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5 Apr 2006
Hard to believe that our darling cat disappeared almsot a year ago. So many tears have been shed. The pain is dulled but the loss is still there. It was months before I stopped crying when I pulled into the driveway and he wasn't there to greet me. I still look for him when I hear cats outside.

This site really helped. So many people think you're nuts to grieve like this for a pet, but loving deeply isn't nuts. Loving a pet is the most human thing I've done in a long time. He came into our lives just 6 months before and it seemed like life was perfect.

After he disappeared, we adopted two kittens and a small dog, all rescue critters, and we love them to bits. But the first pet, I guess like a first child, is filled with magic, amazement and a love that surprises you. I feel like a piece of my heart is missing and Iwon't get it back until I see him again.
29 Aug 2005
I visited an animal control center recently and adopted a little dog before it was euthanized. There was a healthy looking fox terrier there and I asked them not to euthanise it because I would try to find a home for it. Well, the person who I found took another dog, so I went to get it myself, and took it to my mother's house (after the vet for shots etc) because I have not fence and she had a fenced in area and offered to keep it. Well, shortly after I delivered the dog to what I considered a wonderful little fenced in garden, it jumped over the wall and there's no sight of it. I feel stupid that I didn't think the dog could get over the wall. More to the point, I feel frustrated that I tried to help and now it's missing. I guess it would be already euthanised if I hadn't committed to taking it, but I just feel so useless and stupid.
30 May 2005
Our baby, our 7 month old kitten, disappeared just over 4 weeks ago. I have gone through every stage -- deep grief, anger, feeling better and then crying for days etc. I know it's practically impossible now that he is alive. The thought of his sweet soft little body lying somewhere kills me. did he suffer? Did he wonder why his mom didn't protect him as she promised to do?

Yet I still cannot give up hope that he is out there somewhere. My husband says he realized a few days ago that he was still looking for him, and had a good cry and accepted that he's gone. I can say "he's gone" or "he's dead" but I cannot stop hoping to see him every time I look through the window or open the door -- I even have a moment of anticipation when I arrive home from work, hoping he'll be there. I know if we had a ceremony of some sort, perhaps burying something of his, it might bring closure, but I can't bring myself to do it. I think if there's a slim chance of him being out there, my thinking of him will bring him home. Yet if his little spirit has passed on, is my longing for him keeping him from peace?

Jane
25 May 2005
I am so grateful to find this site. I thought we were crazy to love our cat so much, and it's such a comfort to find people who share the same passion for their pets.

Our 7 month old kitten disappeared almost a month ago. We have advertised, asked neighbours, searched, checked the animal shelters, etc. No sign of him. Our kitten was feral when he followed us home 6 months ago, and it seems insane that he would have survived the big bad world for a few days on his own and now something should happen to him when he was so loved, protected and cared for. He came into our lives like a miracle -- we had no pets and had just moved into our first home, and our kitten seemed like a blessing on our new lives. We are childless and had also been undecided whether to move ahead with adoption, but we fell so completely in love with our kitten that we knew we had a lot of love to give, and started adoption procedures. He seemed like an angel in our lives (OK, an angel that hunted birds and lizards!) I think I prayed more in the 6 months that he was with us than in the decade before, so many prayers of thanks that he came into our lives, and so many prayers to keep him safe. He taught us what is truly important in life. Now I don't know what to pray for...I feel like it's been some terrible cosmic joke: "Now that you have discovered joy, I am going to take it away".
We have adopted two kittens from the RSPCA because the house was unbearable without our baby. These new babies keep us smiling and busy, and are saving us day by day...but I don't think I will ever get over this loss and the feeling that when one finds such pure love, it can just be snatched senselessly from you.
Jane
 
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