GG’s Heart Is Broken
This blog post has nothing to with Lost and everything to do with “loss.” I lost my beloved cat “Catnip” yesterday. She was only 4 years old and had a severe abdominal affliction which was incurable. I dedicate this post to her. Here is a picture and poem that my daughter wrote for her:
August 25th, 2007 at 10:03 am
I’m so sorry, GG. My cats are the most important thing in the world to me, and I’ve had to endure the grief of losing them (mainly to old age, thankfully). I can’t imagine how it would feel to lose one so young. This will sound trite, but it’s true: Catnip was obviously loved, so even though her life was short, it was happy.
Thinking of you and your daughter.
August 26th, 2007 at 1:49 am
Sorry to hear about that
**hugs**
August 26th, 2007 at 11:32 pm
I’m real sorry about the loss of your pet, Catnip–I know they’re more than just animals. They’re family. Their little lives are so short already, it really hurts when they have to leave us before their time. All you can really do is remember how much joy she brought you and how much love you gave to her.
The poem your daughter wrote is beautiful.
September 5th, 2007 at 6:40 pm
I am so verry sorry about the loss of your cat. I know it may not mean much to say to you that I know how you feel, I have been there too.
May 12th, 2008 at 1:23 am
I just read this. I am so sorry for your loss of Catnip. I lost my own cat, Henry a few years back. I found him as a kitten on the side of the road in Puerto Rico. It looked as if his mother was trying to move her kittens across the road and was hit and her kittens tried to see what happend and came out into the road and all were hit with the exception of Henry. His eyes were still closed when I found him. The car in front of me swirved as if to hit him, but luckily missed and I stopped to see what he was trying to hit… and I found Henry. I had him for 10 years, then he died from some heart and lung disease. I expected him to be around for at least 5 more years, so losing him was so hard. I still remember the last long, long night of his life. I stayed up with him, telling him how much I loved him and how much I needed him. But he died about an hour before the Vet’s office opened. I was so broken hearted. Even after all these years, I still miss him. He was so important to me.
Around 8 months after he died. I was with my Mother in her RV at a park in Florida - Kelly Park. A kitten around 6 months old came out of the woods to me, skinny and starving. I expected her to be feril, but she came right up to me and let me pick her up and I took her in. I named her Kelly after the park where (I was going to say where I found her, but she found me). I have no doubt that Henry led her to me knowing I needed her. Kelly has been just a joy to me and such a great help for me getting over the loss of Henry.
I have no doubt that pets are hear on this earth to teach us the meaning of love. Their love is giving to us with no conditions and so freely given. We can learn so much from them if we have open hearts.
My cat Kelly just came over to me as I finished writing this as if to say, “I love you.” They know, don’t they?