Jaws is Gone!

Joe - I am so very sorry for your family's loss. Jaws sounds like she was a wonderful friend and family member. I hope and pray that her family will heal from their loss as time passes. After all, time is the gretest healer of all. I loved the vision of her taking one more patrol around the house and grounds before her time came. I feel that she will still patrol for her family - just doing so from the Bridge.:angel4:

Thank you very much for your expression of sympathy. Your beautiful scenario, in which Jaws continues to patrol her loved ones' grounds, is quite touching. I believe you are right! After all, the essence of our departed feline friends does not vanish from the cosmos. I know my brother's family will appreciate your condolences.



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I never meant to imply that a long full life would make it easier to get over the loss of a loved one.Of course that is not so. I only meant it is wonderfull that she did have the love of a wonderfull family while she was alive. Part of the reason I am sure that she lived as long and as happily as she did. No one lives forever but when it is your time it makes it easier knowing you had a rich full life full of love.

Jeannie I am very sorry for the loss of your Miss Kitty Kat.

Joe:

I read with sadness the news of Jaws' passing. The picture you posted makes her look so peaceful. Except for the lack of some white fur on the paws and belly, she looks a lot like my Squirt.

It's funny I should read this thread as I return home from 2 days away. I always end up driving a little fast the last couple of miles because I get suddenly scared that something has happened to my cats while I have been away. They are both fine, but the news about Jaws coupled with the picture made me feel sad.

A couple of orange cats here have been given a little extra loving in her honor.

Deb, thank you for giving your feline buddies a bit of extra loving: I'm sure Jaws will be happy to know her departure from among us produced expressions of love as well as sorrow. She was ready to go, after all. Of course none of us, feline or human, want to leave our dear friends of so many years — even if only temporarily, as happens when we humans travel. I thought of my little buddies while cruising home at 37,000 feet; and I knew I'd seen Jaws for the last time.

Elinor, no explanation (to me) is necessary! Your expression of sympathy was without fault and was deeply appreciated. Thank you so much for caring!



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Joe.....I just now read about Jaws, and I wanted to let you know how very sorry I am.....what a beautiful cat! I wanted you to know I was sorry and am thinking of you!

Thank you so much for caring! I'd like to take this opportunity to share with you (and everyone) the message I recently received from my sister-in-law:

"Dear Joe,

"Thank you for forwarding the messages of condolences. There is a spark of the divine in all things, I believe; and though Jaws may have lost the spark of life, she has been reunited with the great source of all love. I really appreciate all the thoughtful messages, especially the crossing over the Bridge. Not an easy thing to lose a loved pet, but kind messages do help the heavy heart.

"Betty"



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Joe,

I just got back from Michigan today and read about Jaws. I'm so sorry she passed. That picture is beautiful. When they sleep on their backs and expose themselves like that, it is a sign that they are very trusting and vulnerable. My condolences.

Donna

My thoughts are with you and your family. Jaws sounds like she was a really cool cat. I will ask Peppy, my 18 year old who died 2 years ago, to make sure Jaws is welcomed to the fold. I think heaven has a special place for kitties (and other companions) who live to such ripe ages...I think they will be the very first in line to greet us humans when we pass over.

Thank you both very much for your kind expressions of sympathy. Yes, Donna, Jaws indeed looks so peaceful in that photograph from three years ago! Thanks for the insight about her sleeping position. It makes complete sense, as she was the boss on the surface but was filled with love and trust in her heart.

LotsOCats, I'm quite sure Peppy has found Jaws by now; or vice versa; and they're no doubt exchanging anecdotes about life amongst the humans. And what tales they'll tell!



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Joe, so sorry about Jaws. I lost my 18y/o nephew-cat KC to FeLV and can imagine them all lounging around the way cats do swaping their adventures and stories.



Nancy

Sorry for you loss

Robin

Thank you both so much for your kindness. I'm sorry to hear of KC's passing, but I too believe Jaws and KC have met and are friends!



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I don't know how I missed this thread!



please pass on my condolences to your family

Thank you very much for your sympathy. I'll let Jaws' human family know of your condolences.



Here's a photograph of Jaws which I made a few days before she passed away. You can see, in comparison to her earlier photograph from three years ago, how she'd deteriorated — which happened in a relatively short period of time. (She's on a glass table-top, by the way.) In spite of her failing health, she still came to me wanting rubs; and she'd purr all the while! Now, at least, she's free from suffering.



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poor, sweet baby. I'm glad she's not suffering any longer or in any pain.

Dear Joe,

I'm sorry about Jaws. Hey, for 19 years old, she still looked great. I'm at a loss for words. Please accept my condolences.

Donna

Thank you both, very much, for your condolences! Yes, little Jaws was a character and her human family misses her tremendously. But she's in heaven now, awaiting her friends who remain here and meeting those who've gone before.



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Oh my gosh!!!!!!!! That last picture you posted of Jaws nearly broke my heart in two!!!!!!!!!!!!
But I am glad she is in heaven now, and no more suffering, and she was a very lucky cat to have lived for 20 years, and the people who loved her were even more lucky to have her so long!!! I am still crying!!!!!!!!