Meowllo everypawdy, me’s back. Mommy and me wanna thank everyone who called, sent cards, commented, sent financial help and fur all da purrayers, luv and support. Stay tuned fur me’s Blest Sunday posty. Mommy wants me thank you all fur luvvin’ sissy and me. We’s been so touched by da outpourin’ of luv and to know sissy was special to others cuz she fur sure is/was to us. Me has so much news, but me will try not to take up too much of yous time today. We are still havin’ catputer purroblems, but fanks to awnty Mary Beth and uncle Garth, we are gettin’ dat worked out, so hopefully we will be back up and runnin’ full speed ahead soon. In da meantime, we don’t have access to da live writer we use to write me’s posty’s so we hope da fonts and sizing are readable fur everypawdy, we have no control without da live writer.
Mommy had planned to post me’s grievin’ purrocess as it was happenin’ but as you know we took a whole week off. Losin’ sis Lexi has been really hard on mommy and me. We really purreciate all your patience with us. Since we didn’t chronicle me’s grievin’ from da start we don’t know ifin it’s sumfin’ you all wuld be innerested in or not. Me’s title has a lot to do with me’s grievin’ cuz me didn’t mew with mommy fur over a week. You can let us know in da comments ifin you wuld like to read a posty ’bout it. Me will tell ya’ dat altho’ we thought day one was hard, it really hit me a few days later and dat’s another reason we took extra time off. And we also wanna let everypawdy know dat sissy’s ashes will be comin’ home where she belongs.
Me’s been spendin’ a lot of time lap lovin’ with mommy.
Mommy has been tryin’ to find me a helper, but there just aren’t any kittens hardly to be found. She did find a couple dat she won’t be able to see till next week, so da search is on. She keeps purromissin’ me sum help and me just keeps lookin’ fur sissy. After all she’s been da only helper me’s ever known.
In other news, you all member we put mr. W’s kitty Buddy on a 30 day challenge at da furst of da month, and we’s gunna be updatin’ ya’ on how he’s doin’ soon. And we got sum great treats and noms from Chewy this month to try out dat we’s gonna be tellin’ ’bout next week. So like me said, lots of things are goin’ on here. Oh and we still have dat big ‘partment inspection comin’ up next week too. (hisssssss)
Me missed St. Pat’s day. Here’s a kiss fur you all.
Anyways, me’s rambled on enuff today. We just wanted to let you all know we’s still here and comin’ back. It just took mommy a little longer than she ‘spected to get back. Da grievin’ is in no way over, but we realize life goes on and we need to jump back in so neither of us falls into a deep depression. We’s joinin’ Rascal and Rocco fur da weekly Pet Parade. Go by and check out all da pawsum anipals of da blogosphere. Purrlease give us some time, we will be round to visit you all soon.
Well by the time you read this, I will be in heaven with minez brofurs and Shad awaitin’ the time when mommy and sis Dezi join us; and mommy will be a mess. Like my brofurs who have gone befur me, I didn’t wanna leave mommy. My heart didn’t wanna let go. But my body just couldn’t keep up. I just kept getting weaker and weaker. Fankfully sis Dezi has learned all I could teach her and she can now pass on that knowledge to her new sisfur and help mate to take care of mommy. Least that’z after she getz over the confusion. I hadn’t been able to drive mommy’s wheelchair fur a few weeks, but I could still give her massages and help Dezi get mommy outta bed. I even tried to help sis Dezi with mommy in the shower today; I just wasn’t strong enuff to get in the tub. Even tho’ mommy cried and would tell me to save my strength I just couldn’t let down on all my duties. I will always be a Service cat. I luv my mommy so much and she gave me the beztezt life a kitty could have ever asked fur. Ya’ know I wasn’t s‘posed to live, so havin’ almost 17 years of luvs and cuddles? Well what more could a motherless kit have asked fur? Getting’ old shure wasn’t fun, and havin’ kidney disease on top of it just wasn’t fair. But mommy always said life wasn’t fair and that we just had to make the beztezt of what we had. My mommy is very wise and cuz of her and her attitude, I had a little more than a year of life after that dreaded diagnosis.
In my last year I got to go on a great adventure called BlogPaws. And cuz of all my wunnerful unkles and awnties I got lots of toys, cat trees, noms, treats and most of all lots and lots of luvs. You know I luvs you all very very much; and I’z countin’ on ya’ to take care of mommy, sis Dezi and whoever comes to live with them next. I know that mommys heart is breakin’ right now, and she feels so terribly guilty fur havin’ to get another kitty. But she has so much luv to give it wouldn’t be fair to ask her not to share it. And Dezi needs the help. Trust me. I’z taught her all I know but the girl can be a bit daft sometimes. And her attention span can sometimes wane. And then of course, mommy ain’t getting’ any younger, spryer or nimbler, so she’s gunna need a lot of help in the years to come.
So I guess I should get to my last will and testament huh? To my sweet bootyful sisfur Dezi…I really do luv ya’ sis. I leave you with our mommy and her heart. Her hearts broken right now, so be gentle. She luvs you more than her own life, just as she luvs me. And she will awlways do what’s beztezt fur ya’ and never ever leave ya’. Take good care of her, yous the head cat in charge now. Pass along the lessons I taught ya’ and find that happy balance to let your new helper know you luv ‘em but that you are the Queen. And Dezi, do luv them, cuz mommy’s gonna need you both like she needed you and me.
To all our sweet dear furiends, awnties and unkles…Remember, I luvs you awl so much I could never really express how I feel in mere words. But trust me, the luvs run deep; and mommy and sis Dezi luvs ya’ the same. These last couple of years have been so amazin’. I never knew there were so many pawsum peeps still left in the world. Fank you so very much fur all you did fur me and my furmily. I only hope and purray you will continue to luv mommy and sis Dezi. And when they innerduce Dezi’s new helper, I purray you luv her too. She’s gonna have to be speshul to put up with Dezi. (mol)
To my successor…I leave you mommy, sis Dezi and all our wunnerful furiends. Be patient with them, they’re goin’ thru a tough time right now, but they luv you and will give you the beztezt life ever. Give mommy all your luv and she’ll return it in spades. You’re gonna get lots of cuddles and luv. And yes, you can sleep on the big bed. In fact you’ll be ‘spected to sleep there. Mommy’s happiest when she’s surrounded by furry purrers. The only place that be off limits is the kitchen counter. Dezi is a real Southern Belle Prima Donna and now that she’s the Queen, she’s purrobly gonna have the big head fur a while; but just hang in there, she’s a great sisfur and has so much to teach you. And when she luvs, she luvs with her whole bein’. You may not realize it yet, but you hit the jackpot.
Last but certainly not da least, mommy. I luv you so much mommy. I’z so sorry I had to leave you; I wanted to be with you furever and ever and someday we will be. Fank you fur fightin’ fur me when I was a baby. Fank you fur the life you gave me. And fanks fur fightin’ fur me in the end. You awlway worried that you didn’t give me enuff cuz you didn’t have money. But mommy, all I ever needed was the luv you gave me. And that you did. I was so blest to have you fur my mommy. My life was so full of luvs and adventure. And you never broke your purromisse…you Never left me behind. Havin’ you with me at the end was my life comin’ full circle. I know that tellin’ ya’ not to cry won’t work. But ifin ya’ can manage thru the tears to ‘member my life, and celebrate it with joy. Mommy we had almost 17 full years together. I’z sorry I couldn’t hold out another month, my heart was strong but my body just gave out. I was so tired. Purrlease luvs me enuff to luvs again. You have so much luvs to give. I leave you with Dezi. Mommy she’s a sensitive one you know and you gotta bounce back or she won’t. She needs you to be strong. Even broken, mommy, your heart is so full there’s purrlenty of room fur another luv. I know that in my last days when you thought I wasn’t lissenin’ you told God to make Dezi stronger cuz no other kitty would be able to do what I have done fur you. And that’s just not true. Somewhere is the purrfect kitty just waitin’ fur you. I will always be with you in your thoughts and memories. And I will be waitin’ here in heaven fur you when it’z your time.
My favorite seat in the house.
I Leave You With
Mommy, I leave you my heart, I know yours is broken.
Mine is purrfect, You filled it with love.
Mommy, I leave you my eyes, I know yours are filled with tears.
Mine see purrfectly, Cuz they see from my heart.
Mommy I leave you with the comfort you once gave to me,
It will keep you safe, as you did for me.
I gave you my life, and would gladly do it again.
Because the life you gave me, was full of love with no end.
I asked God to give you peace,
And to wrap you in His arms;
The way you cradled me,
So tender and warm.
I asked the breeze, to blow gently in your ear;
The way you used to whisper, That you’d always be near.
I asked the sun, to shine and warm your face.
The way your smile did for me
When you looked my way.
I asked the moon to blanket you each night
The way you cuddled me and held me so tight.
When you feel lonely,
Remember me with joy.
Remember I was always happy
Just being by your side.
When everything grows quiet and still,
And the light gives way to the night
Remember, you’re never alone,
I’m right there by your side.
Remember our love, so purrfect and pure
It’s the kind that cannot die.
You can’t see me with your physical eyes,
But in your heart, I’ll always be alive.
A High 3/9/16
What a life I lived. I am one blest kitty fur shure. Fank you mommy and fank you all.
Mommy A here, first I want to thank you all for loving my baby. She loved hearing from you. I read all the comments to the girls and show them photos of all their friends. You’d be surprised how many they recognize. Lexi fought a good fight and I fought even when she gave up. In the end, she just couldn’t go on. So I had to be strong enough to let her go. I must tell you this was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. My heart isn’t just broken, it’s shattered into a million pieces. Lexi was a service cat to her last breath. She just couldn’t stop herself and save her strength. My life will never be the same. She will live on in my heart and memories. I know that we are blest, and the blessing in this is that Lexi is no longer in any pain. She’s once again, young and healthy and free of care. My heart hasn’t quite gotten to this realization yet, but we want to celebrate her life. She loved with her whole being and gave all she had. And that’s what we want to remember.
I want to thank all of you for your help throughout Lexi’s illness. Thank you for all the prayers and financial help, and all the goodies the girls have gotten. I’m just numb right now. Lexi was the longest relationship I’ve ever had. For nearly 17 years I’ve done nothing without her. She has been my faithful companion for so long I can’t remember a time when she wasn’t here. I had to be helped out of the office because I didn’t know how to leave without her. I just feel empty inside, like part of me is missing. A lot of you understand how I feel right now, and for those who don’t, I’m sorry you’ve never truly had the love an animal can give. Altho’ I feel lost, I wouldn’t trade a minute of the last 17 years. I am so blest that she chose me to be her mommy. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
With that, one last time, I will ask you to purrlease take care of mommy and sis Dezi. And mommy, you and Dezi take care of each other. It’s not goodbye, but I’ll see you again.
Well here it is, Blest Sunday again. We do feel blest, altho’ we’ve been havin’ all kinds of troubles this past week. Our catputer is actin’ up so we haven’t been able to get ‘round and visit with you all. It may be dat da fan on da mother board isn’t workin’ cuz our catputer keeps shuttin’ down and claimin it’s reachin’ temps of 900 degrees. Now dat’s hot. Of course we don’t have any tech places here so mommy called ‘round in Ardmore where they have 1 place and found out it wuld cost ‘bout $100.00 and take a week to get it back up and runnin’. So mommy’s had it on ice fur a couple days so we kuld post this update and let you all know why we haven’t been ‘round. And yes, me literally means, Ice. She’s got ice packs in towels placed ‘round it to try to keep it cool enuff to stay on.
In other news, sis Lexi is havin’ a really bad weekend. Me heard mommy tellin’ her dat she had to eat to stay alive. And dat she wasn’t ready fur sissy to not be alive. Folks, me’s really, really worried this time. Me just doesn’t unnerstand why sissy won’t eat. We won her a new eatin’ plate from Dr. Catsby’s in da give away over at Zee and Zoeys, so she should be enjoyin’ not havin’ dat whisker fatigue anymore. But all she wants to do is sleep. Sissy could really use your purrayers right now.
Mommy and me have her monthly doctors ‘pointment tomorrow, and we’s got a notice dat we’s havin’ a big ‘partment inspection this month, not just da regular one; so mommy’s gotta do some extra cleanin’ to get ready fur it. Me’s hopin’ mr. Sunshine comes back tomorrow, cuz me’s tired of da gray skies. And me doesn’t wanna have to have da rain coat on me’s stroller. Me knows it’s there to purrtect me frrom da elements, but it interferes with me’s ability to smell da furesh air. Mommy had to add a piece of material to me’s harness cuz ‘parently me’s gained a few pounds on me’s new freeze dried raw diet. Mommy sez me’s healthy and not fat; me’s just finally getting’ da purropurr nutrition, so all’s good.
On da material blessing side, we got a box of yummy Weruva Pumpkin’ Lickin’ Chicken yesfurday. We don’t know who they be from cuz there wasn’t any infurmation in da box, but we sure do wanna say a meowsy big Thank You. We luv da Weruva pumpkin’ chicken noms. And awnty Anonymous donated some green papers to sis Lexi’s medical care, Thank You bunches and bunches. We really needed it, specially since it appears sissy may be in need of seein’ da VET. And as always we are so blest to have all of you in our lives. We really miss readin’ your blogs and posts. We feel like we haven’t seen our furiends in days. We hope to get somethin’ figured out with da catputer soon so we can get back to normal. Least what’s normal fur us.
Me’s gunna go now so da catputer doesn’t shut me out afur postin’. Thank you all fur bein’ you and fur bein’ a part of our lives. Purrlease send any purrayers you can spare our way. We’s sendin’ purrayers, hugs and lots of luv to you all. We may not be able to get ‘round to see you all right now, but you are in our thoughts. Me almost furgot. We joinin’ da Kitty’s Bluefur Selfie Sunday. Go by and check out all da pawsum selfies, and say meowllo.
Oh Furiday what took you so long? We was so confused we kept callin’ Fursday, Furiday. MOL Now you may be wunnerin’ why we was so confused, right? Well let me ‘splain. As you know mommy uses a wheelchair in da meowning’s cuz she can’t get ‘round on da legs God gave her till she gets her medicine and her muscles and all wake up. Anyways, those wheelchairs run on rechargeable batteries. Seems everything runs on batteries these days. And you know, nuffin’ these days is made to last includin’ da batteries in those wheelchairs. Over da last couple of weeks da chair has been getting’ slower and slower. See once we learn how to drive da wheelchair mommy let’s us turn up da speed a bit. But here lately even on full out wheely mode da chair wuld barely creep along and when it hit a little bump it would come to a joltin’ stop and start beepin’ at us. So mommy knew it was time fur new batteries but she didn’t know who to call. See da company we got da chair from is no longer in business. And Medicare likes to work with da same company they bought an item from fur repairs. We don’t why, we just know there’s a lot of red tape to switch companies.
Me’s welkummin’ Furiday and da sunshine
Anyways, mommy had to ask around to find out who everypawdy was usin’ since they all got their wheelchairs from da same place. Mr. W has someone out here workin’ on his chair all da time, so he finally gave mommy a nummer to call to get new batteries fur her chair. When mommy called ‘em they set up a pointment with her fur yesfurday furst thing in da meownin’. She didn’t get to choose a time or she wulda chose sometime in da afternoon of course. Anyways, knowin’ dat she can’t get ‘round in da meownings she knew she wuld have to stay up all night Wednesday and continue takin’ medicine so she kuld function when da repairman got here Fursday. Me has to tell ya’, me doesn’t like all-nighters. We all miss out on prime snugglin’ time. Fankfully it doesn’t happen all da time. Sis Lexi gave up ‘round 4 a.m. and she went off to da bed to get some sleep. Me on da other hand wasn’t leavin’ mommy’s site, so me laid down in one of da cat beds we have dat be unner mommys desk. Me kuld ketch a little shut eye and still watch over mommy. Needless to say we both kept noddin’ off. Mommy sez she’s getting’ to old fur these kinda things.
It’z about time da we got new batteriez fur da wheelchair
Well Fursday finally arrived and mommy fed sissy and me a little early so da repairman wuldn’t innerupt our brekky, and then she sat down to wait fur da call. We’s not in da GPS so she spected him to call fur directions since he was comin’ from da big city (Oklahoma City). Well she waited and waited and waited some more, but no call came. Finally a little after noon da repairman called and sed he wuld be at our house in about an hour. Mommy was exhausted and fit to be tied. All she kuld say was, dat we kulda went to bed and got all those snuggles we missed out on. Oh well kulda, wulda, shulda, right?
Da repairman finally arrived ‘bout 1:30 p.m. and sed he had batteries in his truck. So he turned on mommys wheelchair and tried to navigate it outside. They never do anythin’ in your house. Mommy hates dat cuz she doesn’t trust them, but she has no choice lessen she wants to go outside and watch ‘em. Da batteries were so drained dat when he got to da front door, da chair wuldn’t even go over da little hump. He had to manually push da chair all da way out to his truck. It’s not dat far to da parkin’ lot from our partment, but it took 15 minutes fur him to get dat chair outside. It was kinda chilly yesfurday, but repair man was workin’ up a sweat. Anyways, he replaced da batteries and brought da chair back to da house and left and mommy sed, “WooHoo, girls it’s nap time.”
Me needs a nap.
We’s got a purropurrly workin’ wheelchair again and can finally go faster than da tortoise. So needless to say me had to play a little this meownin’ afur deliverin’ da chair to mommy. Me went speedy zip zoomy and ran smack dab into da bed. Neither mommy nor sis Lexi was amused. At least we’s finally caught up with da days and it’s still Furiday. MOL So as far as we’s concerned, we’s had two Furidays this week. We’ll be round to visit as soon as we can, mommy’s still tryin’ to ketch up on da rest she missed and sissy and me are tryin’ to ketch up on da cuddles. As we do every week, we’s joinin’ Rascal and Rocco fur da Pet Parade blog hop. Check it out, ya’ might make a new furiend or two. Me’s gotta go get some more cuddles now, so me will see ya’ later.
When was da last time you stayed up all night?
After an all nighter are you alert or walkin’ in a haze?
Service Cats U.S. 