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xxForeverxx
post Jan 11 2013, 05:54 AM
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This is where I am moving Chewy's journey too as I would like him to be remembered for all the great things he did as he was such a special cat.

Everyday he still continues to help me on my journey from where he is. He gave me the love inside me that I have for these little creatures that has allowed me to adopt other cats and look after them. Without him I would probably never have done something like that.

I even adopted a fish yesterday as my friend was neglecting it. I would never have even thought of getting a fish but because it was being neglected I felt a pull to help it.

He truly was a special boy. And even though a year has gone by he is still very much in my heart.



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post Jan 11 2013, 12:19 PM
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Hi, Forever, thank you so much for sharing your treasured memories of your beloved Chewy with us. He looks so content as he sleeps knowing he is safe and sound wrapped in the warmth of your forever love. Our companions touch our hearts and lives in so many different ways that, and I know your beloved Chewy is so very proud of you for opening your heart and home to other precious companions of every life form.

I hope today is treating you and all your precious companions and family kindly, Forever, and that you will have a very peaceful evening blessed with your beloved Chewy's sweet Living Spirit to comfort you. Please know you are in my thoughts and prayers, and that I always look forward to knowing how you're doing and sharing your treasured memories of your beloved Chewy.

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post Jan 12 2013, 01:20 PM
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xxForeverxx, it is easy to see how special your Chewy was. He really enjoyed snuggling with you, what a sweet kitty boy! smile.gif It is good to remember him and honor him like this. I'm sure he is smiling down on you and loving you even more for adopting the fish. I read a story not too long ago in one of the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" cat stories books and it was about two cats and their friend, a fish. They were very protective of the fish and fought off a pigeon who flew in one day and tried to have the fish for lunch.

Your Chewy had a short life, but it was a good life. He had you and he was loved and treasured. I know he must be happily telling Tina and Danny stories about you and his life with you and how much you love him.


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post Jan 12 2013, 07:36 PM
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Lovely Mr Chew-Chew! We love you-you. And your wonderful mom, too.

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post Jan 24 2013, 11:25 AM
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Thank you all for your lovely replies. It is so nice to have other people think of him too. He really was special.

I have been having a massive sort out of my photos on my computer while I am on maternity so I can start making some proper photo albums and I came across this one of Chewy and Fudge at our old house. Fudge of course was still quite young.....as you can tell by the size difference but I had forgotten just how much Chewy had warmed to the younger two after me rudely bringing them into his home. He was such a good boy!

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post Jan 26 2013, 12:30 PM
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xxForeverxx, what an adorable picture! smile.gif Fudge has this crazed, frisky look on his face like he is ready for anything! And Chewy looks so patient, like an older brother tolerating the little kid trying to wrestle with him. It's so nice that Chewy warmed up to Fudge and Pixie. He sure was a handsome and sweet kitty boy, and I know that he must have brought you so much joy. I'm sure he taught young Fudge the "ropes". of what it takes to be a kitty boy! smile.gif Thanks for sharing this lovely picture with us.


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post Feb 20 2013, 03:29 PM
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Hi DannysMom

Thank you so much for your reply. It really is a picture I will treasure as each time I think maybe I should not have forced both of them on Chewy it shows me that Chewy would have accepted anyone as he was such a good boy. Here is another one of him laying in the rabbit hutch that we had in the conservatory for the rabbits beds. He could have eaten the rabbits if he had wanted to but he knew he was not allowed to another reason he was such a good boy smile.gif God I love him!

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post Feb 23 2013, 01:47 PM
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xxForeverxx, that is a lovely picture of Chewy and the rabbits together! Thanks for sharing that with us. Cats and rabbits can actually get along quite well together as long as cats don't use their claws when playing. Rabbits have such thin skin and are easily hurt. But your Chewy sure was a good boy. He must have liked their scent, lying on their beds like this. And the rabbits seemed like they didn't mind. It's amazing how different species can get along so well. Chewy has such a sweet face. He looks like he was a laid-back, good-natured cat. No wonder you love him so! Seeing his picture makes me want to just pick him up and hold him. I'm sure the rabbits miss him too.


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post Mar 22 2013, 08:05 AM
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Hi DannysMom

Thank you for your reply. I agree with rabbits and cats getting along. I would have no hope with my three now. Ellie takes one look at them and wants to eat them so they have to stay well away! Bless Chewy he was terrified of Honey. If Honey went near him he would run away as I think once Chewy tried to go for her when they first met and Honey bit him! Ever since then he had been afraid. God I miss seeing them together sad.gif

The picture below was taken at my dads house when we were staying with him while our house was rebuilt. One evening I could not find him and was adament I had not let him out. I searched the whole house.....my dad had a large five bedroom house so it took ages searching every possible place he could be. Eventually I realised......even though I had already searched the kitchen.......he was asleep in the potato basket on the kitchen worktop. I think because I did not expect him to be somewhere like that I had not even noticed when I looked round the kitchen!

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post Mar 24 2013, 10:54 AM
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xxForeverxx, this picture is priceless! laugh.gif That must bring back some happy memories for you. It's so easy to overlook him there in the basket, because he seems to be part of it and fits snugly inside. What a wonderful picture! I know I've searched for my cats at times and they've been happily asleep somewhere, preferring not to answer my frantic calls. I guess when they're napping so good then they don't want to be disturbed. They probably wonder what all the fuss is about. Chewy looks so content there, even if it is a tight fit for him. What a beautiful kitty boy! I know he would have been happy to welcome little Keelan, but he is watching over him from the rainbow bridge.

Thanks so much for sharing Chewy with us. He's a very special kitty boy.


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post May 4 2013, 01:23 PM
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Hi DannysMom

It is so good to have your continued support on here. I try and get on here as much as possible. It should start to get easier now things have settled down a bit.

I had a breakdown a few nights ago. I was giving Keelan his last milk before i put him to bed and everything was quiet and quite dark like it always is for his bedtime and i just couldnt help but wander what Chewy would have been doing now if he was here. And it just made all the tears come again. I cried silently so not to upset keelan but i was just so sad. I actually think he would of hated the crying to start with and i could imagine him wanting to go and sleep outside a lot to start but then after a while he would have probably started laying with us both like Ellie does and it just made me want to give him one last hug. I feel I didnt take enough time to say goodbye. It was the first time i had to go through this and i should have spent more time saying goodbye

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post May 5 2013, 02:23 PM
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xxForeverxx, I'm so glad to hear that things have settled down a bit for you. Your little Keelan must be a sweet little baby. I just love the tiny hands and feet of babies. They are so delicate. And when they giggle and move around and look at you with those big eyes it's just so wonderful. They look at things and they just have this wonder and amazement in their eyes. Everything is new to them.

Grief does sneak up on us unexpectedly, and it's only natural for you to think of Chewy and wonder how he would have been doing with the baby. I think he would have been just fine with little Keelan. Chewy was such a good-natured little fella. I know how you feel when you say that you didn't take enough time to say goodbye. That's how I felt with Danny. I was just so in shock and in so much pain that I couldn't think straight. And for you it was especially traumatic since you weren't prepared for Chewy's accident. It's just hard to think straight when we're in so much pain. It must have been such a shock for you, like your world just fell apart. Losing a beloved fur baby in such a traumatic way is very, very hard.

The first time one of my cats died I wasn't even with her. I simply could not do it. I regret it, but it is very hard watching them go and seeing their eyes open and lifeless, staring into nothing. After Danny died I could not put those images out of my mind for weeks.


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post May 28 2013, 03:12 AM
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Hi DannysMom

I have just put Keelan in his own room as he has started sleeping through the night without a bottle......wow time goes quick. That means the cats are allowed back in our room with us. Was lovely laying with Fudge again on Saturday night. Wish I could have that one last time with Chewy.

Grief is a horrible thing isn't it? It is amazing how at the time when it is happening you feel like everything is happening in slow motion and then a month or so later you suddenly think hang on a minute why didn't I stay there longer, why didn't I do this or that. And the whole time because he was sedated from an operation he didn't have a clue what was happening to him. That is even harder. He must have thought I was going to save him but I couldn't sad.gif

I can understand why you did not with your first. I think back to when I had rabbits and hamsters as a child and wish I had shown them more respect when they passed. I just dd not realise back then how valuable animals were to us. How much love they showed us for not a lot in return. Chewy was the cat that taught me this and is the reason I love animals so much.

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post Jun 1 2013, 01:29 PM
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Hello xxForeverxx, that is wonderful that little Keelan now sleeps through the night. I know your fur kids are glad that they can stay with you again at night. Little Fudge sounds like a really sweet cat. Like you I also did not show much respect when my little guinea pig passed. I had gotten her when I was about 12 or so and she was the sweetest little thing, always making little squeaks when I came to see her.

Your Chewy was quite a special cat. I know he must be smiling down on you as his mission here on earth was accomplished. These little ones teach us so much about friendship and love and they are so brave and courageous. In his brief life here on earth Chewy has accomplished so much and left quite a legacy. You can be very proud of him smile.gif


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post Jul 15 2013, 05:37 AM
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Hi DannysMom

Well all too quickly Keelan stopped sleeping through the night rolleyes.gif but as he is in his own room the cats can still sleep with us. I came to the conclusion the other day that although Chewy would have eventually got use to him he would have hated all the screaming etc to start with lol and he probably would have spent half the time outside away from the noise! My three have had no choice as they are indoor cats wink.gif

I was thinking of Chewy yesterday when I was coming back from the pet shop as I was on my own. It is always hard when the weather is so good as it reminds me of when he use to play outside and sleep in the shade.

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post Jul 20 2013, 12:06 PM
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Hello xxForeverxx, looking over the pictures of Chewy I can just tell he was much loved and he definitely LOVED you! He must have had so much fun out in the garden, enjoying the outdoors and sleeping in the shade. I think most cats love being outside and exploring on their own. Chewy must have been very content. I can imagine how much you miss him when the weather is nice and you think of him being outside. You could always get a cat tent so your three fur kids could enjoy the outdoors with you. Do they even want to go outside? I think you mentioned Ellie enjoys going for walks.

I'm sorry that little Keelan stopped sleeping through the night. When they're so little they need food every two hours or so. Ellie is probably more used to it since she had kittens and know what it's like being a mom. I'm sure Chewy would have gotten used to little Keelan. There is always that period of adjustment.

I'd love to see another picture of Chewy...he was such a handsome kitty boy! smile.gif


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post Aug 24 2013, 05:17 PM
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Just stopping in to say hello to lovely MR Chew-Chew. Like before, I love you-you!

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post Sep 23 2013, 06:04 AM
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Thank you DannysMom and Gretta's Mom for stopping by and thinking of my Chewy.

They are all curious of the outdoors. Fudge and Pixie would not last two seconds out there though because as soon as they hear something like a motorbike they either leg it upstairs or downstairs to hide......depending on where they already are! Ellie would definitley be happy outside but she is also very content being inside so that is why I let her have a little time outside every now and again just for the fresh air.

I was thinking of Chewy loads the other day as I was walking down my road as there was another house down the road and off down a cul de sac that we were going to get instead of the one we were in and I just cant help thinking constantly that if we had moved there we would not have lost him. But then at the same time I think but then we would not have Ellie who I think Chewy sent to us. I wish I could have had them both together as I think they would have made wonderful friends.

Here is another picture. It is of Chewy and Fudge at the old house so Fudge was still a kitten as you can tell by the size!

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post Sep 24 2013, 06:46 AM
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Thank you for your remembering my Gretta. Because she did so much counter surfing, one of her nicknames was Baby Chew-chew. Every animal we take into our hearts leave their pawprints there forever. Sometimes they make us smile, but more often a tear or two falls because we miss them so muchh, eespecially during hard times.

Gretta, please sit quitely and call the name "Chew-Chew, kitty" and a wonderful cat will soon come wandering by to be another of your friends in the Perfect World. A match made in heaven.

Thank you XXForeverXX, for remembering the kindest chocolate lab who ever lived.

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post Sep 25 2013, 06:54 PM
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xxForeverxx, that is such a wonderful picture of your Chewy with Fudge. Little Fudge has a perfect teardrop shaped white mark on his face, very handsome. Chewy looks so patient and content, and Fudge looks as if he is saying:"Hey, uncle Chewy, want to play?" I bet Fudge misses Chewy too. I can imagine the pain you must have felt going down the road and thinking that if only you had moved in the house at the cul-de-sac your Chewy could still be here. Often times I wished I could turn back time and make different decisions, but, xxForeverxx, there was just no way that you could have known this would happen. It was a tragic accident.

That was a happy thought how you said that you wished you could have Ellie and Chewy together. I'm sure they would have gotten along very nicely! Your Chewy looks like such a laid-back, sweet kitty boy. I love looking at his pictures. Every time I look at his kitten picture I get a lump in my throat, because he looks sooooo precious.


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