Updated Stories

Lately, I have been focused on building the domain then updating the blogs here. I am glad each person who has stopped in and took the time to read through the posts have enjoyed them and felt a bit more aware from the read. This particular blog I am looking at consolidating in the new domain so I appreciate your patience as that is an ongoing experience. I am glad you continue to find this page of interest and look forward to your feedback on the new domain.

Mona & Her Story

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A wonderful well mannered little tortoise shell kitty, a recent addition to the household, with good mannerisms and five claws, in great health and just enjoyed her first holiday in the house. She was the continuation of what could of been Fluffy, if all had gone as planned. It is to bad it did not work the way as was once expected too. She has made it interesting surely a kitten through and through. It is good to have her at home.

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Revised - 02/11/:58
Well since I have initially entered this entry much has changed and seems appropriate to update as the holidays have passed and the new year has begun. Since this was specifically for Mona the kitten, I thought I would add some information. She made it through the holidays, her first holiday season within our family. And already she is about 6 months or apparently teen years for a kitten at about 6 months, so now she is testing anything and everything not unlike a teenage daughter or son. There are the good times and the difficult times with this kitten. In getting through them the rules and regulations are made concrete in a kittens mind. After which time good habits will be formed. In an ideal world at least. As we cannot see in the future at the very least we can work in the present as she becomes accustomed to the limitations.

Thanks for reading.

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Loss Experienced, Over a Happy Holiday

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Sadness in a Season of Joy!

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To realize this season, these last few months have been times of sadness, over thanksgiving a kitty dies, neck broken because got stuck in the gate, attempted to save yet it was to late. I did all I could at least I can say, as I had a number of a neighbor of mine who herself had 7 cats. So fortunate was that turn of events that she was even home, to at least confirm the sad fact that such a kitty lost, left before his first Christmas. Buried near a week later, in sadness and grief, yet I guess it worked out for the best, as we now have another beautiful kitty, a tortoise shell, very bright animal who will enjoy her first holiday season with us. So in grief I remember Fluffy G, in gladness I hold Mona in my arms and pet her soft fir as the lights have gone up and the holiday has arrived and she is still with us.

Recently my Grandfather, whom I had visited nearly two seasons back, right around the holidays no less, was around Christmas last I visited him, he seemed in good health at the time but apparently, much can happen in only a couple of years. He was a jolly fellow, a recovered alcoholic getting his life back together. The only situation about this particular experience is simply, the alcohol had already done the damage for all the time previous to his recovery. Though he seemed healthy, internally, the awareness remained and he was still suffering. I must give him the fact he was making the most of each day. He had passed just this 12th of December, just over a week before Christmas, and now only a memory can be said. And good times had. May Grandpa Bill Rest In Peace over this holiday season and the many more to come.

It seems in so many years, I have not had this experience before. My Grandmother in the hospital as well as my Grandfather, each up in there years after living their existence, got me thinking of the possibility that is clearly there. Of death and loss, so near, got me thinking of where I should go and what I should do in preparation for the inevitable. For this holiday season, as it may be the last I see of my Grandparents, I want to make sure, that I enjoy these moments now and not wait so long that the chance is never presented to say goodbye.The same I can offer to those who have dealt with loss in times of happiness, do all you can to be there for there last days. Six Months, One Year, Hard to say the exact time period so take care of things now not later. My father has often said to me, though stubborn I can be, Later Is Now you see.

Thank You for Reading ... Life is Full Of Challenges, grow from them, appreciate what you have now for it may not be there next year. The Happiest of Holidays I wish you and an eventful New Year.

Kung Fu Kitty

What a fun day for sure today Mona the brave decided to show us some of her kitten kung fu ... the battle was fierce between mona and annie, with one flying roundhouse punch annie stepped back. A kitty that jumps like a kangaroo, with an effective strike, certainly quite the sight. Will have to get photos later when she decides to share further of her technique in kitten kung fu.

KiiiYaaa Kitty shots coming soon.

Fluffy G repost 12/09/07

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The Sad Truth:

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You know it has been said Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful for something ... and

this thanksgiving as it has come and gone brought about things you wonder if you can be thankful for. In example a kitty relatively new to the family ... his first holiday season as our pet never expecting it to be his last, passes unexpectedly while we are away visiting family two hours from our home where all the pets were with my sister. On this day so termed as Thanksgiving, thankful for death??

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Fluffy G
A wonderful pet may he Rest In Peace

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Died 11/23/2007 Buried 12/02/07

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We usually go to San Francisco for the holidays as most of my relatives still live there and seeing as we have one dog and two cats including one kitten we always have someone stay at home with the animals, this particular time it was my sister.
We headed out in preparation for the long ride a total of 2 hours on great traffic conditions full expecting to be in SF till later in the night. So once we arrived surprisingly early we sat down after saying the traditional hellos, begin feasting. All seemed to be going well until my cell phone rang, surprised as I was I did not expect the content of the conversation. my sister called me up just as we were finishing the gluttonous feasting that is thanksgiving ... and going for my third piece of pumpkin pie. She calls and all she says is there is an emergency the kitten is dead ... it got stuck in the gate and well she had tried to save him but in the end it seems his neck got broken or he just choked to death. Last I heard he was bleeding out his nose and ears.

Murdered, choked to death ... nobody knows ... well so it went down ... the wonder of the cell ... enabling the opportunity to communicate ... so a time to be thankful now a sad time to be remembered. It got me thinking though of this world, these holidays ... a time to be with family but is it also a time to lose a family member? Or we just lucky that way. Well the ride back as it were was sad ... so much crying and the standard blame on this and blame on that. You know the shoulda, coulda, woulda. If only ... If I was there I ... and so on and so forth ... but I looked at it and said to myself and attempted to share the thought with those who were most affected, my mother in particular ... I tried to tell her it is best to accept it ... and move on ... funny thing the song from The Eagles, Get Over It!. Did come to mind but figured that was just a bit to harsh. So after a time ... I had said all I could and had done all that I was able ... we get back home and all that remains of this once active kitten Black & White tuxedo kitten, which had just begun his life and started learning how to relate with us, a stray, one in which could of become a farrow cat and may of died in more harsh a way. We saved him from that life or did we. I truly wonder sometimes what did we do for this kitten?

Thanks for reading.

This story seems that it must go on ... and so it shall ...

A Work In Progress

As many stories, and experience we each have had with our pets, it seems appropiate to setup a site specifically for that purpose. There are many wonderful things we can all share in. The way to start is ....

write something about the animals you love and care for.... and send the stories to once they have been sent they will be posted immediately. So make it a point to do what you can to make this interesting.

Thanks for your posts.

Ray

The other blogs worthy of a look:
HoK-Knatchwa
On Sickness and Health
Commute Alternatives

Happy Holidays from me to you.