QUOTE (Gretta's Mom @ Sep 15 2011, 07:00 AM) 
Dear Wendy
Yes, little Clouseau IS (not "was") one incredible cat! One glance at his picture tells all! As the others have said, you're going through one of life's worst experiences - separation from one's most beloved. For many of us, being separated from our spirit-animal is even more difficult than losing a person. (And nobody here thinks that's weird.) Some animals - and it sounds like your clouseau is one of them - are our very special soul-mates. We're made of the same 'soul stuff' and have shared love from the beginning to time. These animals are amazing! Out of all the millions and billions of people in the world, they search us out, find us and put themselves in our paths so we will find them. The huge rush of love on both sides tells us we've found each other. VERY special people get chosen by their spirit animals when they MOST need it - like your Clouseau, whom you snatched from the jaws of death not once but twice! My Gretta (the kindest chocolate lab who ever lived) chose me at age 10 (her age) at the first adoption event I'd ever gone to. Just set her head on my lap and pawed me a couple of times, saying "Please take me home." I did. As an older dog who had almost starved to death running the streets in ultra-cold MN November, she had many health problems. Like you, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't make her physically weee. But, also like you, I gave her every bit of love I had (and still have) in my heart. Like Clouseau, she had a life enveloped in a mother's love - which is the ultimate protection against fear and sadness.
Wendy, this grief journey, especially for our special soul-mates, IS the roller coaster from hades. I'm SO sorry you have to join us on this horrible journey. But I'm SO glad you found us. We're here 24/7 and we get it. We're here when you think you're all alone and acting near-insane (which you're definitely NOT), we're here when other people say hurtful things even though they're trying to be helpful, we're here when you can't do anything but cry, we're here to hold you up when you're "almost level with the ground" as the old hymn says. Every one of us has done things that the world would call 'nuts'. We know those things are NOT nuts - they're a reflection of the love we still HAVE for the very special animal who has disappeared - temporarily. They are still near us - just a breath away - but it hurts SO much that we can't see or hear or pet them - just for a while. We WILL rejoin them in the perfect World - but we'd give ANYTHING to have them HERE, NOW!!
Welcome to the LS family, Wendy. If only the price of admission weren't our hearts!
Blessing and peace,
Gretta's mom
Yes, little Clouseau IS (not "was") one incredible cat! One glance at his picture tells all! As the others have said, you're going through one of life's worst experiences - separation from one's most beloved. For many of us, being separated from our spirit-animal is even more difficult than losing a person. (And nobody here thinks that's weird.) Some animals - and it sounds like your clouseau is one of them - are our very special soul-mates. We're made of the same 'soul stuff' and have shared love from the beginning to time. These animals are amazing! Out of all the millions and billions of people in the world, they search us out, find us and put themselves in our paths so we will find them. The huge rush of love on both sides tells us we've found each other. VERY special people get chosen by their spirit animals when they MOST need it - like your Clouseau, whom you snatched from the jaws of death not once but twice! My Gretta (the kindest chocolate lab who ever lived) chose me at age 10 (her age) at the first adoption event I'd ever gone to. Just set her head on my lap and pawed me a couple of times, saying "Please take me home." I did. As an older dog who had almost starved to death running the streets in ultra-cold MN November, she had many health problems. Like you, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't make her physically weee. But, also like you, I gave her every bit of love I had (and still have) in my heart. Like Clouseau, she had a life enveloped in a mother's love - which is the ultimate protection against fear and sadness.
Wendy, this grief journey, especially for our special soul-mates, IS the roller coaster from hades. I'm SO sorry you have to join us on this horrible journey. But I'm SO glad you found us. We're here 24/7 and we get it. We're here when you think you're all alone and acting near-insane (which you're definitely NOT), we're here when other people say hurtful things even though they're trying to be helpful, we're here when you can't do anything but cry, we're here to hold you up when you're "almost level with the ground" as the old hymn says. Every one of us has done things that the world would call 'nuts'. We know those things are NOT nuts - they're a reflection of the love we still HAVE for the very special animal who has disappeared - temporarily. They are still near us - just a breath away - but it hurts SO much that we can't see or hear or pet them - just for a while. We WILL rejoin them in the perfect World - but we'd give ANYTHING to have them HERE, NOW!!
Welcome to the LS family, Wendy. If only the price of admission weren't our hearts!
Blessing and peace,
Gretta's mom