It has been eight months today Alley since we said goodbye and the tears are never far from falling. I sat and just looked at your beautiful pictures last night for hours, wishing I could hold you one more time. I have Riley now and he is a comfort to me and I love him because he is a wonderful little kitty, but there will always be a huge void in my heart, and in my life, where you belong. I miss you babygirl and my only hope is that some day we will be together again.

I am so sorry....was wondering how you were doing. I know it's hard with the anniversary and all. We are in the same boat---new cat Magic like Riley has helped, but the void will always be there. I know Alley is watching over you and is telling you she's okay now. I am thinking of you and hang in there today. I know it's not much comfort, Alley was so lucky to have you for a Mom, but I don't know waht else to say.

Give Riley a kiss from Misty's Mama!!!

Hugs and compassion for you today.....Amy

Hope Alley will lovingly give you the courage to face this day. Hope Alley
can reach you with some little sign, a striking tought, a rainbow or something else that will give you pleasure and that will be Alley's way of holding you tight. Take care.

I would give anything for some little sign or message from her. It has been so long.


I miss her so much.

Alleys Mama

I'm thinking of you and Alley.


Love

Keep looking for those signs!! Precious still communicates with me through birds and dragonflies (though the one that had his colouring that appeared the day he died never came back). Our pets find ways of communicating, trust me. Look for little signs...even a song on the radio that brings back a special memory is a true sign!
God bless you!
Lisa

Dear Alley's Mama, it has been so long since I have visited this site but today I felt the need to come here.I remember we lost our babies right around the same time and I also remember how very helpful you were to me in my time of need.I am sorry you are feeling so down right now.I too, still miss Sox so much and I think of him so often.I so wish I could see him just one more time so I could tell him how much we all miss him and how loved he was.......Our new kitty Smoky has been a tremendous help but the void of losing Sox is still here.I just wanted you to know I was thinking of you today and sending hugs your way.Sincerely,Renee (Sox's Mom Always.....)

Renee,

Thank you for your post and your thoughts. I don't come here much either, because it has just become too hard. Every post I read, every story of someone's loss just brings it all back full force and I feel like I spend every day crying over my girl because of all the reminders. I do try to check in and help when I can.

Like you, I have Riley now and he does help fill the void, he is such a little treasure. but there will always be a huge hole in my heart and in my life where my Alley belongs and I will never stop missing her.

Like many of you said, I also have not been to this site much lately. This mornig on the way to work, with some stressful things to take care of on my mind, I suddenly thought of Hani, who left us a little over five months ago. To me, Burno has been there to love and be loved, and I thought I was doing well, healing and so on. But, I know, like all of you including AlleysMama, this void will never be filled. Hani will always be in my heart. And, I must say I feel grateful that I had her and will never actually be away from her. AlleysMama, I will keep Alley, Riley and you in my thoughts today...

Paula, it is time to break silence. There are people here I have begun to think about much lately. You are one of them. I am heading into a dark chapter in life also. My heart breaks for you my friend. We have shared and cried much together. I am feeling your pain at this moment. You WILL be with your baby someday. There is a place in heaven for you amongst all the great creatures because you kept close to you that which could not care for itself. You have loved that which lived in the moment and and now mourn for it's passing. Alley is waiting and you will be rewarded.....

....because your are one of the Keeper's of one of Gods great creatures

but you know you are not done yet because now Riley needs you as Alley once did......

so be well my friend because that which cannot take care of itself needs you to fullfill its needs...

including all the boundless love that you have to give to it...

Take care my friend

Paula, I just want you to know that I remember Alley's Story and the disease you mentioned as using bobcats as hosts. well, although I live in Las Vegas, Nevada, the population is spreading out to the wild areas here and all of a sudden lately, there have been half a dozen bobcat sightings in the City. They have killed birds, etc. I know we do not have fleas here but I will call my local vet and see about ticks. If the answer is yes, I will write to the editor of the local paper about how these bobcats can endanger domestic cats and also warn people in those areas to keep their cats inside. So if these bobcats can have ticks, there will be some warning here to people who freely allow their cats out, that there is more danger than just the bobcat attacking. I will tell them about a wonderful cat named Alley and ask them to check their cats for ticks. Alley's Story can help to save lives. It is important to keep that story alive.

Again, I loved the pictures of Riley and I may put some different ones of Little Guy in a posting. He was such a ham. He loved to look into the camera. I first have to scan them and reduce the size so they can be easily seen on the screen.

Take care and give Riley a hug and smooch from me. Judy
(Little Guy's Mom forever)

alleysmamma,

i felt like i could have written your post. it's exactly how i feel today, 3 weeks after eddie left us. you just sorta want one more hug, lick whatever but there will never be wanting just one more, a ton is more like it. i was wondering how long it took you to get another cat? knowing your love is eternally true to alley, it would've been a shame for someone like you with all that love to give,not to be able to give again to some, sweet kitty in need of love. i beleive in signs too. i'm looking forward to the day you post with a sign from alley. i am holding out that eddie will reach out one day too.

thinking of you.
eddies mom

Just wanted you to know I tried to email you and tell you I was writing to our local paper to warn about Bobcat Fever but I guess email doesn't work here. Anyway, I sent an email as a Letter to the Editor on Friday, Nov 9th. and today, Monday, it is word for word in our local paper. Other States subscribe to this paper also.
In our city of about 2 million or so, this is our only newspaper so you can imagine how many people are reading my warning. We have recently had a number of bobcats seen in the city, even in ******* parking lots, and it seems like the number of cats in our area has diminished. Anyway, I warned people about the disease and how it is spread to cats and how I called a local vet hospital to confirm these ticks can exist in our climate, so it will be interesting to see if anyone writes an answer to these. A lot of homes are being built closer to what used to be open wild areas cause developers just don't make enough money. So apparently bobcats are coming into people's yards, etc. It is scary enough to think your toddler is not safe in your back yard but a cat that is outside..,well, I did go online and read the kind of death they can suffer. I'm so glad you made the decision when you did. You helped Alley the best way you could. I know your anniversary is coming up and I feel for you so much. Mine was 2 months and now my husband doesn't want to hear about Little Guy or anniversaries, etc. So now I cry alone. That makes things so much worse. It'll probably take me 2x as long to have things bearable.
Take care. I hope the publishing of my warning helps. Judy (Little Guy's Mom)

Thanks to both of you for thinking of me and of Alley.

Judy, I hope nobody ever has to go through what I did with Alley, but I'm sure it will continue to happen for years to come. Getting word out WILL help though and if it can save even one, then it is worth it.

Friday was 11 months and I was ok then, but I guess it is catching up with me today. I just miss her so very much. If you pm me a link, I would love to see your article posted!

Eddie's mom, I am sure Alley has many things to do and can't just sit around giving me signs all the time, but I could really use one now. I feel so distant and so out of touch with my girl. Sometimes it seems like she was just a dream and never really here.

Paula, I've never used PM and links but you may mean our paper could have these letters on the internet. I could scan the paper and save it as an image file and attached it to something to you. But I will look online using Google and see if the Las Vegas Review-Journal does have its Letters to the Editor online. If so, I will capture the link. Judy

Hello AlleysMama, I know what your going through. The only thing I can say is that the love that you have in your heart will always be there. Alley was very lucky, and your heart knows that.
Do you ever think if you reincarnated as a companion animal, I hate the word pet.
Who would you want to live with? As a kid I thought about it, I also thought if you were a bad person in human life that when you came back you would be a roach. If you were good you came back as a pampered kitty, lol.

This is a pic of my Ian. and his friend Baby, I adopted her from a friend because they were going to take her to a shelter, and I thought she might be killed. I never bonded with her, but Ian my Himalayian loved her to death, so I kept her. I eventually gave her to my mom, and 2yrs later she died of lukemeia. She was a copper eyed Persian.


You are in my thoughts