rather sad at the moment.

[Guest guest]

Ron:

I am really sorry for your loss.

Best.

[Guest guest]

Aw! So sorry Ron. Jennie

RE: rather sad at the moment.

Hello everyone,

Just very sad at the moment, because I’ve had my number one cat put down. She went off her food just a couple of days ago, and the vet’s examination suggested Renal failure. Was confirmed that her kidneys were shot, when they did the blood test. So once again had to watch a favourite cat undergoing the final treatment. But what a way to go. I still wish with all my heart that when I eventually have to ‘go’, that they could make it as sweet and peaceful as all that.

Felecia (house name ‘Kittles’) was a Lilac Burmese, who had just turned 13. You can see her photo as a small kitten on the cover of my book. So as you will imagine, I’m going through periodical bouts of grief about it. Bruno, the next in line is now moved up to Number one status. (he is a Seal point coloured Tonkinese, and a very very nice cat.)

So Kittles has moved on to the ‘Rainbow Bridge’ to join her old pussy friends Mandy, Tinkerbell and Missy.

From a very sad Ron.

[Guest guest]

Ron, I'm sorry to hear that Kittles's time has come to move on to

Rainbow Bridge. I'm sure that she will enjoy reuniting with her old

friends, Mandy, Tinkerbell, and Missy.

I've lit in candle in her memory and added a message for Ron at

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng & gi=Kittl.

Click on my candle to see the message.

If others would like to add their own candles for Kittles and keep

them lit, that would be great too.

Warm regards,

~CJ

Hello

everyone,

Just

very sad at the moment, because I’ve had my number

one cat put down. She went off her food just a couple of

days

ago, and the vet’s examination suggested Renal

failure. Was confirmed that her kidneys were shot, when

they

did the blood test. So once again had to watch a

favourite cat

undergoing the final treatment. But what a way to go. I

still wish with all my heart that when I eventually have to

‘go’,

that they could make it as sweet and peaceful as all that.

Felecia

(house name ‘Kittles’) was a Lilac Burmese,

who had just turned 13. You can see her photo as a small

kitten on

the cover of my book. So as you will imagine, I’m going

through periodical bouts of grief about it. Bruno, the

next

in line is now moved up to Number one status. (he is a Seal

point coloured

Tonkinese, and a very very nice cat.)

So

Kittles has moved on to the ‘Rainbow Bridge’ to

join her old pussy friends Mandy, Tinkerbell and Missy.

From

a very sad Ron.

[Guest guest]

Ron, I'm sorry to hear that Kittles's time has come to move on to

Rainbow Bridge. I'm sure that she will enjoy reuniting with her old

friends, Mandy, Tinkerbell, and Missy.

I've lit in candle in her memory and added a message for Ron at http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng & gi=Kittl.

Click on my candle to see the message.

If others would like to add their own candles for Kittles and keep

them lit, that would be great too.

Warm regards,

~CJ

Hello

everyone,

Just

very sad at the moment, because I’ve had my number one cat

put down. She went off her food just a couple of days

ago, and the vet’s examination suggested Renal failure.

Was confirmed that her kidneys were shot, when they did the

blood test. So once again had to watch a favourite cat

undergoing the final treatment. But what a way to go. I

still wish with all my heart that when I eventually have to

‘go’, that they could make it as sweet and peaceful as all

that.

Felecia

(house name ‘Kittles’) was a Lilac Burmese, who had just

turned 13. You can see her photo as a small kitten on the

cover of my book. So as you will imagine, I’m going

through periodical bouts of grief about it. Bruno, the

next in line is now moved up to Number one status. (he is a

Seal point coloured Tonkinese, and a very very nice cat.)

So

Kittles has moved on to the ‘Rainbow Bridge’ to join her old

pussy friends Mandy, Tinkerbell and Missy.

From

a very sad Ron.

[Guest guest]

Ron,

I'm sorry to hear about your cat.

I'm a cat lover myself and my "number one" cat, Marble, will be 20 years old next month.

I know how much a part of the family cats can be.

Annette

To: aspires-relationships Sent: Fri, April 13, 2012 1:21:43 AMSubject: RE: rather sad at the moment.

Hello everyone,

Just very sad at the moment, because I’ve had my number one cat put down. She went off her food just a couple of days ago, and the vet’s examination suggested Renal failure. Was confirmed that her kidneys were shot, when they did the blood test. So once again had to watch a favourite cat undergoing the final treatment. But what a way to go. I still wish with all my heart that when I eventually have to ‘go’, that they could make it as sweet and peaceful as all that.

Felecia (house name ‘Kittles’) was a Lilac Burmese, who had just turned 13. You can see her photo as a small kitten on the cover of my book. So as you will imagine, I’m going through periodical bouts of grief about it. Bruno, the next in line is now moved up to Number one status. (he is a Seal point coloured Tonkinese, and a very very nice cat.)

So Kittles has moved on to the ‘Rainbow Bridge’ to join her old pussy friends Mandy, Tinkerbell and Missy.

From a very sad Ron.

[Guest guest]

,

Thanks to you and all the others who have been so kind with your comments.

In answer to your final question, though I normally would, no at this stage

I don't intend to get a replacement cat. I do have Bruno, as I explained.

But as well, my ex-wife who lives here in the same city (country ,

Australia) she fancied getting herself a cat, and after advertising for a

black cat (regular Moggie, not an aristocrat or Oriental such as I've had

for the last 40 odd years) a local lady offered her a one year old black

with a minute white shirt front. She had to divest herself of it, because

her little boy was allergic to it. But wait for it... the same little

kid is Aspergers, so we had quite a good little chat.

Anyway after that long round-about lead up, she and I are going to share the

little puss. She had saddled it with the very imaginative name of Puss

Puss. Well, and I have renamed her . She's turned out the

most lively affectionate little animal and has spent a number of days at

both her house and mine. Very easy to feed, which is helpful after the

fussy Orientals I've had for many years. Just presently she's living

upstairs with me, behind a glass door. And through the same, Bruno looks

occasionally at her, and pronounces some diabolical curses in Tonkinese.

(very much like the raucous swearing of a vocal Siamese, if you know what

that is like!) Oh, she does come downstairs regularly and spends time with

me, when I can supervise any interaction with Bruno.

I'm rather expecting it will take a few weeks for the two to get on okay

together and hopefully to be friends. Bruno has been with me for just over

two years. (he's just a little over 7 or 8 years old.) I cant tell at

this stage if he is going to be lonely and miss Kittles particularly. He's

generally a very laid-back cat.

again thanks . Notice that especially among Aspies and those who know

them and their idiosyncrasies, one can get away with expressing one's

devotion to one's cats.

Cheers, Ron. Will take me a couple of weeks to get over the grief at the

loss of Kittles.

PS hope you can read the attached Flyer. Kris Schmidt, our local Autism

coordinator has arranged the session advertised for next Wednesday. She

tells me that the booked attendance is quite good. Should be fun. She

wants me to sell copies of my book there as well.

R.

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Subject: Re: rather sad at the moment.

On Fri, 13 Apr 2012 at 15:21:43 +1000 Ron Hedgcock wrote:

> Just very sad at the moment, because I've had my number one cat put

> down.......

> ..... But what a way to go. I still wish with all my heart that when

> I eventually have to 'go', that they could make it as sweet and peaceful

> as all that.

Yes Ron, I know and really sympathise, because for me, losing our cats

in the past has felt much worse even than losing a relative. I would

gladly have exchanged my relatives if I could have got my cats back.

Somehow, it seems that all the love and caring that should have gone

into my human relationships but didn't, actually manifested itself

between me and the cats we've had.

I guess 13 was a good age for Kittles, and I'm sure her demise was a

lot less traumatic than ours some of whom died from catching and eating

neighbours' poisoned rats. Sadly this has happened more tban once, and

we've had to watch them take their last footsteps struggling to return

home crying for help, but too far gone for us to do anything to save them.

Several times I've had to dig graves for my feline loved ones in the

shade of one of their favourite trees, lay them to rest there and

tearfully cover them up for ever. I still think of their bodies,

absorbed into the earth over subsequent years, fertilising the trees'

roots, and being reincarnated as green leaves and fruit on those trees.

So yes Ron, it's so sad when you loved them.

We've always ended up getting another cat or kitten to replace them.

Will you?

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