I am so glad I found this site. I have cried and cried over the loss of my best friend---Sissy Cat.
I had her for 2 years and 5 days. Her mother was a stray and she had a litter of 3 kittens all girls. Well I had to keep all 4 of them. All were fixed. So have had her family a while. But this one became my really good friend. How long does it take for the pain to go away. Right now it doesn't seem like it ever will. It has only been a few days. (June 5, 2008)
It doesn't help that I partially blame myself for her death. I usually let all the cats outside for a bit at 6 a.m. and let them back in before going to work. This perticular morning my husband herd a cat meowing and thought I had left one outside. I got up to look and it was a stray at my window. It was 4 a.m. and of course they thought it was time to go outside. I let them out early and they were outside for a longer time. I went out to find my precious Sissy had been hit by a car. She had made it back to my driveway and one of the other cats was setting by her side. I was devastated. All kinds of what ifs and whys and could haves and should haves still run through my head.
I miss her terribly!!!!!! She had slept in my bed everynight for almost two years. She would meow at the food bowl even if there was food in it. All she wanted was a few fresh peices droped on top and she would eat. She would only drink out of a cup on the bathroom sink. She would lick my hand when we went to bed at night to let me know she cared. She would be in my lap when it stormed because she was scared.
Maybe I get too attached to my pets. Sissy especially. I loved her so Much!!!!!! I have made pictures of her to put on my computer desk and home and at my work.
I catch myself talking to her at her grave side and sometimes when I look at her pictures. Am I crazy? Does anyone else do these things. I even went and brushed up her fur off the end of my bed and put it in a baggy. I planted purple mums on her grave today and placed a little cross with her name on it there.
I still have 4 cats, but we are not close like me and Sissy were. I am heart broken how do I heal. Will my crying ever stop? I just don't know how i will ever be right again. I can't eat very much cause my stomache stays in knots and I am not sleeping very well. Thank You for listening to my story of Sissy Cat..
SISSY I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm so sorry for the loss of your precious one. There's no substitute for the warmth of that little one, who loves you absolutely, next to you in bed.

I think most of us, no matter the cause of our babies death, tend to ask ourselves if could have or should have done something else, or something different. We
can't carry them around on a pillow 24/7, or watch them every minute. All we can so is take reasonable precautions for their safety, and pray that will be sufficient...I know that comes as very cold comfort.

Again, I'm so sorry. I've found a lot of solace in this forum. I hope we can be of some help to you.
Love to you and your remaining kitties,
Dayna

I am so sorry about the tragic loss of your dear Sissy Cat, your story brought tears to my eyes. My Ginger left me on the same day 6/5... only I had to put her to sleep because she was sick with kidney failure and continued to rapidly deteriorate. I know it will take a long time to heal, but writing about your pain and reading other people's stories definitely brings some comfort. I find great comfort in knowing that other people out there care about their furbabies like I do, and they miss the departed ones as much as I miss my Ginger. There's definitely nothing wrong with talking to her, I do it as well, and I'm sure other people in this site do it too. I can't bring myself to wash my sheets, she used to sleep on my bed every night and her fur is all over. I wear her collar as a bracelet... I see her in everything around the house... It's completely natural to miss someone who has brought you so much joy and who has given you so much love, especially when you have lost them in such an unexpected, tragic way. My heart goes out to you.

It is also natural to blame yourself, guilt is part of the grieving process. Don't let anyone rush you, you will heal in due time. We are all here for you and we all share your pain. Read my post "Rainbow Bridge." I hope it will bring you some comfort. XOXO.

I am so sorry about Sissy's unexpected death. No doubt you were completely devastated. You had no way of knowing what would happen to Sissy. The meowing your husband heard could have easily been one of yours, so you HAD to go check as any good parent would do. Each one of us here have asked ourselves and sought within for something we did wrong. You did the very best you possibly could have done just like any one of would have.

I can relate to all you said about Sissy's habits and personality. Especially storms and bedtime. My Goliath panicked when he sensed a storm. Nobody ever got any sleep in our home until the storm had passed. It is still at bedtime that I miss Goliath the very most.

May the love you and Sissy shared together remain in your heart forever.

I am so sorry for your loss, I just lost my dog of 10 years a few days ago, so I am right there with you - and you are not crazy! I got in my car today, and there was some of my dogs hair on the seat next to me, from her last trip to the vet, I started crying and touching the hairs, like she was there, at least in spirit anyway. ((hugs))

i JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE. You don't know how much you help. To know other people are going through or have gone through the same thing.

I sincerely hope you aren't, because that would make me pretty wacky. I talk to my Oliver all the time, mostly I cry and tell him how much I miss and love him. Two days ago, I brought out his urn from my bedroom and placed it on the couch where he sat and when I left, I wrapped a t-shirt around it. We all do things like this in grief, I still haven't vacuumed up his fur and he passed away on May 6.



I suppose healing time is different, even for the same person depending on life and the bond. I lost my 2 year old Pumpkin 10 years ago to FLV. The devastation I felt lasted about a month but it was so awful it could not possibly sustain itself. I had never lost anyone, pet or otherwise, super close to me before him, so that was a first. Deep down, I knew when I discovered his illness as a kitten that I would lose him someday to it but I didn't want to accept it. This time, I had Oliver 10 years longer and his passing came out of the blue, on Friday he was fine, by Tuesday morning he was gone. I wish I could be of more comfort on here regarding the future like some others. For me it has been 5 weeks and while the raw fresh agony has subsided and I understand he's gone (although some moments I still can't believe it), the vast ache of missing someone so loving and loved is constant. I too fear it will always be with me. Visit here often, and hugs and peace to you in your time of grief, myself and many others are right there with you.

Oliver's mama (Sarah)

I am so sorry about Pumpkin and Oliver. I couldn't believe how much the face of your kitty looks like my Sissy Cat. The same color and the marking is almost identacle. I will get her picture up when my daughter has time to do it for me. Thank You for you comforting words.

In the morning will be one week since my Sissy Cat has gone to a better place. The empytiness and lonelyness and pain are still here. I look at her picture and now sometimes i can smile instead of crying everytime. The last 2 years with her were great. She was so spoiled. My husband said I gave her better treatment than him.
I keep finding little things she did that I remember. Today I remembered about us playing hide and seek and chase. I would hide behind the couch and she would run around or over the top to find me. I would jump up and she would run wanting me to chase her. Gosh I miss her so much. It is SO hard to know that all these things we can never do together again. I want this ache in my heart to go away. Will it ever. I know she is waiting for me. Thanks to misskittymc and her post about the RAINBOW BRIDGE. Everyone should read this post!!!


SISSY CAT I LOVE AND MISS YOU SO SO SO VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is a good thing for you to post happy stories about your baby. That is how we heal to the point the pain is not overwhelming anymore.
So keep telling stories here of anything you remember that makes you smile and then reread your stories when you come here so you can smile some more.

I am so very sorry for your loss but I am glad you still have your other babies. Little Guy was my last of 3 siblings and an empty home was too much to bear so I adopted a shelter cat from my SPCA in December. He is the distraction I needed to start living more normally each day.

The pain and sadness and missing them will always be a part of us. It is how we handle that ...that leads to healing. It has helped me to know that I feel I cannot change what happened to my special ones..when it is their time to leave...no one can stop that. But I remember one mom here saying: The pain of losing her will never ever be greater than the joy of knowing her. I totally agree and that is why I understand how important it is to healing...to make the effort to push out the sad thoughts and replace them each time with a good memory until over time, it is not an effort anymore...it becomes more automatic and easier to do.

Your loss is too recent not to feel as you do..this is when the pain is at its worst because everything is so fresh. Your other girls can help you if you let them...hold them and hug them and talk about Sissy with them. They love you so very much and know there has been a big change in the home but do not understand what has happened. They are waiting there with their unconditional love for you.

I know what you mean about Sissy being special...of my 3 I lost...Little Guy was my last and he was special to me...I think because as a kitten he got pneumonia and almost died and the vet and antibiotics and I watched over him and he lived the longest but I think feeling that I was part of saving him as a baby...made him more special to me because I nearly lost him at about 6 or 8 weeks old.
He had a twin brother, Keeper, who I lost at age 10...which was very devastating also. I am so thankful one of my 2 twins stayed with me 6 more years.

So, yes, the special ones do hurt terribly. I don't know if I could say they hurt more because I still remember the terrible pain and agony I went through losing his brother in 2002.

It is true you are not alone here being in pain. It is a pain that is never forgotten completely and continues to be shared by all here.
That is why so many understand exactly what you are going through...your thoughts and feelings...they are all so very familiar to the rest of us. We try to share what we find helps us heal and try to take away some of your pain by doing that.

It does all take time but you know you are not alone in grieving. Your stories and happy memories of Sissy remind us again of the good memories that can't be taken away from us ever. So while sharing will help you heal...your sharing keeps helping us heal too.

Hugs to you and Sissy's sisters

Dear Sissycat, I am deeply sorry to hear of your loss. It is a tough thing to deal with, but you are where you need to be because everyone here cares and understands. We can't take away your pain but we can and will bear it with you. Everything you are feeling is normal. You care deeply about your 4 leggeds and because they are family, not simply pets you grieve their loss. In time you will heal. Because you have loved and still do love an animal (in your case 4) your soul is fully awake and that is a special gift.. I know your Sissycat would want you to continue you loving your 4 kitties. She will always be with you, in your heart, in your dreams and in your soul. You will see her in the eyes of every kitty you look at, she will be in the purr of every kitty you pet, and late at night, when you are fast asleep, her spirit will snuggle up close to you and you will both be at peace.


All My Best,

mark

I love that face, I have such affection for black and white kitties with their tuxedos too small. On the morning that Oliver died, the vet assistant's husband came by and then asked why their cat was there because they looked so similar as well. She said she held him when he died not 15 minutes after I left. I am comforted that he looked so close to one she loves...she said she went home and gave her cat extra loving that night.

Post your pics when you can...

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Hoping this picture of my Sissycat works.

She was sooo beautiful, I so want to kiss that pink nose. I'm so sorry.


Thoughts and prayers,
Dayna

Wow, with that sweet face am sure you loved her and also sure you still do, she was so beautiful and understand your pain like it was mine too, God Bless you all, Buster and Jorge .

What a beautiful picture of your baby. Look into her eyes and see the love that is so very evident there.

I love it when these babies do look directly into the camera.as Sissy did here.. because she is looking at you taking her picture.

Yes, the picture did work and posted very nicely so if you run across any more pictures of Sissy...we will love to look at them and never get tired of looking at pictures of these oh so very very special sweethearts.

Wonder what she was thinking here? Something that would make us smile, I am sure.

Thanks for posting this....it really helps others too...to see such pictures as they make us smile...and we can't have too many smiles happening.

Hugs and wishes for peace and healing for you....but it really all does take time to ease the sadness so eventually we are in control of it because when it is recent....it is in control of us and it truly is heartbreaking. That's why when we feel the sadness, it is important to remember a good moment with our baby...that's what they want us to remember...a memory that will make us smile even if it is only for a moment...and then more good memories create more smiling moments and these are the baby steps toward healing.

So keep posting thoughts, pictures, feelings...whatever feels good to do...is good for you to do.

She DOES look like my Oliver, not only her markings but the structure and shape of her face too. That picture is beautiful, she looks very thoughtful.

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I am having a bad time right this moment. I am looking at her picture right now and it has hit me again. She is really gone. My tears are really big drops. Why do some days go by easy and others have to be so hard. This pain and emptiness hurts so bad right now. Why why why? Why my Sissy? I am missing you so much right now. I Love You so Much my Sissy.

I'm so sorry for your loss. I understand what you are going through right now. It has been a month since I lost William who I had to have put to sleep on 12/05. One thing that is not helping me move on from this is that his brother Harry is really missing him and that is what I am trying to deal with as well as my own empty feelings of loss.

Your Sissy Cat was beautiful.... I love those pictures that your babys give you of them spread out like that. I have a few of William doing that and they are a reminder of one of his affectionate trates he had...... as well as lying on his back and using his front paws to rub his face into whenever we used to rub and tickle his tummy........ it was as if he was in bliss whenever we did that, and the deep loud purrs he'd do as well........ I don't think I will ever forget that about him. Coming here and reading the replies from all the other fur parents has been very comforting to my sister and I so keep coming back as it helps you feel that you are not alone. This is one of the things that I have found has helped me because I have had little support and understanding from anyone else other than the ppl here and my sister.

Your Sissy is very very lovely. I really do feel your raw feelings of sadness......... It is so unfair when one is taken so young.... sometimes I feel that God takes the best ones first and robs us of having them longer, but then I know that isn't true either. They make up for the short space of time they are with us because they give us as much love during that time to make up for the fact they will be going soon. They leave a huge paw print on our lives however long they are with us and the love they give you is so rewarding.... They never moan at you, they never give you a hard time they just love you and they take some of that love you have given them with them when they go, and I think that is why it's so hard when they do leave.

talking about your pain here helps. It has helped me. Williams ashes sit on the window where he used to love to sit in the sun. I talk to him every morning and kiss him goodnight every night.... I don't think you are going mad at all...... It's all part of the healing process which I cannot tell you how long it will take..... When one is as special as Sissy it can take a while.

Love to you all

Williams Mummy ***

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Love you Sissycat

The pictures got to me too...I couldn't even post Mack's until months after his death. And looking at your lovely girl's image...I smile, because she was so cute and so charming, but I shed a tear too for the loss of that babe so untimely.


Peace and comfort,
Dayna

I am so sorry you lost your gorgeous sissy, and i completely understand all the feelings you are going through, all the Ifs and Buts. I have found myself suddenly thinking "oh god shes gone" and my stomach would lurch and i get this complete feeling of dread coming over me. I sit and talk to her at her grave, I apologize to her every day for what happened. I miss her so much, I have a toy cat that was about her size which I hold just when I am watching tv or something because I am so lonely without her-I know that must sound so stupid. But my husband is away and my other 2 cats aren't so cuddly. It is good to know that we aren't alone in this and others are feeling the same.

x

I am so sorry to hear about your pain and lost. I lost my Pepper about 7 years ago in a similar fashion. I left Candy and Pepper in the back yard because I didn't want them to get friendly on my newly washed carpets (oh how I regret that to this day), while I went to a company function at Knotts Berry Farm.

I had a very large yard with a sizeable sun desk and a huge Dog House we built for them. I thought it was paradize. But Pepper, being the ever adventure seeker always, always, always had sneak out of the yard somehow. You see, at that time, I didn't walk my dogs regularly due to the dangerous neighborhood I lived at the time, but also I didn't understand how important the walk is. So now I understand her wanderlust.

Well, that afternoon, I was set to come home from Knotts when some friends wanted to grab some dinner. I was worried about the dogs being out all day, but I still said sure. And we had dinner. We got home by nearly 9pm and I could only hear Candy Barking. Pepper, being the ever escape artist I'm sure was wondering the neighborhood. So I called for her. She never came. My heart started to beat heavy and instinctively checked my voicemail and sure enough, someone left a message that Pepper got hit by a car and was taken to a Vet.

I quickly called the vet and the voice said that Pepper already just expired.

I collapsed. I howled with grief.

I went to the Vet and brought her body home. It was still warm. "If I only I went home right away instead of going out, she still may be alive today", I thought. The guild was overwhelming.

The next day, we went to the home depot and built a coffin for her, put her blanky and her favorite toys with her, then buried her in the yard. I let Candy sniff her dead sister and watch the process. I wasn't sure what Candy was going through her mind, but she kept her distance for nearly two weeks. But I thought it was important to let her be involved in the process. I didn't want Candy to wander the house trying to look for her.

So here it is, a good 7 years later and I have yet to go back to Knotts Berry Farm. I still miss her very much, but find that the pain has subsided a little. So yes, it will get better, but at least for me, it took a very, long time.

All my best thoughts and prayers to you. I'm very sorry for your lost.

Hal - Candy's Dad



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Candy and Pepper

It's funny how grief works. I have been doing what I thought was pretty good the last several days. You just never know when it is gonna hit you. I was out by her grave tending to the rabbit and I looked over to the grass where she always lay hiding from me and thought oh my gosh she is never gonna run across the lawn to me again. She will never run to me again. I just stood there watching as if maybe she'd come running. I remembered how she looked running with her tail waving in the wind behind her. Sissy you were so very much loved!!!! Just thought I'd write cause you were on my mind.
Love You Sissy


You may not physically be there but in my mind I see you!!!!!!!!!!!!

Grieving is like riding a roller coaster. The ups and downs become less hilly toward the end of the ride. One day your roller coaster will become a smoother ride.

Have faith that one day Sissy WILL run through the grass again to you as she greets you at Heaven's Gate. Her tail will wave in the wind as you and she reunite and hold each other for eternity. Though her body has perished from this earth, her love lives on forever in your heart.

Much love with warm hugs,
Beth

Yes Grief is a roller coaster. I wish it would get smooth. Not that I want to forget Sissy just this pain and this emptiness to GO AWAY!!!! Could never forget my Sissy!!!!!!

Miss and Love you SSSSSoooooooooooooooo much Sissy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i know what you mean. every time i go in my yard i look at the grass and places my acorn used to play just last month. it is hard just to think about it. i know what you are going through. you are not alone.

with love corina and her angels

i dont think that sounds stupid. i think just feeling like they are still with us helps. i still sometimes call my recently passed acorn to come to bed. it hurts because i dont hear his bell jingling and see him running to go to bed with me anymore but i feel like he is coming in spirit. im sure your kitty angel is still sleeping at your side when you are lonely. i wish you the best.

with love corina and her angels

im so sorry to hear about the loss of your beautiful doggie. that is tragic. i think it was nice of you to incude your dog candy in the funeral too. it must have been hard for her also. i just lost another sweet kitty and this has been the hardest one because he was only 1 year old and passed suddenly from f.i.p. I think it will take me a long time to feel better too. i wish you the best. with love corina and her angels

Was just wondering if many people dream of their pet that has passed? I know some talk of it. Been little over 6 weeks and still I am wishing to dream of Sissy.

Thinking about you tonight Sissy.

Love and Miss YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Been 7 weeks and you are always on my mind Sissycat.

Love and Miss You!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Your sisters Boogie and Yu and your momma Winks miss you too!!!

I'm off most of this week and being home makes me think of you so much more. I keep looking at the adoption centers, but just seem to make a connection. Maybe somehow you can send someone to me that needs a great home with lots of love. Not to replace you of course. Just feel like something is missing.

Love you so much Sissy.

I admire your love for Sissy Cat. What a wonderful life Sissy must have had.

God bless you.

Candy's Dad

just wondering how you are doing, while we all know someone is missing, ours happens to be a pair of black and white cats with asymmetrical faces on the same sides. i picked him up the same way 9 times out of 10 and what i wouldn't do to be able to do it and kiss that white eye again.

Thank You for asking. I am doing pretty good i think. Miss her terribly still. Today is the 8 week mark and I just can't believe I have made it this long without her. I still can't get over how much their faces look alike. Maybe they have found each other at the Rainbow Bridge.
Again Thanks.

Thinking of you and Sissy......

Just wanted to give you a HUG today!

LoveThem,

Thank You! It means soooooo much to me just to know that someone out there cares!!!!!!!!!

Thank You!!!

Many HUgs back to you and yes I needed a hug today!!!!!!!

Just saying hello to my precious Sissycat this evening. Day after tomorrow will be 2 months.
I hope you are watching after Lilly. She joined you guys Thursday night. I know you didn't much like dogs but she is just a pup.
Sissy I just miss you so much. Yesterday I looked at the spot where you used to lay. The fur still there. I imagined what is was like with you laying there and stroking your soft fur. Love you my Sissycat!!!!

Lilly is my sons pup. He had her about 3 weeks. Thursday night he took her out to the bathroom she ran barely into the road and a dually pickups back wheel just clipped her and spun her. Too much damage she couldn't be saved. He has taken it very well. He is lonely now I bet. He lives alone about a mile from me.

I am so sorry to hear about Lilly. I'm sure Sissycat is showing her all the fun places over the Rainbow Bridge. Today is my 2 mo mark too of the loss of Arthur. I still can't believe I'm here and all this has happened. I gave back 3 weeks of my summer vacation, cuz most of it was just to spend time with him. It is still a struggle to go to my boyfriend's where he lived. I see him in every space of that house. I read you 1st forum. I went overboard in his death as I did in his life. I drove 1 1/2 hrs one way to pick up his ashes, cuz I didn't want him "shipped" in any way. Fex ex, ups, usps. NO..Trust me I work at a Post Office and if something is marked "fragile" no one cares. We have most of his ashes in a memory box with some of his toys. A phot album next to it. The rainbow bridge poem on top of it. We also put a fence around his catnip I grew along with a cross, a solar light, and a heart shaped sltate with his name, date and photo of him eating his catnip on it. A little of his ashes were buried there in a crystal glass box, a photo, some fur, some toys, and some catnip. So as I see it you can never do too much. I also have a little of his ashes with photos at my house. And I was thinking about getting a piece of urn jewlery to wear with a little of his ashes in it. He loved being outside and with us and I needed to cover every aspect of that. And when I saw that cat the day after I asked for a sign, well I knew he heard me and all my efforts did not go unnoticed. That was a gift from him I will treasure a liifetime. As for dreams. They will come. Be patient. I've only had 1 that I can remember. I know how much you miss your Sissycat. She was very much loved..She is still with you.. Good luck in your search for another companion.. You'll know when you find the right one. Sissycat will let you know.. Hugs and thoughts are with you.. Ann

Hello, Dear One. Please turn up your volume, put on your reading glasses if you need them and click on the link below. If Sissy Cat could speak with you since that point in time when your grief first began, your deep sorrow and tears, I truly feel she would tell you this. She may even be trying so hard to say this to you now. Please look at what I feel she wants to show you and listen to her. You may very well agree that it's what Sissy Cat wants you to know and the same goes for Lilly pup ...

http://www.wisehearts.com/ngflash.html

Many Blessings and I Wish You and Sissy Cat Peace! And, of course Lilly pup, too!

Always,
Angel xoxoxox

Hello to my Sissycat. Today is the 2 month mark since you had to leave.
I just have to tell you again how much I love and miss you. I know you know this already, but it helps me to say it.

SISSYCAT-- I LOVE YOU SO VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mama kim

today is the 1 month mark for me sissycat...
I'm right here.

Bless you sissycat,
best wishes...

Thanks Justme! Seems like these anniversarys are some of the worst days. One day, one week, one month etc. We make it one day at a time. (together we make it)
Thanks for being here for me.

Hugs to you!!

Your right...Its 4:12am here...I dont want to go to sleep..
I want to stretch the time out..I dont want it to be lunch time...My boys final moments..

I'll be here.

Best wishes...

I am hurt. Today is the 2 month mark and my oldest daughter came over and I was on here posting to someone. She told me I am a crazy nut for getting on here and talking to people about our dead animals. That really hurt me alot. I set here in tears right now. My own daughter how can they be so cruel. Growing up around me she knows my love for animals and they are people to me. Sorry I think I was just needed someone to vent to. Thanks to anyone who is listening.

Sissy another day is almost gone. One day closer to our reuion!!!!!!!!

Love You!!!!!!!

May you be blessed with sunshine and peace as you remember your sweet Sissy on this angelversary.

Today also marks 9 months since my Goliath left this world for another.

Much love with hugs of comofort,
Beth

Oh how I know how you are feeling. Luckily, I don't get too much grief over my grief from friends as they loved my Candy as if she was their own. But I still like places like this to just express how I feel to others who are dealing with the same emotions. And your expression touches me and others so. It's been a rough month, not sure how getting to two will be.

Hang in there kiddo!!!

Candy's Dad

Oh, Sissy Cat:

You know you are safe here....you will not hear words like that here. We believe your love for Sissy and your words to her are just beautiful and we never tire of seeing your messages to her..simply saying...I love you I miss you.

We feel the same way about our special sweethearts who were taken from us. You know we share the same pain as you and the longing...the missing...it is all just as intense.

I just feel sorry for people who don't understand what has happened in our lives. They must have never felt the unconditional love of one of these babies. But because they feel so differently..I would avoid the subject when they are around...so as not to add to the hurt that is already so much a part of us.

Hugs to you and Sissy....you will always be together for she is part of you forever. I'm sorry you had such a painful moment today...in the midst of your "anniversary" pain.

We already know we are not in the majority in this world for if we were, there would be no homeless pets anymore ever. But we do know there are many of us and sometimes forums like this are the only way we can "touch" one another and say we understand because we feel just like you do...we are a family here, Sissy Cat, and you are a very important member to us.

Keep posting...you know we are always here listening....
(That's 2 hugs..one for you and one for Sissy (Angels do hug, don't they?))

Thanks LoveThem.

I don't think she meant to hurt me by saying that. You are right some people just don't understand and share the SAME kind of love for animals. She is 19 and we have had cats all her life. She now lives on her own and has 2 cats and 1 dog. She likes pets don't get me wrong. Just not in the same way I don't think.
I also do the candle ceremony every monday night that I am able and she thinks I am silly to do that. My 8 year old daughter likes to do the ceremony also.

Anyway thanks for your kind words. You can always make a person feel better.

We always need a hug. I know I do anyway.

Again Thanks and many hugs back to you!!!!!

Sissy just felt the need to tell you I love You!!! You are always on my mind and in my heart.

Miss you and Love you so much!!!!!!!