I haven't actually looked in that part yet but if I did I probably would be in floods of tears as I am little miss sensitive!
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Originally Posted by sashacat421
I wonder if we can make this thread an active sticky that members can add onto, like an autograph book? I know there are members out there who lose a kitty and wonder if anyone really knows what they are feeling and if they'll get support. This thread is extremely supportive....even though the voices might be silent on a given day.
That's exactly how I feel.Originally Posted by yayi
You're stronger than I am. I NEVER go there. Well, I did ONCE and I couldn't stop crying. It's too sad a place to be.
Gail, I had buried the two kits that we have lost since moving down here under a big old oak tree that stood in our front yard, 'cause they both loved it..I had a lot of flowers under it, and a couple of kitty statues that I had placed there in memory of them......then in Nov. 2002, a tornado came and took that tree......I still don't have the words to express how much that hurt me!Originally Posted by GailC
I unfortunately had to post in that forum twice last year. Its a good place but a sad place also. Sometime's I'll read but not post as it is to difficult. What I've always been curious though is how everyone remember's their cats and kittens that have crossed. For instance I buried Sheba in a plant border by my potting shed. I plan on doing some type of memorial planting. Tommy and Sierra are nearby buried under some trees. But what does everyone else do??? I don't know if that is an appropriate question to post on that forum???
Gail, I generally have tried to bury mine on our property and mark the site with some sort of plant. I make a point of tending to the burial myself. I think that is part of the keeping of animals, the responsibility to attend to all of their needs. I try to wrap them well and include an item or two that the animal was fond of. I comfort myself with the thought that, should the grave be dug up in a hundred years, there will be some item other than remains that will make it clear to whoever disturbs the site that the creature buried here was valued and that effort was taken to deal with its death with dignity and respect. I know that sounds trivial, but sometimes that is enough to get you through the burial itself. And I always think of them when I walk the yard and see their memorial plants. The thing that I always hate to think about are the ones buried on property that I no longer live at and it makes me sad to think that I have abandoned their graves to the mercies of strangers who don't care what that animal meant to me.Originally Posted by GailC
What I've always been curious though is how everyone remember's their cats and kittens that have crossed. For instance I buried Sheba in a plant border by my potting shed. I plan on doing some type of memorial planting. Tommy and Sierra are nearby buried under some trees. But what does everyone else do??? I don't know if that is an appropriate question to post on that forum???