And Now My Sweet Phineas Is Leaving Me, My kitty is leaving me today Options

[Sage's Mom]

At this very moment my sweet Phineas, my kitty, is taking his last breaths. As with my doggie Sage, who went to Rainbow Bridge almost 3 years ago, I have regrets. Just in our nature I guess, to wonder if we have done all we can. I will spend the next precious moments with my precious kitty and perhaps come back later to post. It's just so hard, so hard. How we love our babies.

[moon_beam]

Hi, Sage's Mom, please permit me to offer you my sincerest sympathies in this time of great sorrow as your beloved Phineas transitions from this earthly realm. I do so know from first hand experience how your heart is breaking, and the journey of deep sorrow that will envelope your coming days as you adjust to the physical absence of your beloved boy. It doesn't matter if this grief journey is our first experience or our thousandth - - each journey is uniquely painful because the relationship we have with each of our companions is uniquely individual. Please know you are in my thoughts and prayers during this time of great sorrow, Sage's Mom, and please know we are here for you.

Peace and blessings,
moon_beam

[Sage's Mom]

Hi, Sage's Mom, please permit me to offer you my sincerest sympathies in this time of great sorrow as your beloved Phineas transitions from this earthly realm. I do so know from first hand experience how your heart is breaking, and the journey of deep sorrow that will envelope your coming days as you adjust to the physical absence of your beloved boy. It doesn't matter if this grief journey is our first experience or our thousandth - - each journey is uniquely painful because the relationship we have with each of our companions is uniquely individual. Please know you are in my thoughts and prayers during this time of great sorrow, Sage's Mom, and please know we are here for you.

Peace and blessings,
moon_beam

Dear moon_beam, Thank you so much for your reply. He just left at 12:05 for Rainbow Bridge where I know he will be waiting for me. That's the only real comfort, the fact that we will be with them again. I spent the morning in bed with him and loved and cuddled him. I've been an RN for decades and have seen a lot of death and dying. What I don't get is why these innocent creatures have to suffer.

[Sage's Mom]

[quote name='Sage's Mom' date='Oct 1 2016, 02:20 PM' post='87122']
Dear moon_beam, Thank you so much for your reply. He just left at 12:05 for Rainbow Bridge where I know he will be waiting for me. That's the only real comfort, the fact that we will be with them again. I spent the morning in bed with him and loved and cuddled him. I've been an RN for decades and have seen a lot of death and dying. What I don't get is why these innocent creatures have to suffer.
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I'm still sitting in bed with my Phineas in my lap. I know that this is the last time in this life that I will be able to do that, and it is so hard, as you all know, to let go. Finally he is comfortable and out of distress. I just wonder what he is doing right this minute. Surely he arrived at Rainbow Bridge right away and is united with all his friends and relatives who have gone before him, including my nephew John who originally rescued him before he (John) died as a result of a drunk driver. I think John is probably holding him and humming "Aw-w-w," right now as he did when he rescued Phineas and his brother Sebastian. Their mother had been killed and the kittens were alone and frightened. John told me that this holding and humming comforted them, and he was right. When John died, I brought them home with me. From a congested city to the Sierra Foothills and a wonderful and safer life. I know my Phineas loved it here and I know he loved me.

I think they continue to love us because love never dies, energy never dies, so I don't even like to speak of their love in the past tense. I still love all of my furbabies who have gone before me and I believe they are still living where they are, and I believe they are aware and loving me back. We on this forum all hold to the hope that we will be reunited; but I don't just hold onto the the hope, I hold onto the the belief that we will. It is the only thing that makes these losses bearable.

So please hug him and hum to him once again John, until I get there to do it too.[b]

Jennifer[/b]