05-26-2024, 08:09 PM
I'm sorry and also glad for you CCoburn. I've lived with lots of cats over the years and all them have left their mark and been unique, just like the people in my life. Some people are put off by the perceived aloofness of cats, but I think they are still more wild than dogs, less domesticated, such that when they choose to live with you, they are giving up so much more. I believe that all animals who touch you and are lay upon or near you are choosing to share their energies. Most of us probably cannot sense that interaction, but they can. Cats will choose to reach out and sleep touching your toe, if that is all you will allow them.
I don't think I want to go through that pain again, after decades of living with, loving and losing cats. All of ours have been feral cats. The last one, Rascal, died in my arms at Christmas. He was 16, and that's a fine old age for a feral cat. Still, I know in my heart that God or nature or whatever the great IS is, will again provide a wild, sweet, helpless critter at our back door, and the cycle will begin again.
I hope you can take comfort in the fact that you gave your little guy a great life that he almost certainly wouldn't have gotten otherwise. I'm just guessing that you might've had a few things yet to process, or perhaps you wouldn't have wandered back to Oak Street. It has been six or seven years since your little guy passed, but maybe you are wondering if he will manifest again in a new kitten. Hey, it's the way the world works. Don't be surprised if you see an advert for kittens.
All best mate.
I don't think I want to go through that pain again, after decades of living with, loving and losing cats. All of ours have been feral cats. The last one, Rascal, died in my arms at Christmas. He was 16, and that's a fine old age for a feral cat. Still, I know in my heart that God or nature or whatever the great IS is, will again provide a wild, sweet, helpless critter at our back door, and the cycle will begin again.
I hope you can take comfort in the fact that you gave your little guy a great life that he almost certainly wouldn't have gotten otherwise. I'm just guessing that you might've had a few things yet to process, or perhaps you wouldn't have wandered back to Oak Street. It has been six or seven years since your little guy passed, but maybe you are wondering if he will manifest again in a new kitten. Hey, it's the way the world works. Don't be surprised if you see an advert for kittens.
All best mate.
