what does everything about that? where we can post pictures and stories about our babies that have passed and crossed the rainbow bridge? and let me know if anyone would like for me to post the Rainbow Bridge poem.

if you would then please post your stories and pictures here and i or one of the other co-host will tack this thread

for all babies that have crossed the rainbow bridge.

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I think it would be a great idea, Becca.  What does everyone else think?? 

Why not post it (and pin it) ~ and let's see how it goes....

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Good idea betty!

Becca

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was Jasmine a Calico? she was beautiful!

for you and Jasmines Memory

Becca

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My sweet Tiffany went to the Rainbow Bridge on March 21, 1994.  My dear Teddy went to the Rainbow Bridge on December 7, 2004.  They will live forever in my heart. 

I miss you in my arms ~ but, I hold you in my heart.

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^Samantha^ came to me in 1980 as a 4 month old kitten. She went to Rainbow Bridge on May 29, 2002. We were through so much life together. She remains in my heart always.

I hope to be able to get her picture on a disk soon. She's a beauty.

^Samantha^  

Spooky

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Memories

They left us their paw prints we no longer see,
their happiness still in our minds.
They left us fond memories to you and to me,
their friendship will last all of time.
They left us their shadows grow dimmer to fade,
but never forgotten we'll see.
They left us their photos to gaze at each day,
to brighten us up when we're down.
They left us their feelings their purrs and their meows,
that echo around empty rooms.
They left us those moments to think of and smile,
of footfalls not gentle, like horses.
They left us their playing they thought such a lark,
with toy mice and baubles a plenty.
And the house was all empty without our small friends,
but the love that they gave will remain...

Copyright Trevor & Susan 

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Teresa..thank you for posting that poem..it's beautiful and so true.

Becca

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I had Benito for such a short time - he was the first kitty who was truly "mine". A little sleek black thing, he was very affectionate and loving, with such a sweet nature. How handsome he looked when i got him his dark red velvet collar with blue rhinestones!

But then one hot, windy day on October, a fire started in our house. It didn't take long before the wind fanned the flames into a roaring inferno. I managed to get out old Boo Boo, and my brother got the dog outside, but the last I saw of Benito he was running into another room, terrified. I didn;t have time to chase after him, so i ran outside, hoping and praying he would get out.

The next few dats were a shuffle of hospitals and people's houses, and I hoped that benito would somehow turn up, looking for me. The my father took me to what was left of our house a few days later. He brought me to the where the kitchen window had been and pointed. I looked over, and saw a little black paw sticking into the air. I couldn't go any closer - I knew what that meant. I don't even know how hard I wept (i'm weeping again now) or for how long, but he was gone and nothing would ever bring him back to me.

I was told later by a fireman that they had seen him at the wondow trying to get out, but couldn't smash the window as that would have allowed more oxygen to feed the fire. I know he was just doing his job, but I had to try hard not to hate them.

So now he's waiting for me, I KNOW he has to be there, and I'll see him again one day... over the Rainbow Bridge....

R.I.P Benny...

Oh, Helen!  How awful for you!  I would be crying for a long , long time too.  I am so sorry you had to lose your baby this way.  Yes I believe he is waiting for you!

{{{{{HUGS}}}}}

Colleen

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I love the Rainbow Bridge story- so sweet and sad!  Can someone tell me how to put a picture of my sweet Bozo here?  He left us on Sept. 9, 2003.  Thank you.

Colleen

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 Add the photo to your care2 album and then copy and paste it here.

   I am so sorry for all who lost their furbabies.

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my little rusty, who i had for such a short period of time

he was a beautiful stray, very fuzzy and affectionate after he got used to us.

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The vet help Pysen over the Rainbow bridge 5 days ago, her kidneys doesnt work well. We miss her very much. She loved to sit in my knee when i was in my wheelchair.

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I am so sorry to hear about your recent loss... *hugs* you must have loved Pysen very much... it's so sad to lose such a close companion, I know.

Words cannot express how my heart aches for these precious girls. Both were taken WAY too soon from us. I guess angels belong in heaven after all.

Piper : My sweet little Diva- she went to the bridge in October of 2003. I miss her headbutts, her night snuggles and her silly games!

Calla-Lilly- my precious tiny angel. I miss her velvet nuzzles and the sweetest purr I've ever heard. She went to the bridge on April 25, 2005

I have been blessed to know such sweet spirits and I miss them both so, so much!

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It is so sad to read about all your furbabies that have left!  I know how it is... here is Bozo: I really miss him!  He was 18 when we made the decision to take him to the vet. If only we had had the money at the time I am convinced we could have helped prolong his life....

Colleen

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Colleen..Bozo was very beautiful! i love those colors on him.

Becca

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Thanks, Becca.  Glad you like Bozo's picture.  I really miss him. 

Colleen

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Jess....  I'm sincerely sorry to hear about your loss.  I understand the emptiness in your heart and in your home with your precious Kali gone.  But, be assured that you made the compassionate and right decision for her.  She is now healthy and happy and playing at the Rainbow Bridge. 

(((Hugs))) to you,    

Betty

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WE JUST HAD TO PUT OUT 14 AND A HALF YEAR OLD DOGGIE CLEO TO SLEEP THIS PAST FRIDAY. WE WILL MISS HER ALWAYS. THANK YOU FOR THE RAINBOW BRIDGE.....IT MAKES EASIER TO THINK SHE IS THERE RUNNING LIKE SHE USED TO DO. GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU!

YOUR FRIEND, CONNIE

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Jess and Connie..i'm so sorry to hear this. to both of you

Becca

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I'm so sorry to hear of your loss!!I know its hard to lose our beloved furbabies,but take comfort they aren't in pain anymore.Now they get to run and play like kittens again,and they'll be waiting at the gates for you to give you lots of headbutts and purrs to make up for lost time.

Kari

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Dear Jess,

    I am SO sorry to hear of the loss of your beloved Kali.  It is the hardest thing in the world to do to give up your baby because you know she or he is suffering.  We had to do it with our Bozo.  I hope Kali is playing with all his friends now and feeling great.  My good wishes and prayers go out to you.

Colleen 

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We had Snoopy for 18 years and he got so sick on Christmas day he couldn't barely move he barely crawled or anything so the day after Christmas my aunt took my mom and I to the vet. I said goodbye to my special little friend, it was the hardest thing I ever had to do, but I didn't want him to suffer so I did what I had to do.

This was my loving baby

To my loving baby you are not forgotten, until we meet again

To all the others who have lost a fur child so sorry to hear of your losses.

He loved to get in my briefcase, he would lay there for hours.

There is another great group here at Care2.  Circle of Life Pet Loss and Grief Support.  http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/CircleofLife.  

It's a very warm, caring, and understanding group.  (I'm sure many of you in Purr and Meow are aware of it.  I know some of you are already members.)  It's a wonderful place to share memories of your departed pets ~ set up memorials for them, etc. 

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to all who have lost a loved furbaby.

Becca

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Losing a furbaby is very hard, I know. If you'd like to publish a tribute to yours in Catnip Chronicles, we'd be honored to do so in our "Rainbow Bridge" feature. Please see http://www.catnipchronicles.com/bridge.html

Kent

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My dearest Teddy, 

I still feel your presence so close to me ~ especially today.  It was six months ago today ~ you went to the Rainbow Bridge.  Half a year has passed.  But, not one day has passed that I haven't thought of you.  I still miss you so much.  I miss our talks.  I miss feeling your soft warmth on my lap. 

And I'll tell you that I've shed many tears since December 7th of last year.  I wondered if I'd ever be able to stop crying.  Well, the passing of time has helped....  It's a beautiful day here today.  I have "your" window open.  I sat in "your" chair this morning to have a cup of coffee.  Birds chirping in the yard.  Oh, how you loved watching the birds!  And the squirrels you loved ~ yes, I saw one scampering up the tree this morning.  I'm still feeding all of our rabbit friends ~ and I saw new baby bunnies this spring!  Yes, the cute little chipmunks still dart around the yard.  You loved watching them, too!  We always loved watching the backyard "activities" together!  Of course I was thinking of you this morning as I sat in "your" chair by "your" window.  It was a bit sad ~ because I was thinking of you, missing you, and wishing you were here to enjoy this morning with me.  I didn't cry, though.  In fact, I smiled!  All of the joyous memories I have of you seemed to flood over me and put a thankful smile on my face!

Today I AM thankful for the many wonderful years we shared.  I just want you to know that I still miss you.  I'll never forget you.  And ~ I'll love you always....

Mommy

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If it should be
If it should be that I grow weak
and pain should keep me from my sleep.
Then you must do what must be done,
for this last battle cannot be won.

You will be sad, I understand.
Don't let your grief then stay your hand.
For this day more than all the rest,
your love for me must stand the test.

We've had so many happy years,
what is to come can hold no fears.
You'd not want me to suffer so.
The time has come, please let me go.

Take me where my needs they'll tend
and please stay with me until the end.
Hold me firm and speak to me,
until my eyes no longer see.

I know in time that you will see,
the kindness that you did for me.
Although my tail its last has waved,
from pain and suffering I've been saved.

Please do not grieve it must be you
who had this painful thing to do.
We've been so close, we two, these years.
Don't let your heart hold back its tears.
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That was beautiful. I have had so many mornings like that where I see the squirrels on the roof and I'll call for Piper to come watch. I sometimes forget that she's no longer here with me.

I find myself smiling through my tears when I think of her.

Your words touched my heart.

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I lost Gribouille 3 years ago. She was not my cat but she used to come in my parents' garden. She was very wild, except with me...

It was horrible and I will never forget what happened... One day, (my parents were not at home) a neighbor saw a cat lying on the grass, in our garden. It was Gribouille. She was dead, covered with blood... Someone killed her with a gun and she probably came in our garden to die... I cried for months and wondered why she had been killed. She was pregnant! Why people are so cruel? I don't know who killed her but all I know is that there's a lot of hunters and stupid farmers around my parents's house, so...

This is Kiki, my first ever cat.  She was born in July 1986. She suffered with mast cell tumors for a year, but she never gave up.  She was one tough kitty and went through her surgeries fine.  I had her pts on April 27, 2000 and had her cremated.  She was 13 years old. I still miss her very much.

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that is really beautiful laura..i like that..thank you for posting it

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blessings on all of you for sharing your pain.  i feel less alone.  i have sent too many kitties over the bridge for one lifetime, partly because i have always had so many, a couple of times because family members did not feel about them as i did and would not back my efforts to save them  when they got sick.  i still fret over them (some going back more than 20 years) but feel less alone now that i have read what all of you have to say.

for my furbabies-and for everyone elses', too

janet

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you safe from harm.. your life would last until eternity.


I love you, little Roy.. I miss you so very much. God took another of my babies. He died of FIP so suddenly and still a kitten.

10/2004 -7/18/2005

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This is byron (11 years old) my baby who passed the way on february 2002 and the black one is Merlin who got lost september 2004 (7 years old) and i dont have a pict of little Merlina who has a really short life and she passed the way on march of this year when i took her for neuterized and it really was so painfull for me because i dont have a pict of her and she suffer horrible pains and died in my arms, and believe me she was such a sweedy black cat whom we found when Merlin got lost ,sorry but every time i remember how she suffer i run in tears and its ridiculous because im in my ofiice and they dont really care.

I pray for all your losses and hope all of us will be happy together someday in the other side of the rainbow love and hugs for all of you and light a candle for you

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I'm so sorry to hear of your losses,you had some very beautiful babies!I don't think its ridiculous at all for you to cry about them,no matter where you are.The only thing ridiculous about that,is that people that don't care!We care and understand what you're going through.

I too agree that so many babies have been taken away and its such a shame!Thats the only one bad thing about having our babies,having to say goodbye to them one day.The only thing that makes me feel better,is knowing i will see them all again one day.

May God comfort all of you that have lost a loved one,and make you strong to get through it.

Kari

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May Angel of Comfort lead your steps.

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  Working as a vet tech in a feline only clinic, I sadly see older, sick cats pass, or have to be helped to pass.

  The last one was just last week, this cat I have known for only a few weeks, his caretaker was distrought, she knew something was wrong with Oreo, and the vet hospital she was going to found nothing. I was in shock! This cat had a very large cancer in his mouth! He lived for a few more weeks, and we tried our best to help him be comfortable.

  Every once in awhile, a special cat comes through that touches us so much, that even though we know it is his time, we all cry. I will always remember Oreo, and his wonderful gaurdian. He is now at the rainbow bridge, waiting for his brother.

    Helping sick cats go to the rainbow bridge is part of being a vet tech, but this cat touched us all so deeply, we will never forget him. I wish I had a picture of him. I prayed for him that night afterwards, and I am not a praying person.

   His caretaker promised she would bring by Smoky, his littermate & brother. He was a long hair, tuxedo--his brother Smoky is gray and white with Long hair also. Oreo just had a way about him. He knew he was sick, and he understood we were helping him the best we could.

    I will see him again one day, he is playing with my lost ones at the rainbow bridge.                         

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For Oreo....      

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Dear Fran, What a lovely story and sentiments from you!  I hope all vet techs are as compassionate and caring as you! 

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I've had the worst day - today we had to have my black kitty Baby put to sleep. We've had her for twelve years. I didn't even know what my parents intended until Dad let it slip this morning over breakfast. They had been trying to keep it from me thinking it would be easier, but I'm glad I found out. Baby and I would sit there and have long yowling conversations with each other - she taught me to speak Cat!

I've cried to hard today that my eyes hurt (My first patient today was supposed to be a terminal cancer patient - it's horrible but I'm glad she canceled for today!). I know it was for the best, she had so many things wrong with her and we couldn't give her the care she needed, and it may not have been kind to do so. I still feel so mean and horrible. She cried so loud when she went in the box. I can only wonder what the other cats are thinking.

I got this off someone elses website who had just lost their dog.

"Treat me kindly, my beloved master, for no heart in all the world is more grateful for kindness than the loving heart of me.

Do not break my spirit with a stick, for though I should lick your hand between the blows, your patience and understanding will more quickly teach me the things you would have me do.

Speak to me often, for your voice is the world's sweetest music, as you must know by the fierce wagging of my tail when your footsteps falls upon my waiting ear.

When it is cold and wet, please take me inside, for I am now a domesticated animal, no longer used to bitter elements. And I ask no greater glory than the privilege of sitting at your feet beside the hearth. Though had you no home, I would rather follow you through ice and snow than rest upon the softest pillow in the warmest home in all the land, for you are my god and I am your devoted worshiper.

Keep my pan filled with fresh water, for although I should not reproach you were it dry, I cannot tell you when I suffer thirst. Feed me clean food, that I may stay well, to romp and play and do your bidding, to walk by your side, and stand ready, willing and able to protect you with my life should your life be in danger.

And, beloved master, should the great Master see fit to deprive me of my health, do not turn me away from you. Rather hold me gently in your arms as skilled hands grant me the merciful boon of eternal rest--and I will leave you knowing with the last breath I drew, my fate was ever safest in your hands."

I'll see you over the Rainbow Bridge, Baby....

     Candles for all of our beloved furbabies who wait at the Rainbow Bridge....     

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Since I can't figure out how to get a picture of "my" precious little Vicki into this entry, I'll just have to say that I only knew her a year (she was my brother's), but in that time she stole my heart.  She was probably over 10 years old, but she did the silliest and funny things at times  - she loved getting ice cubes in her water dish and playing with them, and she always wanted to drink water out of the bathtub faucet whenever she could, and she had a stubby little tail that she'd try to catch sometimes, but it was too short for her to catch it, so she'd just run around in circles until she tired of that and went off to do something else - and I just loved her to pieces.  Unfortunately, she started having health problems and when we took her to the vet we found she had cancer and her kidneys were shutting down and so she had to be euthanized.  However, my brother and I were there with her during the very short procedure and I actually got to hold her during it.  We wanted her to know that her family was there and we loved her very much even though she was going away.  That was father's day weekend and I'm still crying over her loss.  We had her cremated and there's the cutest little urn on the mantle over the fireplace with her remains in it, so we are reminded of her all the time.  She will be missed greatly for a long time.

Janice P.

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