Oh my beautiful girl.
Thank you for loving me so long, and so well.
I once wrote that I trusted you would tell me when your time had come. In the end, I think we told each other: that it was time to go. And that it was okay to let go.
You know that I would have held you forever if I could have.
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It is a loving tribute and sweet that you put the kitten and the aged-friend Hildi had become. Your furry alpha and omega. May she rest in fields of clover withe hordes of fat, lazy mice to chase.
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Thank you! I think she’ll like that…just as soon as she’s finished teaching all the Celestial Vacuum Cleaners that there’s a new boss in town. 🙂
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Oh no! So sorry to hear 😥
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Thank you, Marc-Andre, I appreciate that. I remember, though, that she had a good life, and the end was peaceful. It’s what I would wish for all our furry loved ones.
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Very true! and if only all of the kitties out there could have a nice sheltered life. 😦
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Harder than losing human family. My heart is with you.
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Thank you. After 20 years, Hildi surely was family!
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The pain of losing a pet…I know… 😦
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Thanks. Pain is sometimes the price we must pay for loving and being loved…
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Oh, I’m so sorry. As I type this, my four-year-old black Lab is scratching away at her bed, causing a ruckus–and yet, I love her so. The love stays, though, even when they go. I’m sure you feel that. Wishing you peace.
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Thank you, Kay. It is good to know that she is out of pain now. And yes, the love definitely stays!
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Love and hugs to you! ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡
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Thanks, Dana! I appreciate that!
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I’m really sorry.
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Thanks for lunch this weekend. And I’m glad you’re [hopefully, still?] out of the doghouse with Bella!
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I am so, so sorry.
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Thanks. It is — as I know you must experience often! — part of the price of having animals in our lives. Part of the gift our pets bring us: the love and grief of their entire lives.
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Oh Alice, I am so sorry. Words don’t mean a lot right now, but know that I am sending hugs and thinking of you my friend, and dear Hildi. {{{{{Hugs, Hugs, Hugs}}}}}
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So appreciated your note today, Deb. And glad to hear Snowflake is still doing as well as she is!
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Im glad you had each other. :.(
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Thanks. Me too.
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xo xo.
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Thank you, dear one.
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My sympathies for your loss – I always turn to Carl Sandburg’s poem “Fog” when I think of cats passing from our lives…
Fog
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
~Carl Sandburg
(1878 – 1967)
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Oh.
OH
oh.
ty
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So sorry. They make their mark in our hearts.
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They do indeed. I was thinking about you, and the sweet boy you lost last fall. He was (I think I remember?) about the same age as my Hild — about 20? It’s helped having my other cat still, since I need to help him adjust to all the sudden changes that have come with her being gone.
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Jake was 18, close enough. My cats adjusted better than I did. I still see him lurking in dark shadows.
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Aww. Peace to your heart. ❤
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And to yours.
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She was a lovely girl! So sorry for your loss.
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Thank you. She had a lovely spirit — and also the bitchiest Resting Bitch Face I’ve ever seen on cat or human! Makes me smile, just remembering that now…
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I’m sorry
Much love.
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Thank you, Deborah. I appreciate that!
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Always the hardest thing about having furry companions – we generally outlive most of them. You have my sympathy, Alice.
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Thanks, Michelle, I appreciate that. Even knowing for a long time that this was coming, it’s still painful letting go when the final moments finally arrive. I am glad she is out of pain now. I am glad she was mine while she was here.
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RIP.
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Thank you, Elyse.
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It’s hard to lose them. Sending sympathy.
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Thank you, Ellen. It is hard — but I take peace in knowing I did the very best I could for her, and her passing at the end was very quiet.
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Oh Alice! I am so sorry for your loss! Rest in peace, beautiful Hildi ❤
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Thanks, Kristy. I am glad I had her with me for so long!
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So sorry for your loss, Alice. And goodbye, Hildi….
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Thank you, Diahann. Give Picasso a big kiss on the head for me!
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❤ Beautiful kitty. I'm so sorry.
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Thanks, Kasey.
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❤
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Thank you, Mara.
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