We lost Misty on October 27th. She was with us for 13 years, but finally lost the battle.
This is the only place I've found where people understand what it means to lose a family member that just happens to have fur. Maybe I'll post more later, still having problems dealing with it.

Forgot to put her picture...

WHAT A BUEATIFUL GIRL SHE IS. I'M SORRY YOU HAD TO LOSE HER, IT WAS ONE MONTH AGO THAT I LOST MY COMPANION, FRIEND. I AM STILL SO TORN UP THAT I CANT EVEN POST HIS PICTURE YET. I HAVE CRIED EVERYDAY, I MISS HIM SO VERY VERY MUCH. I WISH THERE WAS SOMETHING SOMEONE COULD SAY TO MAKE THE PAIN GO AWAY BUT THERE ISNT. JUST A GROUP OF US THAT KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE, THEREFORE WE FIND STRENGTH IN ONE ANOTHER, COMFORT ONE ANOTHER AND PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER. PAMELA MOOSE'S MOM

I know exactly how you feel, I lost my cat Bronte on October 30th. It's been really hard, I cry alot. She was there for me for 12 years. Outlasted most of my jobs, all but one of my boyfriends (whom thank god is very supportive), and was there at my happiest and saddest times. Misty is beautiful. Amazing how much you realize after that fact, the immense effect and importance they had in your life. I still think Bronte is coming home. It will take a while, but hang in there. We all can relate and wish you healing and peace. April

Hi I am so sorry about your gorgeous baby. Yes, they are members of the family and it hurts so much to lose them. I am about to lose my Snookie and my sons chihuahua had to be put to sleep. She was like my own too and I am still crying. We just lost her the 11th she had just turned 10 the 5th. Please come and tell us all about her, not many people have been on today but there will be some wonderful people soon.
Ann

Thank you Pamela, April and Ann. I wish I could help make your pain go away. I thought things were getting a little better for me, but my wife and daughter have been out of town for the last three days, and so it's just been me and Stormy (Misty's younger "sister"), and the tears are back full force. I put a few pictures up here.

JT,

Your Misty was a beauty and I know she was very special to you. The people here at LS are people just like you who had a very strong bond with their pets. It's true that most people don't understand that for us, losing a pet is equal to losing a family member because we do consider them family and our pain over losing them is just as real as the pain of losing a human.

People can call us crazy if they want to, but I don't believe any of us would trade the love we shared with our pets for anything in the world. It hurts so much to lose them and it's difficult to accept the fact that we'll never have them in this life again. As time passes, we do learn to live with the loss, and the wonderful memories we have of them will sustain us as we continue our journey through life.

I fully understand and share your pain. Please continue to come here and share your feelings---it does help so much to be able to discuss your loss with people who truly understand and care.

__Jim

I am so sorry about your loss, when you feel more like posting, please tell us more about your Misty.

Hi JT,

I'm so very sorry about the loss of your Misty. You were both very lucky to have found each other in this life and to have shared the love that you shared. Our physical bodies may die, but that love will NEVER die. It is eternal and transcends death as we know it.

I believe that Misty is all around you and that for her, there is no pain whatsoever (emotional or physical) and no sense of time or space. You'll be fully reunited when it's your time, but in the meantime she wants you to be ok... as "ok" as you can be right now.

Love is a 2-way street, and if the situation had been reversed, you would want Misty to know as much comfort as she possibly could.

We will help you through this. Please write some more when you feel up to it!!

Misty is absolutely beautiful. That is a great collage that you posted of her---from kittenhood to recent times.

Love to you JT,

Kathy

She's been gone 3 weeks as of today and I still look around when I see (or imagine) some movement in the house. I added one more pic to the photo gallery. Just click her name in my sig to link to it.

JT, Misty is a beautiful furbaby and I love the way you set up the web page! I am so sorry she had to leave this life. You mentioned in another posting that this is a price we pay when we bond with our furbabies. You are SO right! I have often reminded myself when crying, that if I had the choice, I would NEVER give up the 12 years I had with my sweet Rachael, even though it means experiencing such pain now. For everything she did for me with devotion and love, I can go through this so that she can be relieved of her pain and suffering.

Please take care and keep coming back!
Cheri