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Man a few places around here are getting downright hostile.. 😒
Annnd, I love when I can catch one of my offspring in a little white lie, the look on their face like I must be psychic or magical.. Nope.. your siblings dobbed 😂3 -
KosmosKitten wrote: »KosmosKitten wrote: »Still sad: Got the remains back from the vet today. The urn is lovely and the crematory sent a baggie with a clipping of her fur, which makes me super emotional just typing about it. They included lovely memorial papers, a certificate of cremation with her tag number, etc. Things to be stored away in a book somewhere, I suppose. At least she's back with us where she belongs.
My two remaining cats have been in a revolving door of hogging my lap. One leaves, the other jumps up and won't allow me to leave. They finally let me have a break when I had to go pee, lol. I don't know for sure, but I suspect they are grieving in their own way. Or maybe I'm just attributing too many human characteristics to my cats.. but I swear they knew she had gone before I did. They acted different from the moment I woke up yesterday, before I got the call..
Sometimes.. I think I see her gray little shadow in passing in our home, but I know it's not her and it hurts. I imagine it will be like that for some time. I'm mostly trying to get by, but it is, of course, hard.
best thing about time is how it passes.
one minute to the next. day to day.
each one different.
maybe tomorrow will be a better day i hope.
I hope it will be. I just hate how grief strikes me down every time. I'm not a stranger to death, human or animal, unfortunately. But man, it just gets me every time. Always fresh, always different.
I hate that even though he's not showing it, this is affecting my son. He's been coming into our room every night this week (before she passed), with nightmares that depicted her death/passing. He asked me to tonight if he could hug her urn and I nearly lost it. We're all of us grieving, I think I'm just the most visual out of the group.
I know we'll get past this, but I do worry about Galaxy's littermate. They were secret cuddle buddies up until she got ill. I just worry that he won't be able to endure her passing and will go to be with her within the year. The vet says he's fine (as far as his annual exam went), but it's a concern... like a life long romance separated by death. You always hear stories of the partner passing within a year of their loved one, dying of a broken heart. Will he be like that? Unable to live without his sister and just languish away? I hope not.
But you're right: I know it will get better in time. I'll always miss her though.
one of my geese died a while back now I'm afraid.
i thought he'd migrated but recently i found a little grave someone built out where he lived.
my fear is he got run over. but someone was decent enough to stop and bury the little guy. stones piled up and everything.
i can't know for sure unless i dug the area up. but i can't do that. i just know he's missing and i miss him. and the grave is goose sized.
i helped him with an injury a while back. and it seems so much at this point like "why". because it didn't help keep him around in the end.
but i helped him when i could. and he lives on still in a way. nothing can erase that.
but time flattens things.
i guess i hope it erases the rough edges for yalls family too.7 -
@KosmosKitten I'm really sorry.
Can you work with the rest of your family to put together a donation box to your nearest cat shelter, in Galaxy's memory? Doing something physical and helpful for others can be a good way to share the grief with your family and much needed items for others.
My sister and her dh had to have their dog euthanized a couple months or so ago; it totally broke both their hearts. Their little dog had been keeping them going, especially since my BIL has been declining with Alzheimer's. There are just no words to help take the pain away.
As iMago said, "time flattens things".
Our connection to our beloved animals is a strong one. Love happens unconditionally and that's a rare thing with humans.1 -
Wish adds be weird this morning
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Miss_Chiev0us wrote: »Wish adds be weird this morning
😳...well. i ...0 -
Lids, Wondering if I have enough lids ,, Now a shortage of canning lids
Cant find em anywhere
What's the world coming to
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KosmosKitten wrote: »Still sad: Got the remains back from the vet today. The urn is lovely and the crematory sent a baggie with a clipping of her fur, which makes me super emotional just typing about it. They included lovely memorial papers, a certificate of cremation with her tag number, etc. Things to be stored away in a book somewhere, I suppose. At least she's back with us where she belongs.
My two remaining cats have been in a revolving door of hogging my lap. One leaves, the other jumps up and won't allow me to leave. They finally let me have a break when I had to go pee, lol. I don't know for sure, but I suspect they are grieving in their own way. Or maybe I'm just attributing too many human characteristics to my cats.. but I swear they knew she had gone before I did. They acted different from the moment I woke up yesterday, before I got the call..
Sometimes.. I think I see her gray little shadow in passing in our home, but I know it's not her and it hurts. I imagine it will be like that for some time. I'm mostly trying to get by, but it is, of course, hard.
I’m so sad for you. ❤️ We lost two kitties last year and it was really hard on us. The kids had a really hard time and I hated being unable to help them. I totally get what you mean by seeing them in every shadow (or in our case, laundry basket)1 -
KosmosKitten wrote: »KosmosKitten wrote: »Still sad: Got the remains back from the vet today. The urn is lovely and the crematory sent a baggie with a clipping of her fur, which makes me super emotional just typing about it. They included lovely memorial papers, a certificate of cremation with her tag number, etc. Things to be stored away in a book somewhere, I suppose. At least she's back with us where she belongs.
My two remaining cats have been in a revolving door of hogging my lap. One leaves, the other jumps up and won't allow me to leave. They finally let me have a break when I had to go pee, lol. I don't know for sure, but I suspect they are grieving in their own way. Or maybe I'm just attributing too many human characteristics to my cats.. but I swear they knew she had gone before I did. They acted different from the moment I woke up yesterday, before I got the call..
Sometimes.. I think I see her gray little shadow in passing in our home, but I know it's not her and it hurts. I imagine it will be like that for some time. I'm mostly trying to get by, but it is, of course, hard.
best thing about time is how it passes.
one minute to the next. day to day.
each one different.
maybe tomorrow will be a better day i hope.
I hope it will be. I just hate how grief strikes me down every time. I'm not a stranger to death, human or animal, unfortunately. But man, it just gets me every time. Always fresh, always different.
I hate that even though he's not showing it, this is affecting my son. He's been coming into our room every night this week (before she passed), with nightmares that depicted her death/passing. He asked me to tonight if he could hug her urn and I nearly lost it. We're all of us grieving, I think I'm just the most visual out of the group.
I know we'll get past this, but I do worry about Galaxy's littermate. They were secret cuddle buddies up until she got ill. I just worry that he won't be able to endure her passing and will go to be with her within the year. The vet says he's fine (as far as his annual exam went), but it's a concern... like a life long romance separated by death. You always hear stories of the partner passing within a year of their loved one, dying of a broken heart. Will he be like that? Unable to live without his sister and just languish away? I hope not.
But you're right: I know it will get better in time. I'll always miss her though.
one of my geese died a while back now I'm afraid.
i thought he'd migrated but recently i found a little grave someone built out where he lived.
my fear is he got run over. but someone was decent enough to stop and bury the little guy. stones piled up and everything.
i can't know for sure unless i dug the area up. but i can't do that. i just know he's missing and i miss him. and the grave is goose sized.
i helped him with an injury a while back. and it seems so much at this point like "why". because it didn't help keep him around in the end.
but i helped him when i could. and he lives on still in a way. nothing can erase that.
but time flattens things.
i guess i hope it erases the rough edges for yalls family too.
Crushing 😢1 -
Miss_Chiev0us wrote: »Wish adds be weird this morning
Oh my gosh, lmao0 -
Miss_Chiev0us wrote: »Wish adds be weird this morning
'Mens Satin Bikini Sets'... trigger so many questions
My first question: Are they offered in a leopard print?
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KosmosKitten wrote: »Still sad: Got the remains back from the vet today. The urn is lovely and the crematory sent a baggie with a clipping of her fur, which makes me super emotional just typing about it. They included lovely memorial papers, a certificate of cremation with her tag number, etc. Things to be stored away in a book somewhere, I suppose. At least she's back with us where she belongs.
My two remaining cats have been in a revolving door of hogging my lap. One leaves, the other jumps up and won't allow me to leave. They finally let me have a break when I had to go pee, lol. I don't know for sure, but I suspect they are grieving in their own way. Or maybe I'm just attributing too many human characteristics to my cats.. but I swear they knew she had gone before I did. They acted different from the moment I woke up yesterday, before I got the call..
Sometimes.. I think I see her gray little shadow in passing in our home, but I know it's not her and it hurts. I imagine it will be like that for some time. I'm mostly trying to get by, but it is, of course, hard.
So very sorry. ❤0 -
I’m a sucker for quotes especially when they seem to show up at just the right time. It’s great meeting new people who, even if they push you out of your comfort zone a little, build you up. I love people who believe and live like there is room for everyone to grow and be better and they aren’t threatened by or jealous of things like that. It’s a good day.❤️
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too can become great.” Mark Twain
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Miss_Chiev0us wrote: »Wish adds be weird this morning
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Motorsheen wrote: »Miss_Chiev0us wrote: »Wish adds be weird this morning
'Mens Satin Bikini Sets'... trigger so many questions
My first question: Are they offered in a leopard print?
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I picture you more in a leather one.1 -
Miss_Chiev0us wrote: »Motorsheen wrote: »Miss_Chiev0us wrote: »Wish adds be weird this morning
'Mens Satin Bikini Sets'... trigger so many questions
My first question: Are they offered in a leopard print?
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I picture you more in a leather one.
With a zipper2 -
I’m a sucker for quotes especially when they seem to show up at just the right time. It’s great meeting new people who, even if they push you out of your comfort zone a little, build you up. I love people who believe and live like there is room for everyone to grow and be better and they aren’t threatened by or jealous of things like that. It’s a good day.❤️
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too can become great.” Mark Twain
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Miss_Chiev0us wrote: »Motorsheen wrote: »Miss_Chiev0us wrote: »Wish adds be weird this morning
'Mens Satin Bikini Sets'... trigger so many questions
My first question: Are they offered in a leopard print?
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I picture you more in a leather one.Thetwitchisback wrote: »Miss_Chiev0us wrote: »Motorsheen wrote: »Miss_Chiev0us wrote: »Wish adds be weird this morning
'Mens Satin Bikini Sets'... trigger so many questions
My first question: Are they offered in a leopard print?
.
I picture you more in a leather one.
With a zipper
I'm a slave to fashion.
Call it a weakness, if you must.4 -
Did we invent math or just discover it?2
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KosmosKitten wrote: »KosmosKitten wrote: »Still sad: Got the remains back from the vet today. The urn is lovely and the crematory sent a baggie with a clipping of her fur, which makes me super emotional just typing about it. They included lovely memorial papers, a certificate of cremation with her tag number, etc. Things to be stored away in a book somewhere, I suppose. At least she's back with us where she belongs.
My two remaining cats have been in a revolving door of hogging my lap. One leaves, the other jumps up and won't allow me to leave. They finally let me have a break when I had to go pee, lol. I don't know for sure, but I suspect they are grieving in their own way. Or maybe I'm just attributing too many human characteristics to my cats.. but I swear they knew she had gone before I did. They acted different from the moment I woke up yesterday, before I got the call..
Sometimes.. I think I see her gray little shadow in passing in our home, but I know it's not her and it hurts. I imagine it will be like that for some time. I'm mostly trying to get by, but it is, of course, hard.
best thing about time is how it passes.
one minute to the next. day to day.
each one different.
maybe tomorrow will be a better day i hope.
I hope it will be. I just hate how grief strikes me down every time. I'm not a stranger to death, human or animal, unfortunately. But man, it just gets me every time. Always fresh, always different.
I hate that even though he's not showing it, this is affecting my son. He's been coming into our room every night this week (before she passed), with nightmares that depicted her death/passing. He asked me to tonight if he could hug her urn and I nearly lost it. We're all of us grieving, I think I'm just the most visual out of the group.
I know we'll get past this, but I do worry about Galaxy's littermate. They were secret cuddle buddies up until she got ill. I just worry that he won't be able to endure her passing and will go to be with her within the year. The vet says he's fine (as far as his annual exam went), but it's a concern... like a life long romance separated by death. You always hear stories of the partner passing within a year of their loved one, dying of a broken heart. Will he be like that? Unable to live without his sister and just languish away? I hope not.
But you're right: I know it will get better in time. I'll always miss her though.
one of my geese died a while back now I'm afraid.
i thought he'd migrated but recently i found a little grave someone built out where he lived.
my fear is he got run over. but someone was decent enough to stop and bury the little guy. stones piled up and everything.
i can't know for sure unless i dug the area up. but i can't do that. i just know he's missing and i miss him. and the grave is goose sized.
i helped him with an injury a while back. and it seems so much at this point like "why". because it didn't help keep him around in the end.
but i helped him when i could. and he lives on still in a way. nothing can erase that.
but time flattens things.
i guess i hope it erases the rough edges for yalls family too.
I suppose it does. Trying to keep busy with things will probably also help in the long run.
You have geese? As in, more than one? Do you give them names? Do they follow you around like chickens do?
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I was wondering if @Thetwitchisback 's garden made it through the hard freeze and how it turned out.....
Ours is coming in late and saw you back around and it reminded me.....2 -
@KosmosKitten I'm really sorry. Can you work with the rest of your family to put together a donation box to your nearest cat shelter, in Galaxy's memory? Doing something physical and helpful for others can be a good way to share the grief with your family and much needed items for others.
My sister and her dh had to have their dog euthanized a couple months or so ago; it totally broke both their hearts. Their little dog had been keeping them going, especially since my BIL has been declining with Alzheimer's. There are just no words to help take the pain away.
As iMago said, "time flattens things".
Our connection to our beloved animals is a strong one. Love happens unconditionally and that's a rare thing with humans.
I could, but I'm honestly considering just volunteering with the shelters again. It's been a long time, but I enjoyed it the last time I volunteered in the "cat room". Spend my day petting, brushing and playing with cats? Yes, please.
My only "fear" with that is that I'll find another cat to bring home. Normally that would be fine, but we'll be moving to a new state (and then a new country) within a years' time and shipping more than two animals gets really, really expensive and scary. I suppose it will really depend on how Magellan does (Galaxy's littermate). If he can make it overseas, great.. if he passes before then, we will probably look at adopting a cat in Korea once we settle there.
I can also maybe donate blankets, cat toys and other things to help the shelter using my amazing "crochet and knitting-fu" powers. I'll look into it. The Humane Society is literally down the road from where I live. I could walk there in about 20 min.
Your BIL with Alzheimer's: Ouch. Been down that road more than once with relatives. It's a tough disease to deal with as the witnessing party. My condolences to them both for the loss of their beloved dog and his condition.3 -
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KosmosKitten wrote: »KosmosKitten wrote: »KosmosKitten wrote: »Still sad: Got the remains back from the vet today. The urn is lovely and the crematory sent a baggie with a clipping of her fur, which makes me super emotional just typing about it. They included lovely memorial papers, a certificate of cremation with her tag number, etc. Things to be stored away in a book somewhere, I suppose. At least she's back with us where she belongs.
My two remaining cats have been in a revolving door of hogging my lap. One leaves, the other jumps up and won't allow me to leave. They finally let me have a break when I had to go pee, lol. I don't know for sure, but I suspect they are grieving in their own way. Or maybe I'm just attributing too many human characteristics to my cats.. but I swear they knew she had gone before I did. They acted different from the moment I woke up yesterday, before I got the call..
Sometimes.. I think I see her gray little shadow in passing in our home, but I know it's not her and it hurts. I imagine it will be like that for some time. I'm mostly trying to get by, but it is, of course, hard.
best thing about time is how it passes.
one minute to the next. day to day.
each one different.
maybe tomorrow will be a better day i hope.
I hope it will be. I just hate how grief strikes me down every time. I'm not a stranger to death, human or animal, unfortunately. But man, it just gets me every time. Always fresh, always different.
I hate that even though he's not showing it, this is affecting my son. He's been coming into our room every night this week (before she passed), with nightmares that depicted her death/passing. He asked me to tonight if he could hug her urn and I nearly lost it. We're all of us grieving, I think I'm just the most visual out of the group.
I know we'll get past this, but I do worry about Galaxy's littermate. They were secret cuddle buddies up until she got ill. I just worry that he won't be able to endure her passing and will go to be with her within the year. The vet says he's fine (as far as his annual exam went), but it's a concern... like a life long romance separated by death. You always hear stories of the partner passing within a year of their loved one, dying of a broken heart. Will he be like that? Unable to live without his sister and just languish away? I hope not.
But you're right: I know it will get better in time. I'll always miss her though.
one of my geese died a while back now I'm afraid.
i thought he'd migrated but recently i found a little grave someone built out where he lived.
my fear is he got run over. but someone was decent enough to stop and bury the little guy. stones piled up and everything.
i can't know for sure unless i dug the area up. but i can't do that. i just know he's missing and i miss him. and the grave is goose sized.
i helped him with an injury a while back. and it seems so much at this point like "why". because it didn't help keep him around in the end.
but i helped him when i could. and he lives on still in a way. nothing can erase that.
but time flattens things.
i guess i hope it erases the rough edges for yalls family too.
I suppose it does. Trying to keep busy with things will probably also help in the long run.
You have geese? As in, more than one? Do you give them names? Do they follow you around like chickens do?
they're not mine. i just babysit i guess from time to time. but most of them have names and most of them follow me around a bit yeah.
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KosmosKitten wrote: »Still sad: Got the remains back from the vet today. The urn is lovely and the crematory sent a baggie with a clipping of her fur, which makes me super emotional just typing about it. They included lovely memorial papers, a certificate of cremation with her tag number, etc. Things to be stored away in a book somewhere, I suppose. At least she's back with us where she belongs.
My two remaining cats have been in a revolving door of hogging my lap. One leaves, the other jumps up and won't allow me to leave. They finally let me have a break when I had to go pee, lol. I don't know for sure, but I suspect they are grieving in their own way. Or maybe I'm just attributing too many human characteristics to my cats.. but I swear they knew she had gone before I did. They acted different from the moment I woke up yesterday, before I got the call..
Sometimes.. I think I see her gray little shadow in passing in our home, but I know it's not her and it hurts. I imagine it will be like that for some time. I'm mostly trying to get by, but it is, of course, hard.
I’m so sad for you. ❤️ We lost two kitties last year and it was really hard on us. The kids had a really hard time and I hated being unable to help them. I totally get what you mean by seeing them in every shadow (or in our case, laundry basket)
Heh. She was never a laundry sleeper, but she was the color of shadows (mottled grays and cream) so she would just "appear" in the doorways, the bathroom, or under your feet when you weren't paying attention. I only knew she was around because of her gigantic jade eyes staring at me from the darkness.
If you don't mind my asking, how old were your cats and what did they pass from? Galaxy succumbed to CKD, which I guess turned into kidney failure. I wasn't aware just how common kidney problems were in cats (she and Magellan are my first cats, before them, I was a dog person!).1 -
Miss_Chiev0us wrote: »Wish adds be weird this morning
Uh huh.. what kind of things have you been looking at, lately? 0 -
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I was wondering if @Thetwitchisback 's garden made it through the hard freeze and how it turned out.....
Ours is coming in late and saw you back around and it reminded me.....
Yes, it’s doing alright! Cukes, tomatoes, eggplant, garlic, onions. The spring stuff did well too.
Pumpkins and squash are a little disappointing this year1 -
Thetwitchisback wrote: »I was wondering if @Thetwitchisback 's garden made it through the hard freeze and how it turned out.....
Ours is coming in late and saw you back around and it reminded me.....
Yes, it’s doing alright! Cukes, tomatoes, eggplant, garlic, onions. The spring stuff did well too.
Pumpkins and squash are a little disappointing this year
That's great! I only did tomatoes and peppers. It's all coming in slow but tomatoes are turning and the plants are around 5'5" tall right now.....😁
Wife has pumpkins and they aren't doing well either...
Glad yours came in well!1
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