Oh Lauren, not BooBoo now too!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boo Boo is back this morning and was sitting on top of the feeding stationOriginally Posted by LDG
Oh Lauren, not BooBoo now too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks and I would need a miracle at this point. I totally fear the worst has happened to poor sweet Yogi. This almost makes me wonder if I am cut out for this TNR stuff. Just bear with me, I am feeling lousy about it today and will be able to pull myself up and keep on doing what I believe in. But.... right now, the pain in my heartOriginally Posted by LDG
Oh such a relief Boo's back home!!!!!
Lauren, the hardest part of TNR is the "R."
I'm just so sorry sweetie. It's impossible not to feel guilty, but TRY not to beat yourself up. He owned a piece of your heart, and I'm SO sorry for the pain and tears... he had a wonderful home, and like Tiff said, I'm sure he knows it, and knows how much you love him.
I'll keep up the prayers for a miracle too.
I know sweetie.Originally Posted by Feralvr
...It just feels like a great loss to me.
Big megaOriginally Posted by bastetservant
Well I couldn't do it. Unless I had to. Frankly, I often (very often) think about quiting the volunteering at the shelter. It takes a lot out of me emotionally. But I just can't abandon my cat friends there. For some of them, the time I spend with them is about the only attention they get. And it's far from enough. So I keep dragging myself there even though I usually leave depressed because I can't do more for them. Some wait years to get a real life.
So, I don't know what the alternative is for you, Lauren. You couldn't not take care of these cats outside your door. And you can't not get attached to them.
Lately I've been thinking I'm not cut out for tcs. I grieve for the lost cats, and the ones who die. I feel like I know some of them. I empathize with their owners too much. There is too much sadness in my life.
We need some good news around here.
Robin
Originally Posted by LDG
Lauren, maybe his job was done here.His stay was short but filled with love.
He might not have been born inside a home where he received socialization to people, but that doesn't mean he didn't have a good life. !!! He was obviously a special little guy - and on top of it all, he COULD be happy and carefree because of everything you gave him, including your heart.We all may have wanted him to live a longer life, but that doesn't mean he didn't have a wonderful life, sweetie.
Oh man - I am just bawling my eyes out reading this.Originally Posted by Feralvr
Thank you so very much all of you for your continued vibes for Yogi. I have come to accept that he is just gone on to the bridgeand yes, he did seem like an old soul. He was the one back in December when it was about five degrees out, just frigidly and brutally cold and sat outside of the warming shelter I had built for them and he kept looking back at the bushes and just sat on the freezing ground shivering. I didn't know why he was just sitting there and looking back at the bushes. Well, out came (Magilla) she was the shyest of the kittens. She walked up to Yogi, and Yogi took his paw and pushed her into the shelter so she could eat.My heart has never been touched and warmed like that in my life witnessing that was just the most selfless thing I have ever seen in my life. To be so darn freezing cold, to be so darn hungry, and to care more about the other members in his family before himself. He deserved so much more than what life threw at him. And I am so very heartsick he is gone....
Very beautifully said, Laurie.Originally Posted by LDG
Lauren, maybe his job was done here.His stay was short but filled with love.
He might not have been born inside a home where he received socialization to people, but that doesn't mean he didn't have a good life. !!! He was obviously a special little guy - and on top of it all, he COULD be happy and carefree because of everything you gave him, including your heart.We all may have wanted him to live a longer life, but that doesn't mean he didn't have a wonderful life, sweetie.