SAD NOTE ON THE HOME FRONT
In March of 1990, I came home to a little kitten that was blinking her eyes when I turned on the light. Randy had gotten her at the SPCA earlier that day while I was at work. We decided to name her Blinkers because that was the first thing that she did when she saw me. Her nick name bacame Blinkers. She lived in our townhouse for about 6 months and then we moved to our first house. We were there for 2 years and then moved to our present house. If you know cats, they do not like to be moved. But once she was here at our home, she began to love it. She could be outside all of the time. When we lived in the city, she never got to go outside.
Before we moved to our current house, we added a puppy to our household. At first Blinkers was not fond of Romeo at all. After about 2 weeks they were best friends. The slept together, ate together and played together. We lost Romeo about 2 years ago. It was an experience that I do not want to remember. Blinkers was very sad for the longest time. Slowly she began to accept that her companion would not ever be back.
As the years went on Blinkers began to age. We could see it each day as we would feed her. She had been hit by a car when we lived in the city and had teeth missing. She had lost her hearing over the years and this last month we noticed that one eye was not doing anything. We knew her time was near.
On Christmas Eve, since the weather was so pretty, Randy put her outside in the sun. She could hardly walk and had not eaten in a few days. We thought that she would enjoy the warm sun. We also thought she was too weak to walk around. WRONG. When we went to get her to put her back in, she was gone. She had to walk down about 7 steps to get to the yard. On a sad note, we have not seen her since then.
As we talk about it to the kids, of course we are sad, tearing running down my face. We realize that this was the best way for her to go to pet heaven. Since I had such a hard time with Romeo's death, this would be easier. Randy is upset that he did not get to bury her. But she is out where she was the happiest.
We love our kitty and will miss her so much. She loved Randy more than any of us. Now her and Romeo are once again together as best firends.
We miss you Romeo and Blinkers.
In March of 1990, I came home to a little kitten that was blinking her eyes when I turned on the light. Randy had gotten her at the SPCA earlier that day while I was at work. We decided to name her Blinkers because that was the first thing that she did when she saw me. Her nick name bacame Blinkers. She lived in our townhouse for about 6 months and then we moved to our first house. We were there for 2 years and then moved to our present house. If you know cats, they do not like to be moved. But once she was here at our home, she began to love it. She could be outside all of the time. When we lived in the city, she never got to go outside.
Before we moved to our current house, we added a puppy to our household. At first Blinkers was not fond of Romeo at all. After about 2 weeks they were best friends. The slept together, ate together and played together. We lost Romeo about 2 years ago. It was an experience that I do not want to remember. Blinkers was very sad for the longest time. Slowly she began to accept that her companion would not ever be back.
As the years went on Blinkers began to age. We could see it each day as we would feed her. She had been hit by a car when we lived in the city and had teeth missing. She had lost her hearing over the years and this last month we noticed that one eye was not doing anything. We knew her time was near.
On Christmas Eve, since the weather was so pretty, Randy put her outside in the sun. She could hardly walk and had not eaten in a few days. We thought that she would enjoy the warm sun. We also thought she was too weak to walk around. WRONG. When we went to get her to put her back in, she was gone. She had to walk down about 7 steps to get to the yard. On a sad note, we have not seen her since then.
As we talk about it to the kids, of course we are sad, tearing running down my face. We realize that this was the best way for her to go to pet heaven. Since I had such a hard time with Romeo's death, this would be easier. Randy is upset that he did not get to bury her. But she is out where she was the happiest.
We love our kitty and will miss her so much. She loved Randy more than any of us. Now her and Romeo are once again together as best firends.
We miss you Romeo and Blinkers.
4 comments:
I am so sorry to read about Blinkers. My condolences.
I have tears in my eyes just reading your story about Blinkers! We have 3 cats who are like our children and I can't stand the thought of losing any of them. I remember growing up in the country where our cats could go outside and every time one of them got sick, they would manage to get out the door and go away to die. It was sad to not be able to say goodbye but I tried to think of it as their little gift to me because they didn't want me to grieve over them. When my pekingese died after 17 years with me, she died quickly out on our patio which was also a blessing that I didn't have to take her to vet to be asleep. That would have ripped my heart out!!!!!! My heart goes out to you Kim .....just know that little Blinkers and Romeo are once more cuddling together in heaven! HUGS!!!!
Sorry to hear about Blinkers...
I never 'lost' a cat but one did move to my Aunts house... he still would be all over me when I went to her house but he preferred to live up there so I left him there.
My eldest cat... Garfield... he was my boy... he was 18 when I sent him to the big cat basket in the sky... he had bad arthritis...
Hugs to you all...
I'm so sad and sorry to hear of your loss. The final good-byes are so very hard. I know this made a hard Christmas for your family but Blinkers felt all the love of your family every day she was with you.
Blessings,
Cindy
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