I wanted to make this a new post instead of adding it on to the one about Sebastian, in hopes all would see it, so forgive me if it is not in the proper place and feel free to move it wherever is best, but I just wanted to say a very big THANK YOU to all for all of the wonderful messages in regards to Sebastian; they made us cry, think, smile but most of all made us realize that we have found MANY like-minded people when it comes to cats so we are very grateful and THANK YOU!
We have now 9 cats, all were strays either from my work (drop offs) or from our own backyard when years ago we had a "colony" that was trapped and neutered and re-released, but we ended up taking most of them in because we couldn't stand knowing they were outside in the Winter while we were warm inside so we thought "what the heck, let's take them in, we're feeding them anyway", and at times it is a crazyhouse but I think there are worse things in this world than having lots of cats lol!
They all have their own personalities, and "Mr. Seebs" (he had MANY nicknames lol!) sure had a great one, he was very vocal and would just walk into the room and "announce" his presence, so we would joke with him and say "oh, we didn't know that you were here Seebs", which of course lead to my wife "talking" to him and since his meows either sounded at times like "yes" or "no" she would quiz him like "are you a good boy?" and he would meow "yes", "is daddy bad?" and OF COURSE the answer would be "no" and on and on ha ha! I think since he was so vocal that made him more human like in a way, which was part of why it is especially difficult dealing with his loss. But I have had some things happen that I will explain that you may or may not believe, but I will tell you of them and you can have your own opinion. Here goes:
My grandmother had a VERY STRONG let's say "6th sense", where she would get these "visions" or "imprints" or even dreams about things and they would come true, and let me tell you they were incredible what she could "predict". For example, when my wife's grandmother was in a nursing home, my nana called and was asking "is everything okay with Nana Frantz? She didn't wander off did she?", and my wife of course said no she was fine, but since it was coming from my nana she knew something was up; the very next day her nana went into a coma and passed soon after, so my wife to this day will tell me "your nana totally prepared me for my nana dying". When my nana (I know this gets confusing) went to the viewing, she was barely inside the funeral parlor and couldn't see the body and she asked my brother in law "don't tell me she's wearing a blue dress?" and she WAS! That floored everyone, and my nana almost passed out. The reason that she called and asked "did she wander off?" was she told me that she had a "dream" where her and my wife were calling to Deb's nana "nana, come back...come back..." but she just smiled and waved and walked off into what my nana described as "a place so beautiful, unlike any on Earth", so she was entering Heaven. If I related more stories I'd be here till June, she had so many, but my point is that I as well as my mom have inherited some of these abilities to have these "imprints", and I have had them with other cats and am now having them with Sebastian! One day last week I was getting gas, and I all of a sudden had the imprint in my head of the cats that have passed before us, and heard the words "we're ready to help, we're here...." meaning they would help guide him home to the Rainbow Bridge....I said outloud "no, it's NOT time yet!", but it turns out that it was...so I am glad to know that they were there to help him. We also in the past have had lights blow out when someone dies, mainly in the bathroom; my wife told me that one did just that last week, I witnessed one too and my wife saw an all white pigeon eating out back, all things that happen before or after we experience death and a loss, but again I dismissed it, but the signs were there, we just didn't believe or WANT to believe it I guess...
I also lost my best human friend in Dec. 2007 to bone cancer after only a 5 week illness, and we were very upset after that. He used to like to play jokes on my wife, and shortly after he passed all of a sudden pure white feathers would appear to us, slowly at first but then more and more, and in places that they couldn't have come from birds! My wife opened up a cupboard in the kitchen and one fell out, and I don't remember having any birds in there! They would appear on her shoulders, sweaters etc. and people would be talking to her and say "you have a white feather on your shoulder, that wasn't there a few minutes ago?!", and I would get them too. I also was in church after he passed, and listening to a prayer I all of a sudden heard these words "I know you're not used to me talking to you here", and I said "okay", and twice I heard the words "I'm fine....I'm fine", and with tears in my eyes I said outloud "I'm glad you're fine". There was no mistake it was him....so with that being said, the other night I got an "imprint" of Sebastian saying "I'm free...I'm free", not only free from the mini blinds but free from any sickness or pain, for which we are eternally grateful. This morning, I woke up after sleeping better than the night before, but as soon as I awoke it hit me and I started get a little anxious and panicky, started to breathe deep, and all of a sudden-and I was NOT dreaming, I was awake-it was like he and I started to have a "mental conversation", with him telling me that he was free, that he was okay, and that he didn't want to leave but he HAD to....I asked him if he was with Simon, a tuxedo who had passed of stomach cancer May 2014, and Sassy and Serenity who had passed before and he said "yes, we're all happy". I also asked "did you meet Smoke?" who was our first stray who started this whole thing in 1995 but died a few years later and the answer was "yes", I thanked him for sending me a sign, asked him to please send mommy one too, and I felt some relief and actually fell back to sleep. And if THAT wasn't enough, later in the morning when I was bending down to pet Sugar and toss something into the trash can, staring right up at me from the floor was a WHITE WHISKER, not a white feather but an all white whisker....so I know that my buddy Steve told him to send that as that would SURELY get my attention and it sure did!!! I felt better after that, still at times go back to the sad and bad stuff, but those two things happening really lightened the load. I'm not sure if you believe in all of this and that is fine, but I just wanted to share this with you all and let you know that the little fella is "free" and happy, which is a great comfort to us both.....
THANKS FOR THE WAY YOU CARED!!!
We have now 9 cats, all were strays either from my work (drop offs) or from our own backyard when years ago we had a "colony" that was trapped and neutered and re-released, but we ended up taking most of them in because we couldn't stand knowing they were outside in the Winter while we were warm inside so we thought "what the heck, let's take them in, we're feeding them anyway", and at times it is a crazyhouse but I think there are worse things in this world than having lots of cats lol!
They all have their own personalities, and "Mr. Seebs" (he had MANY nicknames lol!) sure had a great one, he was very vocal and would just walk into the room and "announce" his presence, so we would joke with him and say "oh, we didn't know that you were here Seebs", which of course lead to my wife "talking" to him and since his meows either sounded at times like "yes" or "no" she would quiz him like "are you a good boy?" and he would meow "yes", "is daddy bad?" and OF COURSE the answer would be "no" and on and on ha ha! I think since he was so vocal that made him more human like in a way, which was part of why it is especially difficult dealing with his loss. But I have had some things happen that I will explain that you may or may not believe, but I will tell you of them and you can have your own opinion. Here goes:
My grandmother had a VERY STRONG let's say "6th sense", where she would get these "visions" or "imprints" or even dreams about things and they would come true, and let me tell you they were incredible what she could "predict". For example, when my wife's grandmother was in a nursing home, my nana called and was asking "is everything okay with Nana Frantz? She didn't wander off did she?", and my wife of course said no she was fine, but since it was coming from my nana she knew something was up; the very next day her nana went into a coma and passed soon after, so my wife to this day will tell me "your nana totally prepared me for my nana dying". When my nana (I know this gets confusing) went to the viewing, she was barely inside the funeral parlor and couldn't see the body and she asked my brother in law "don't tell me she's wearing a blue dress?" and she WAS! That floored everyone, and my nana almost passed out. The reason that she called and asked "did she wander off?" was she told me that she had a "dream" where her and my wife were calling to Deb's nana "nana, come back...come back..." but she just smiled and waved and walked off into what my nana described as "a place so beautiful, unlike any on Earth", so she was entering Heaven. If I related more stories I'd be here till June, she had so many, but my point is that I as well as my mom have inherited some of these abilities to have these "imprints", and I have had them with other cats and am now having them with Sebastian! One day last week I was getting gas, and I all of a sudden had the imprint in my head of the cats that have passed before us, and heard the words "we're ready to help, we're here...." meaning they would help guide him home to the Rainbow Bridge....I said outloud "no, it's NOT time yet!", but it turns out that it was...so I am glad to know that they were there to help him. We also in the past have had lights blow out when someone dies, mainly in the bathroom; my wife told me that one did just that last week, I witnessed one too and my wife saw an all white pigeon eating out back, all things that happen before or after we experience death and a loss, but again I dismissed it, but the signs were there, we just didn't believe or WANT to believe it I guess...
I also lost my best human friend in Dec. 2007 to bone cancer after only a 5 week illness, and we were very upset after that. He used to like to play jokes on my wife, and shortly after he passed all of a sudden pure white feathers would appear to us, slowly at first but then more and more, and in places that they couldn't have come from birds! My wife opened up a cupboard in the kitchen and one fell out, and I don't remember having any birds in there! They would appear on her shoulders, sweaters etc. and people would be talking to her and say "you have a white feather on your shoulder, that wasn't there a few minutes ago?!", and I would get them too. I also was in church after he passed, and listening to a prayer I all of a sudden heard these words "I know you're not used to me talking to you here", and I said "okay", and twice I heard the words "I'm fine....I'm fine", and with tears in my eyes I said outloud "I'm glad you're fine". There was no mistake it was him....so with that being said, the other night I got an "imprint" of Sebastian saying "I'm free...I'm free", not only free from the mini blinds but free from any sickness or pain, for which we are eternally grateful. This morning, I woke up after sleeping better than the night before, but as soon as I awoke it hit me and I started get a little anxious and panicky, started to breathe deep, and all of a sudden-and I was NOT dreaming, I was awake-it was like he and I started to have a "mental conversation", with him telling me that he was free, that he was okay, and that he didn't want to leave but he HAD to....I asked him if he was with Simon, a tuxedo who had passed of stomach cancer May 2014, and Sassy and Serenity who had passed before and he said "yes, we're all happy". I also asked "did you meet Smoke?" who was our first stray who started this whole thing in 1995 but died a few years later and the answer was "yes", I thanked him for sending me a sign, asked him to please send mommy one too, and I felt some relief and actually fell back to sleep. And if THAT wasn't enough, later in the morning when I was bending down to pet Sugar and toss something into the trash can, staring right up at me from the floor was a WHITE WHISKER, not a white feather but an all white whisker....so I know that my buddy Steve told him to send that as that would SURELY get my attention and it sure did!!! I felt better after that, still at times go back to the sad and bad stuff, but those two things happening really lightened the load. I'm not sure if you believe in all of this and that is fine, but I just wanted to share this with you all and let you know that the little fella is "free" and happy, which is a great comfort to us both.....
THANKS FOR THE WAY YOU CARED!!!