A Cat Memorial For Buddy

by RENEE HARDIMAN
(METTER,GA.)

1998-AUG.9,2011
Remembering our fuzzy friend buddy. Our cat went to sleep last night. He gave us many years of love and sandpaper licks. He was always happy because he would let us know with the loudest purr.

in one year he went downhill fast. R.I.P my sweet kitty. I am so happy I found you that day at the pound , or i should say you found me. as I walked by, you jumped on the window of the cage as if to say please take me.

The dog is my other baby he is rocky. They liked to lay on my feet under my desk. They where snuggling with each other and buddy always cleans him and my other cats. Buddy was really a lover. Some of my other cats get into little fights but never buddy. When you held him and pet him he always would lick us with his little sandpaper tongue. I loved his big blue eyes. my granddaughters could lay on top of him like a pillow and he would just lay there it’s like he knew they were babies and never complained. This last week of his life I knew he was dyeing and people told me to put him down, but i just could not do it. so we gave him extra love this week. They say a cat will die someplace comforting to them. I guess that was in the kitchen where my daughter was. She was cleaning and checking on him and he just stopped breathing right there. Before my granddaughter came to bed she said to me buddy don’t feel good. Then she said i think he is afraid to close his eyes. 15 minutes later he past away. we all cried and we had a funeral for him in my kitchen and now he is resting outside my window and the weekend the kids will plant some flowers for him. he will have his own little garden. Thanks so much this really does help with the pain.

Comment from Kate Site Owner
What a lovely memorial to your cat. I think it is so important to express your feelings after a loss like this. I even wrote a long letter to my cat when she passed, telling her how much she meant to me and how much I would miss her. Sometimes it is hard to express those inner feelings about a pet to someone else but they do need to be expressed.

Great picture of Buddy and this little friend, they do look rather guilty about something though, I wonder what they were up to. A secret meeting perhaps of how to break into the food cupboard.

I am sure Buddy had a wonderful life with you and if you believe in the Rainbow bridge will be waiting for you there.