Dear Tina, it seems that you have been overlooked here on LS and Danny is getting the attention. I want people to know how good you were to me and how much you have meant to me. You were my constant companion for over 14 years. You gave me so much love, and you have been my best little friend, you and Danny. I miss you so, sweetie. I miss having you sit on my lap and cuddling with me. I was always so touched by your devotion to me.

DannysMom

I'm so sorry it seems as it your Tina has been overlooked here. It puts me in a mind of how much I take Theresa for granted. First, when Tom was with me. And now, Tang. Sometimes it seems like the boy cats get the spotlight while their "sisters" quietly go on providing us with love and strength. Thank you for reminding me to give Theresa a little more attention. May your precious Tina's living spirit bring you quiet strength and love throughout all your days. And I hope Mindy and Shelley continue to bring you joy in this, the physical world. Take care. TTFN

TTT

Hi, DannysMom, thank you so much for sharing with us how you're doing, and your beautiful love letter to your beloved Tina. Tracy has said so very well what is in my heart: " May your precious Tina's living spirit bring you quiet strength and love throughout all your days. And I hope Mindy and Shelley continue to bring you joy in this, the physical world."

I hope today is treating you kindly, my friend, and your precious Mindy and baby girl Miss Shelley. I hope you and your precious girls will have a very peaceful, blissful, and cozy evening blessed with your beloved Tina's sweet Living Spirit to comfort you. Please know you and your precious furkids are in my thoughts and prayers, and that I always look forward to sharing your news, and your treasured memories of your beloved Tina.

Peace and blessings,
moon_beam

Tom's Dad, thank you so much for stopping by, and I am glad my post helped to remind you to give Teresa more attention! Thank you so much for your kind words. I just want people to know how special Tina was. I guess some folks think that dogs are more loving than cats, and that cats aren't all that special. Well, they couldn't be more wrong! Calico cats get very attached to their human. Tina always greeted me at the door. She worried every time I had to go out. She slept on the bed with me every night. She simply loved being with me. She could sit in my lap for hours! She was VERY special. I will never forget this sweet, beautiful little cat.

Danny's and Tina's Mom,

I can't put in to words how bad I feel for you, it is always so painful when one of our babies leaves our sides and you suffered for two almost together.

But let me tell you what I think, I hope this doesn't upset you. To me you are very lucky, you got the oportunity of living more than a decade together, to give Tina the life she deserved, to be there with her everytime she needed you, and you where there in her final moment, speaking to her, been able to tell her how much you love her, holding her, you were able to say goodbye, to give her confort when she needed it the most, no matter how hard that must have been for you, in that moment that you wished for one extra year, month or just one day. In one of your hardest moments you were there for her.

I know this doesn't takes away the pain, no words will, but someday, when you remember your life with Tina, you could be sure of one thing, Tina was never alone, and she knows she could always count on you,.

Always remember you are a great Mom, for Danny's, for Tina, and for all the other babies that are yet to come.

P.S. I haven't read Danny's story, that's why I wrote mostly of Tina : )

Valentino's Mom: Thank you for your comforting words. I know you had your little Valentino and Clementina for just a short time, while I had Danny for 10 years and Tina for 14 years. But it doesn't matter how long or how short their stay with us, it still hurts like crazy when they are no longer with us. Tina was my best friend. She truly cared about me and always tried to comfort me when I was upset. I am still amazed at how much love I got from this little cat.

I went to to the pet cemetery today to look at Tina's new marker, and it is right this time. It shows her full name, just like Danny's marker. I am so thankful that it finally looks right. I wanted to honor my little friend by showing her full name instead of just the last name which is meaningless. Tina always made her presence known in life, and so it should be in her death. Rest in peace, my little Tina. Today it's been 2 months and 2 weeks since Tina passed on. I so miss her sitting in my lap and rolling around and getting all playful with me. She made me laugh with her crazy cat play. We had such a wonderful connection. Unlike most cats Tina always let me look straight into her eyes. She loved making eye contact with me. I could always tell how much she cared about me. I miss you so, my sweetie.

Hi, DannysMom, thank you so much for sharing with us how you're doing. I am soooo glad your beloved Tina's marker is now the way you want it to be. This is how it should be, and I'm so very glad you persisted in getting this done the way you wanted it to be. I so understand your connection to your beloved Tina and being able to look directly into her eyes - - normally this would be interpreted as an act of aggression - - but not between you and your beloved Tina - and I know how very much you treasure sharing this special connection with your beloved Tina.

I hope today is treating you kindly, my friend, and your precious Mindy and baby girl Miss Shelley. I hope you and your precious girls will have a very peaceful, blissful, and cozy evening blessed with your beloved Tina's sweet Living Spirit to comfort you. Please know you and your precious furkids are in my thoughts and prayers, and that I always look forward to sharing your news, and your treasured memories of your beloved Tina and Danny.

Peace and blessings,
moon_beam

Hi DannysMom

I am so glad that they managed to finally get the new marker right. She deserves the best and you have made sure she got that. Isn't that the greatest feeling when they show you how much they care for you too. It makes loving them all the more better. That eye contact you had with her will stay with you forever and what a thing to be able to rememeber.

Tina you were loved just as much as Danny. And deserve just as much love sent up to you. So I am sending my love up to you today.......I hope it is sunny up there unlike today where I am and it's raining! Hope you have found Chewy and Danny and everyone else and are happily playing free.

xxForeverxx

xxForeverxx, thank you so much for you comforting words. Next Saturday it will be 3 months since my sweet Tina passed on. Shelley has picked up some of her habits, like knocking down beanies babies when she wants attention. This morning when I woke up Shelley started licking my hands and arms. She was so glad to see me awake. Then she laid down on my chest and started purring. It made me think of Tina who had done the same thing, and I remembered how a couple days before Tina died she laid down on my chest for a long time and purred so loud and strong as if she wanted it to last forever. I started crying, and Shelley moved off my chest and she snuggled so close against my chest, with her head towards my lower body. It was the same way that Tina had always snuggled up against me in the summertime. She would snuggle so close that the warmth of her little body would wake me up. For a moment I thought I had Tina back, and I wished it was her. I love Shelley, no doubt about that. It's just when she does things that Tina used to do it reminds me of her and I can't help but crying and thinking it's Tina trying to tell me she still loves me. This whole year has been so hard on me, and sometimes I feel as if I'm coming apart at the seams. Losing Danny and Tina in such a short period of time was devastating.

Thinking of you right now, my sweet friend.

My sweet Tina, in 4 days it will be 3 months since you passed on. I miss you, my little kitty girl. You have comforted me so many times during your stay here on earth with me. You were always so concerned and worried when I wasn't feeling well. I really miss having you sit on my lap and snuggle with me. Shelley is too active to be a lap cat, so Miss Mindy has been making up for it by spending time on my lap. Oh how I wish I could just hold you one more time! Some day. Some day we'll see each other again.

DannysMom

Thank you for sharing your upcoming angelversary. I know they are hard. I hope your sweet memories of Tina bring you some comfort.

Danny'sMom,
Wanted you to know I saw the beautiful picture you posted of Tina. Oh my. Such a beauty and so much expression in her face. Thinking of you.

Tom's Dad and sher_mark: Thank you for remembering my Tina girl. She was beautiful. I've always loved her sweet little face, and people would always comment on how cute she is when they saw her in person. She enjoyed greeting my visitors, and she loved small children petting her. Tina always enjoyed the outdoors (under my close supervision) and sunning herself on the sidewalk. She once scared a big black lab who came by and wanted to sniff on her. I am comforted that Tina and Danny are together. She was always so scared when she got separated from me.

Hi DannysMom

Stopped by to let you know that I am thinking of your Tina today. As said in the other post I hope she is teaching Chewy lots of her great knowledge as well as playing with him keeping him occupied as you say she use to jump on top of Danny. She is a beautiful cat and I am sure Chewy is falling for her up there.......there were no female cats around our way until Pixie came along but she was very young.

Tina your mummy loves you very much and we are all thinking of you.

xxForeverxx

xxForeverxx, thanks so much for thinking of Tina today on her 3-month angel-versary. I still miss her so much. I'm sure Tina, Danny and Chewy are getting along just fine, learning so much from each other. I bet Chewy is teaching Tina how to play European football and having lots of fun. I so miss having Tina sit on my lap. She could sit there for hours. She just was so content to be with me. Shelley (aka "nervous Nellie") is much too active to be a lap cat. Tina always sat in my lap when she was a kitten. She would lie on her back with her hind legs stretched out. She loved watching the squirrels and wild rabbits outside our windows. Tina had so much spunk and personality. Every time I take Shelley to the vet I still think of Tina's angry paw, how she always tried to swat whoever closed the carrier door after putting her back inside. I still hold my breath with Shelley, but she does not want to strike out at anyone. Tina HATED going to the vet, and she always let them know it. There were quite a few times when they had to wrap her in a towel. Now when I think of her antics I have to smile. Yep, that was my Tina, but I wouldn't have had her any other way.


This photo really shows off her green eyes

Hi, DannysMom, thank you so much for sharing with us how you're doing and this wonderful picture of your beloved Tina. I am so chuckling at her high-spiritedness at the vet, and my heart fills with joy at her loving companionship with you. I am so glad you are now beginning to be able to smile when you remember your beloved Tina - - for she is sharing these same memories with you from her heavenly home and she is smiing with you.

I hope today is treating you kindly, my friend, and your precious Mindy and Miss Shelley. I hope you and your precious girls will have a very peaceful, blissful, and cozy evening blessed with your beloved Tina's sweet Living Spirit to comfort you. Please know you and your precious furkids are in my thoughts and prayers, and that I always look forward to sharing your news, and your treasured memories of your beloved Tina and Danny.

Peace and blessings,
moon_beam

Moon_beam, thank you as always for your post. For some reason it is hitting me very hard today to think of both Tina and Danny. A few days ago I looked at Tina's yellow bandage that was wrapped around her leg back in January when she was hospitalized for pneumonia. I remember how skittish she was when I tried to take it off. I remembered how she sat on the couch when I brought her back home from the vet, and how she "talked" so excitedly to me. She wanted to let me know how happy she was to be back home and how much she had missed me. She couldn't stop cuddling in my lap that day and she enjoyed all the attention that I gave her. Just thinking of that brought on a flood of tears. I had thought maybe things would be okay and that Tina would be around for a few more years, but it wasn't meant to be. When I got the diagnosis of cancer back in March it hit me like a ton of bricks. I tried to be brave and rationalized it, saying how she had a good life and had been with me for 14 years, but it didn't make it any easier. I thought "Why? Why my Tina and why now so shortly after Danny's death?" Life is just so horribly unfair and all I could do was cry in the car on the way back home. Tina was very silent in the back seat. It was so hard losing both of my babies in such a short time, and today it is very difficult for me to think about it. Today I really very much feel the loss.

My dear Tina, I thought of you today as I was coming back from Petsmart. How you used to love the catnip pillows. You would lick them and rub your head on them and get angry if Danny tried to take one away from you. Those were your special toys. I started crying when I thought of you playing with those pillows. How I wish I could see you play with them again, just one more time. You are dearly missed, my beloved Tina. I fondly remember all your little quirks and preferences. How I wish I could have you snuggle on my lap just one more time. I miss you so, sweetie. It doesn't seem to get any easier. I still cry so much when I think of you. You gave me so much love and affection, my sweet friend.