each living creature is precious, and each life has deep meaning. And we suffer when a life is lost. But we also know joys and connections to this Earth that those living in a world of "it" will never know, and they are the poorer for it.
each living creature is precious, and each life has deep meaning. And we suffer when a life is lost. But we also know joys and connections to this Earth that those living in a world of "it" will never know, and they are the poorer for it.
Oh how precious!! All swaddled up in a tiny blanket!! Thank you for sharing the pics with us. They makes my day.My friend said that the baby is already up to 320 g. He's going to be a big boy.
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I sadly agree, depression can define a person.Antonio65 , it breaks my heart to see you and these others on this site that suffer so much.....I really wish you would listen to the song, The Rose. It is usually on a Country Western Channel. I heard it the other day and it affected me deeply the way it always does. There was one passage that stuck out from all the rest, something I have been saying for years..." It's the soul afraid of dying, that never learns to live"....But it gives so much hope too, just knowing there IS hope and a future helps. You channel a lot of your life into hopelessness and grief. It becomes your life, it runs your life. You are so good on this site giving comfort to others, understanding someone's pain helps more then you will ever know. By giving comfort you bring comfort to your own soul. It is a start. Become a grief mentor, but first you must heal yourself to show the way. Together we can all heal ourselves. You are not alone in your grief, even though it seems that way. As I have always said, we are legion. Let us help you, let us all begin to live again by gaining strength form each other. In one way, we have all begun the journey to healing, because at first you must suffer, you must grieve over death, to truly learn to appreciate and to learn what living is. The same with love. Yes, it hurts so very much to lose someone we love. But look what we have gained from loving like that. Some way, ANY way, you must start living again and finding joy. You can't let grief take two lives..........
These words made me cry!What kind of world is this when cats like Jeff come and go without anybody ever knowing they were here? She was ragged looking when I first met her, and the only things her eyes would register were fear, disappointment, and loneliness. Since Jeff didn't hunt, I would imagine that before she met me, her existence depended on luck- the kind that comes when somebody is feeding their outdoor cat. I convinced Jeff to allow me to give her, not just food, but also a home, one she could call her very own.
Her life didn't make any sense, and her death even less so.
Do you understand what I am saying?- there is no closure with Jeff.
Thanks so much for your wonderful words, di and bob , you have the ability to touch my heart deep inside. I appreciate your attempts to cheer me up, I'm trying to find a new meaning in my life, and probably one day I will. Right now I have to follow my own pace, a day at the time.Antonio65 , it breaks my heart to see you and these others on this site that suffer so much...
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Yes, it hurts so very much to lose someone we love. But look what we have gained from loving like that. Some way, ANY way, you must start living again and finding joy. You can't let grief take two lives..........
Exactly this.There is no closure because her beautiful spirit and her spiritual love lives on through you, that will never end......
Every Step counts.....nothing in this world that is worth having comes for free. When we work for something, strive for something, it becomes more meaningful and satisfying. But like that seed, that is buried so deep, there still can be a way out....
jefferd18 , go back and read what you wrote about Jeff's life and death. You gave her her EVERYTHING when you gave her a home of her own and her love. If she could, she would tell you that, you gave her her world, and she is at peace. There is no closure because her beautiful spirit and her spiritual love lives on through you, that will never end......
These words made me cry!
I am imaging Jeff struggling to find some mean of living, food, shelter.... and the fear, the cold, the hunger when the food wasn't available.
And then you, the guiding light in her dark life.
She would have liked to tell you what her life had been before you, but she just couldn't
And now we are all left in the doubt.
As I had written earlier, your life with Jeff might sound like some of my life with Tom. He came from who knows where, I didn't know what his life had been before he met me, even though I can have a slight hint. But he was literally dying when he called at my door, and blossomed again during his two years with me.
These angels without a history are sent to us to try to give us the true meaning of life. Life is a mistery, they say. These mysterious cats are creatures that comes from nothing and go back to nothing, only to reappear somewhere else, to give another person the same gift, the same lesson.
I have learned a lot from Tom, the sense of generosity of Tom was limitless. After Tom's death I subscribed a monthly donation to an international organization to help people in real difficulties around the world. Tom guided me to that stall on the street on that day, and guided my hand to sign the form.
I'm sure that Jeff has taught you a lot too.
Oh my goodness!!! He is precious!!! I bet he is going to be a big boy by the look of his paws.Here's an update for you, Mia.
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Look at the size of those paws, and that tummy!
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Darlin, you, yourself, are the closure for Jeff. For she did find the meaning in her life, and it was so much deeper and richer for all that she had been through before. To go from abject misery to being loved, to having a home...And I know she gave you as much as you gave her. That's the way that love is supposed to work. Finding a meaning in her death is a bit harder, but this I know, ALL living things arise, have their time in the sun (for some, all too brief), then descend back into the earth, from which we all spring. Perhaps that is all the closure we can really have, at least in this life, to know that we are a part of a giant pattern, that each leaf that falls in the autumn makes room for a new leaf to bud forth in the spring, and in that way, we are the children of Eternity. But there is an After...we have spoken of that, you and I, and Jeff still loves you from that After, and always will.
So beautiful!!She was a very large and somewhat overweight grey brown tabby. We became friends on a hot August day and she left me on a cold March night. I don't know what her beginnings were, but I do know her destination.