Thanks for this forum

[29sillygirl]

I just stumbled across this new forum.  It is a great idea for those of us who have loved and lost pets. My kitty Bruno is sorely missed especially at night.  He gave me so much that caring for him when he died from cancer was never a burden to me: rather a privilege.

I am recovering from his death which occurred four days before my ex husband shot and killed one of my sons.

Tonight another sweet apt. kit is purring by my side.  I have delayed getting another furry friend feeling I couldn't take on the responsibility so soon after losing my son.  What I realized this week, as the calls and family meeting dwindle, is that I counted on Bruno for companionship.  He seemed to understand my moods and react accordingly.  He just couldn't stay with me long enough to help me through grief process.  

As time passes, Bruno's chums are also calling in on me less and less.  Think they are nudging me to find another kit of my own?

[Judy246]

There are so may beautiful pets in shelters in need of adoption and they also have their story's some just terrible. When I'm ready to get another pet, I will definately consider a shelter first. Thank you both for sharing.

[lindapalm]

I am so sorry for your loss.  My sister lost her son four years ago, and the week he died I found a little kitten.  That kitten gave me a lot of comfort when no one else could, you might consider rescuing one from a shelter, perhaps you could then help each other.  You need any additional comfort you can get at this time.  God bless .

[Judy246]

You have been through sooo much that only you, God and another who has loss family to violence and I didn't know about your kitty also. I think you also know my story that I loss 7 in an 8 month period including my mom, brother in law, future father in law, family baby 2 weeks before Christmas. That is what brought me to "Grief & Loss", but I also loss my doggie son Toby and I was DEVISTATED. He had been ill for some time and had these strange gurgeling noises in his stomach. I even changed his died to soft food as for a baby, yet it wasn't meant to be. I wanted to die when I saw him in a black bag in the vet hospital. I wispered in his ear that, "it's ok, mami is here, it's ok to go, I want you to go to the light and find Niki (his birth dog mom who passed 1 month earlier).  I kissed his head and when I got home sat on the spot where he always would lay and sobbed. I've look at death in the face after mom was taken from my arms and I'm not the same person. I will eternally miss them all and my beautiful "big 135 pd" boy who thought he was a little boy.

Did I tell you that there is a website call "M.O.M.s" for mother's who have loss a family member to violence. It's a fantastic website and I recommend it and as for you little Kitty, What happened that he passed?