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as of new years day 2011, it will have been 15 years since tribble's passing and the beginnings of development for lightning-strike.com and the USENET group alt.support.grief.pet-loss (which has been taking over by internet meanies).

many things have happened in my life since then, some good and some not so good, but i am happy to be alive. the original site, which was a total mess because i had to code everything by hand (unlike today with all the groovy HTML editors), is long gone but the memory of tribble is not forgotten.

tomorrow i will open up his can of cremains for a friendly hello and to refresh his food and catnip. being an old man again, right now he is probably as feisty as ever living in a warm house with a fireplace and loving every minute of it happy.gif

to everyone who is here right now on the holidays, realize one thing: it does get better with time. the memories now sad and tear-filled warm to those of fondness and smiles. give yourselves one of the many gifts your furbabies have left behind...time.



What do you do when
a good friend dies?


What do you do when a good friend dies?
Do you lash out in anger and curse at the sky.
Or grasp hard denial, the means of the weak,
In an effort to kindle the comfort you seek.

What do you do when a good friend dies?
Once life's breath, so precious, gives the chest final rise.
In haste you take blame, no other at fault,
You kneel upturned earth and deem all happiness to halt.

What do you do when a good friend dies?
When with him the times, both good and bad, lie.
Do you cast aside the past,
for memories hurt much too much,
Or struggle and fight for that last lingering touch.

What do you do when a good friend dies?
When all of the tears have all but been cried.
No matter how much, no matter how hard you try.
The only thing to do is say farewell.
Goodbye.


© 1996 MD Cohn
Ann H
Thank you so much for this wonderful place to come and find healing and comfort. The pictures of Tribble are so beautiful, he looks like he was so loved and happy. The poem is wonderful too thanks for posting all of this with us.
Ann
CheriAnn
What beautiful photos of Tribble! Thank you for sharing them, thank you for this place, and thank you for sharing that nice poem. I haven't seen that one before.

Cheri
BabyHannahsMom
Thank you so much, MD, for creating this wonderful place that has saved many of us, and thank you, Tribble, for being such a love and inspiration to you Dad.

What a pretty cat. He's beautiful. And the poem you wrote, how lovely, so touching and so true.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Love,
Marcia
DJ - Edgar, Jesse, Tom's Mom
If it wasn't for this site I would have been lost in a sea of despair and grief.

They say that all things happen for a reason - I hope you realize that you have proven to be an immeasurable blessing to every person who has come here looking for relief from the pain.

Thank you so very much - and may your new year be full of love.

p.s. please let me know next time the site fees are due - I'm in a position to ensure that there is no problem keeping this forum alive
Muffins
Hi Marc:

Thank you sooooooooooooooooo very much for this wonderful site, LIGHTNING-STRIKE.......... wub.gif

If I HAD NOT FOUND LS IN THE VERY EARLY MORNING HOURS OF February 8, 2004........
Really, I'm not sure, where I would be.

I have received sooooo much help here, from so many wonderful people!!!
I will always be grateful!! biggrin.gif

Wow..............Nine years since Tribby-Dog went to Rainbow's Bridge.........and, I have no doubt at all that he greeted
all of our sweet babies that went to the bridge since that time!!! wub.gif

Ben & I.........also, Ms. Lucy and Mr. Yoster wish everyone here a WONDERFUL 2005!!!!

Filled with good health, peace, much love & happiness!!!!!! wub.gif

Love Always, Denise xo

p.s. Your precious Tribble was such a handsome guy..... I absolutely loved his white front paws....
He was a beautiful big boy!!!! wub.gif
Rusty's Mom
Dear Marc,

I, too do not know what I would have done had I not found LS on December 10th. I certainly feel fortunate to have happened upon it. I knew there was no need to look any further once I started reading about Tribble and the posts from the kind and caring members here. Tribble was certainly lucky to have had you for a dad. He looks so chubby and happy in those pictures. Your poem also was very touching.

Sincerely,

Lynn
SJ J & S
MD

Are our lives too short to mourn our beloved pets for as long as we do
Or are we learning the greatest lesson of all time.

I know when first my loss was so great that I wanted to mourn the longest
And therefore show that my love was the greatest.

Is that therefore our lesson – to learn to love with our whole being?

Is therefore my whole being so small that I only have room to love but one so wholly?
Or is there infinite room for so many more.

Does the path I treat lead me back to my master?
Or am I my master teaching myself.

Is my lesson so hard that I look to others to complete it for me.
Or is my lesson simply to love?

In honour of Tribbles
Thank you
KayKay
Thank you for this site and the support you offer to us just by being here. I found it by doing a simple search and would be lost without it. We have much to learn about death and mourning from each other, and this is a loving place to start over when we do lose a dearly loved baby.

I liked the poem and the pictures are gorgeous. You were both very lucky to have found each other.
Kathleen032
Dear MD,

This website has been a life saver to so many, including me. On Oct. 30, 2004 I was sinking into a deep depression. I thought I was the only person who was grieving the death of a pet for what many of my friends and family said was much too long. I did a google search looking for some support and found this amazing family. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.

I still hurt and I still miss Shiloh, but I know I'm not alone and I know I have friends I can talk to about my feelings.

What a wonderful tribute to Tribble...he must be so proud. wub.gif

Thank you again,
Kathleen
LS Support
thanks guys, i am glad LS has helped you. jan 1st came and went uneventfully. i am blessed to have a wonderful
lady in my life right now. she has a cool little labrador mix and i love both of them. i am sure tribby would have
approved smile.gif
slbrock59
What more can I say than thank you for this site and may God Bless you.
Steve
Steph
Thank you from me too! This place has been wonderful to me.
Caroline
Thank you , thank you and thank you. You have done a very good thing for many people who just need an outstretched hand of support in a very dark time. I thank you, and I know all of the animals thank you....Caroline
jillybromley
I also want to say the biggest thankyou imaginable. THANKYOU SO MUCH.

This site has helped me where nothing else could.

Dear Tribble, a very special and beautiful boy who will always be remembered, and if he takes after his kind daddy in helping others, then he is probably busy welcoming all the new furbabies on this site to rainbows bridge.

Bless dear Tribble and his daddy Marc.

with love
jilly
LS Support
a post bump for tribby on the anniversary eve of his death. hope you are having fun big guy wub.gif
Ken Albin
Marc,

What began 11 years ago as part of your own road to recovery has become a path for hundreds to work through their grief and make peace with their losses. There are not many outlets for help of this type. Thank you from all of us here for taking the time and trouble to care when most of those around us do not. Have a happy and healthy new year, Marc!

All the best from St. Augustine, Florida,
Ken Albin
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Cleo 1
Thankyou for this site, it helps me everyday.

Cleo 1
Muffins
Dear Marc:

I have to say ditto to everything that Ken wrote wub.gif . This site has been a blessing to me and countless others -- THANK YOU!
Your beloved Tribby wub.gif loves you and is very proud of you....

I've no doubt that our kids are having a blast together up at Rainbow's Bridge biggrin.gif !

Peace & Love to you & yours always!

Denise, Ben, Ms. Lucy & Mr. Yoster xo
Moose Mom
Yes thank you very much for this site, it would be much harder for a lot of us without it. I found it 10 years ago when I lost my Butch kitty. I knew just where to come when my Moustache left us.

You are a lifesaver and Tribble was just beautiful.

Lori
xrayspex
I cannot possibly find the words to express how grateful I feel that I have found this place

I salute You & Tribble
God Bless
LS Support
glad tribble and i have been of help to what is now hundreds of thousands of people (i no longer keep accurate count). but, as always, i am sorry you had to seek the site out.

may your grief lessen as the new year progresses, with sad memories turning into fond memories that will last your lifetime.
AlleysMama
Thank you for having this site. i don't know what I would do without it. It is the only place I have to come and talk about Alley with those who understand.

Thank you for sharing the poem and your memories of Tribble with us.
vizsla-angel
Let me add my thank you's to the long list. I found your site in November of 2000 when my German Shorthaired puppy Patton died after 2 surgeries for a bowel obstruction. Even though I'd had furbabies pass away before, his death was especially devastating because of his life story. (I found his story on the archieves & I'm going to repost them again on the new site. Thank you for not forgetting him!)

When Copper died I prayed this site was still here and I was so grateful to find it. Again, you have saved me from feeling alone by bringing me these friends to grieve with.

It is amazing that one special cat named Tribble could touch so many people and inspire his special dad to bring us together.

Peace&Love
V
om mijo
Marc,

Tribble was gorgeous.

I want to tell you how much I appreciate your (and Tribble's site). Like many others, I was totally bereft when my Mijo died and felt that no one else understood the grief that I was experiencing, except my mum who was experiencing it, too. It's been two years ago that Mijo left me, and it would have been so much more difficult if Lightning Strike and its forums had not been there. Especially as my mum followed Mijo eleven months later. It was a lifesaver for me.

Thank you and bless you! June
LS Support
another year slides by. it is now 12 years and counting as of New Year's Day 2008.

i still miss the big guy, fond memories. having this site keeps the memories alive. but no other animals i have in my life can ever compare. sad really, but i suppose there will always be that "special one" in our lives.

happy new year my furry friend. so how does it feel to be 25 years young, old boy? biggrin.gif


LoveThem
The pictures make one want to just pick him up and hug him.

All our babies are special in our lives, in their own way. Devoting such a website to Tribble elevated him to a Special-Special place and watching over this forum is like you are still watching over him....on a daily basis that has now become 12 years.

Were that we could all just keep them so very much longer than we did....but we were not allowed that choice.

Their little souls are part of ours forever and nothing and no one can take that away from us.....EVER!

Tribble: A lot of people here owe you so much. Because of you we can help each other get through our grief for our special ones. Thank you so much for that.
LS Support
this year slid by quickly, one for the history books for sure. new years day 2009 marks the point where tribble's years of death match his years of life (13). seems sort of special in a way. he would have been some special cat at the ripe age of 26 laugh.gif

still thinking of you my furbaby....


ann
I wonder if Tribble knows how many humans he has helped by inspiring you to create such a wonder site. He may have been a grumpy old Coon, buy certainly a saint. Your poem is so true to the heart. Wishing you peace, health and happiness this new year..Thank you so much..Ann..He does look like my Arthur!
Bubba
Marc-----you know.........
with gratitude...........Bubba.........
toonie
Tribble's eyes are all soul--the way Tribble was loved by you he never died your love is stronger than ever and will continue to grow in your inner garden where Tribble purrs from within you telling you there will be another time. Meanwhile, wishing you a lot of comfort and joy throughout this new year. Thanks for being there for all of us wub.gif
Furkidlets' Mom
Oh, Marc, that's just so touching. And there IS something inherently 'special', I think, about those "13" kidlets, isn't there? wink.gif

I, too, am now counting the ages my kids would have been each year (luckily for me, they were both born at the same time, give or take a few hrs., being siblings!), just as I always heard my late Mother do with her parents and siblings as they passed. Sigh......

And like everyone else, I must add my sincere grati*tude and blessings to both Tribble's and your existence and beingness in this world, and beyond it. What would ANY of us have done without the two of you to provide the impetus to create this wonderful site????? I can't help but imagine it must be so lovely, despite the abiding missing of your boy, to have his life really count for so very much good, even 'outside' of his immediate and loving family.

Thank-you both, for so many things too numerous to list! (methinks your halos must be getting pretty darn THICK by now! happy.gif )
LoveThem
Marc

Thank you again for doing all of this and helping so many people.

you said about your boy:

he would have been some special cat at the ripe age of 26



My response and thought reading that was: he was a special cat at ANY age.

Hugs to you and your Angels. Sometimes I think the Rainbow Bridge is getting too crowded and just maybe if we are lucky, some are allowed to stay here a little longer.

Thank you again, Tribble. You definitely had a special extra purpose being here....without you, this forum would not exist and so many human souls would be more devastated from their losses. Because of you, we can share our burden and it helps make it somewhat lighter.

We all wish our special ones could be with us longer. Whatever time we are given is a gift for we know whether it is short or long, it is always so special that we would never give up a moment of it...to avoid the future physical loss. We know in our hearts the spirits and souls of our special ones can never be taken away from us. They are as much a part of us as is every breath we take.

Judy
myhrtisbrkn

I can't even find the words ( it was bound to happen sooner or later ), LS has helped me more than the tongue can tell.


Dayna
sissycat
Just like the others before me said. Thank You So Very Much!!! What would all of us have done without this place? I can say for myself I honestly just don't know.

Yes, the 13 must be something special just as the both of you are special.

Thanks Again.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LS Support
thanks everybody, i am sooooo glad the site has helped all of you! smile.gif i plan on this site being around for a long time.
Jon730
This site is a lasting and living monument to Tribble.

Based on perfect love, it is the cyber equivalent of the Taj Mahal.

In your grief, you built the site, and handed comfort to others, and in so doing, the gift was enriched by thousands of hands and hearts, and multiplied over and over.


"There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

And there are those who give with pain, and that pain is their baptism.

And there are those who give and know not pain in giving, nor do they seek joy, nor give with mindfulness of virtue;

They give as in yonder valley the myrtle breathes its fragrance into space.

Through the hands of such as these God speaks, and from behind their eyes He smiles upon the earth."
LS Support
another year passes to commemorate the passing of Tribble on New Years Eve in 1985. i mark his anniversary of death to be Jan 1 each year, since he went after midnight. so 01.01.10 makes 14 years he has been gone, but still not forgotten.

blessings to everyone in their time of need, we've all been there before. have a happy new year!

Marcdavid & Tribby-Dog

janika
Thanks so much to you and your dear Tribble for giving us all so much comfort and hope through this website.

Happy New Year to you and your Angel Tribble

Hugs
Jan and my Angels Tasha and Noushka xx
katzen11



Tribble wub.gif


Eva, Jim, Lix
Brutus
Happy New Year LS Support...and thankyou for providing this safe haven for all of us.

Hugs to you and Tribble,
Sonya
nicole'smom
Thank you so much for this wonderful site Marcdavid and Tribby-dog. May you have a specially blessed New Year.
Love, Nicole, Micalen, Sasha, and Lynda
sissycat
All I can say at this moment is Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!
goliath
QUOTE (LS Support @ Dec 31 2009, 05:20 PM) *


Wonderful, magificent Tribble is what made this site possible Marc. Had it not been for the immense love you had and still have for him, LS wouldn't be here for the rest of the world to share and care for each other through other losses. You created a place out of love that in turn continues over and over again to keep Tribble's loving spirit alive.

On a personal level, I want to thank you again soooooooooo very much. Because without LS I'm not sure I could have found my way back out from the deep dark depression I had fallen into. Here I found inspiration, hope, and a will to fight my way back to a happy and healthy life.

Here's wishing you a very Happy New Year. May you be showered in the wonderful memories you and Tribble made with each other while he walked this earth on this very special 14th Angelversary. wub.gif

Hugs of love and gratitude,
Beth
LS Support
as with every year, thanks for your kind words. i am so glad this site has helped you and others in need of support. it has become one of my life missions to ensure this site continues for many years to come.
LS Support
just after the stroke of midnight marks the 15th anniversary of Tribble's death. as always, i will take out his urn and reflect on the contents within. and remind myself that his passing resulted in this website helping literally hundreds of thousands of people over the years.

i hope everyone here will find solace knowing that all of our furbabies are looking down upon us and wishing us a happier new year in 2011. i wish you the same.
Furkidlets' Mom
It's undoubtedly an absolutely wonderful legacy to your beloved Tribble's life, Marc, and I'm sure we all thank BOTH of you for it.

I, myself, revisit not so fond memories on New Year's Eve & Day, when our precious Sabin (with us by his side as allowed) spent a sudden couple of terrible days in Emerg., a month before his transition.....it's always tough.

But comfortingly, yes, I did indeed just receive a sign from my own magnificent kidlets, "looking down upon [me] and wishing [me] a happier new year in 2011," in the form of a sun-filled, definite, heart-shaped break in the clouds....and not five minutes before I got notification of your post! wub.gif biggrin.gif tongue.gif

So all three of us wish you and yours many blessings and abundance as well in 2011, hoping the year will reflect these comforting thoughts throughout, and always...

"I know I am still with you
in your prayers, your thoughts, your heart
And though you cannot see me,
I will always be a part
of life's sweet celebrations
in those times when you reflect
on how, though things are different,
through our love, we still connect.
We'll see each other someday
when our spirits all are free,
Until then, I am with you
because you remember me."


[from a Hallmark ornament hanging on our memorial trio of trees]
LS Support
that poem was lovely, good to see you back. hope you have a better new year's...it definitely can be hard.
nicole'smom
Thank you Tribble and Marc for this wonderful site. All the best in the New Year.
Sasha, Micalen, Nicole, and Lynda
Cheryl83
How beautiful that you still honor and reflect on Tribble's passing 15 years on. Proof that love does not die and the memories are ours to keep forever. Thank you so much for this wonderful site -- like many here, I really don't know what I would have done without it.

Happy New Year!

Cheryl x
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