I am your cat!

whisky'sdad

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This came off the FB group "ALL CATS GO TO THE RAINBOWBRIDGE" but it doesn't deal with death. Just thought I'd share...



I am your cat, and I have a little something I'd like to whisper in your ear. I know that you humans lead busy lives. Some have to work, some have children to raise. It always seems like you are running here and there, often much too fast, often never noticing the truly grand things in life.

Look down at me now, while you sit there at your computer. See the way my eyes look at yours? They are slightly cloudy now. That comes with age. The gray hairs are beginning to ring my soft muzzle. You smile at me; I see love in your eyes. What do you see in mine? Do you see a spirit? A soul inside, who loves you as no other could in the world? A spirit that would forgive all trespasses of prior wrong doing for just a simple moment of your time?

That is all I ask. To slow down, if even for a few minutes to be with me. So many times you have been saddened by the words you read on that screen, of others of my kind, passing. Sometimes we die young and oh so quickly, sometimes so suddenly it wrenches your heart out of your throat.

Sometimes, we age so slowly before your eyes that you may not even seem to know until the very end, when we look at you with grizzled muzzles and cataract clouded eyes.

Still the love is always there, even when we must take that long sleep, to run free in a distant land. I may not be here tomorrow; I may not be here next week. Someday you will shed the water from your eyes, that humans have when deep grief fills their souls, and you will be angry at yourself that you did not have just "One more day" with me.

Because I love you so, your sorrow touches my spirit and grieves me. We have NOW, together. So come, sit down here next to me, and look deep into my eyes. What do you see? If you look hard and deep enough we will talk, you and I, heart to heart.

Come to me not as "alpha" or as "owner" or even "Mom or Dad," come to me as a living soul and stroke my fur and let us look deep into one another's eyes, and talk. I may tell you something about the fun of batting toys, or I may tell you something profound about myself, or even life in general.

You decided to have me in your life because you wanted a soul to share such things with. Someone very different from you, and here I am. I am a CAT, but I am alive. I feel emotion, I feel physical senses, and I can revel in the differences of our spirits and souls. I do not think of you as a "Cat on two feet", you are human, in all your quirkiness, and I love you still.

Now, come sit with me. Enter my world, and let time slow down if only for 15 minutes. Look deep into my eyes with your heart, with your joy and I will know your true self. We may not have tomorrow, and life is oh so very short........
 

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That's so beautiful!


As I finished reading that, I looked down to see Parker and Buddy looking right at me. I had to pat them!
 

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Wow, how touching. Trout is eating right now, so I can only see her rear end but we will definitely be cuddling later.
 

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Just heartwarming
. Thanks for sharing. And, here comes a kitty for some lovin' right now
. Perla likes to help me post.
 

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Thanks for posting this. It's wonderful.

I also wanted to say that I'm very glad you are sticking around here, even though your circumstances have changed. I think about you, and Patch, often.

Robin
 

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Thanks for that - it's really touching and too true.


...and I was 5 minutes late to work this mroning because I had to go find a cat to love on before leaving.
 
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Originally Posted by bastetservant

Thanks for posting this. It's wonderful.

I also wanted to say that I'm very glad you are sticking around here, even though your circumstances have changed. I think about you, and Patch, often.

Robin
Thank you...

I miss Patch, but I know he is taken care of. Whether or not I get him back is still in the air. If not, I will eventually get another cat...maybe one a little older!
 

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Originally Posted by bastetservant

Thanks for posting this. It's wonderful.

I also wanted to say that I'm very glad you are sticking around here, even though your circumstances have changed. I think about you, and Patch, often.

Robin
Me too.


And yes, thank you for sharing that! It is wonderful - apart from being good advice!
 

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this is fantastic, thank you so much for posting it, I emailed to my family and friends, to remind everyone of the importance of our cats/companion animal friends, and how special each one is
 

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I am bumping this up. I took the time to find it again, just now. I copied it, printed it, and bookmarked it. I want to read it often and remember this.

Thank you so much Whiskey's Dad!



Robin
 
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