...

ONE DAY MOMMY WILL COME TO YOU

ELIZABETH.

TIL THEN MY BABY RUN & PLAY & LOVE...

Cat Mom