March 11, 2021

SAWYER LEADS LONG LIST OF THANKFULS

Thankful Thursday

Hi Noelle. I am sending you whisker kisses.💖

Thank you, friends.

Thursday is the day we share the things for which we are thankful. This week, Kitties Blue and I have a long list.

We are super thankful Sawyer is now celebrating 30 days without a gran mal seizure. Woohoo! We know it is partly due to all the prayers and POTP everyone continues to send. So, we are thankful for all of you as well.

I am thankful for all the birthday wishes shared in the comments on the blog on Sunday. There also were e-cards, snail mail cards and good wishes left for me on Tom’s Facebook page for which I am immensely grateful. I also received a couple of really cool gifts from Dad Tom and the kitties, which I’ll share on a future post.

We are thankful for some unseasonably warm weather with temperatures in the low and mid 70s. It’s been great for catio time. I am hoping to get out in the yard today for a little clean-up, especially as by Monday the highs will only be in the 40s. My other plan is to take Kizmet out in the yard (in her harness and on leash) for the first time. With any luck, next Thursday she and I will be thankful for a good outcome.

I am thankful for winning $75 of merchandise from the Kitty Cat Go store. If you are unfamiliar with this, it is the store of Emily and the Kitty Cat Go Adventure Team from Kitty Cat Chronicles.

And finally, I am thankful to have been one of five firsties on the Two Spoiled Cats’ Tuesday Teaser!

Brian hosts the Thankful Thursday blog hop. If you’d like to participate, post on your blog for what you are thankful and then click on his badge to go to Brian’s Home and link up.

Thoroughly Poetic Thursday

Thursday also is when we share poetry for Thoroughly Poetic Thursday hosted by Teddy and Angel Sammy (Two Spoiled Cats).

Here’s the photo they provided for this week and my poor excuse for a haiku.

I look so pretty!
Do you think mom will notice
I used her lipstick?

If you’d like to write some poetry next week, click on the Badge below. You’ll be whisked away to Two Spoiled Cats where you will find next week’s inspiration photo as well as Angel Sammy’s poem for this week. He’s a wonderful poet, and his poems are always worth reading.

We’ll see you all again tomorrow for Feline and Friendship Fridays as well as Friendly Fill-Ins.

YOU
For Fiona

It seems like only yesterday…
You were just a kitten.
When I saw your pleading look,
I was completely smitten.

Now at only six years old,
You are getting ready to leave,
Soon you will have your wings.
I’ve already started to grieve.

You’ve fought hard for the past year,
And I’m not ready to say good-bye.
I can’t imagine you not in my life
I am so sad…today I had to cry.

I am grateful and blessed
For my six years with you.
You’ll live in my heart forever.
You’re one of the best ever Kitties Blue.

YESTERDAY

Many yesterdays have passed since
You gained your angel wings. Today
Is six months since you left us behind
To remember and mourn. Our hearts
Continue to hurt, and we miss
You as much as the day you left.
Giulietta whined from the catio
Yesterday as I worked in the yard.
I know you put her up to it. That
Was your way of getting me to,
Allow you to join me as I
Gardened. You were there with me
In spirit. With every meow
I thought of you and how much I miss
Your sweet face and disposition.
In these past few months, many friends
Have traveled your same path in your
paw-steps. I am certain you were
Waiting to greet them with purrs and hugs.
I pray you and your friends are laughing,
Frolicking and having fun together.
Picturing that makes me smile, but
Does not lessen my sadness at your
No longer being here to snuggle
And receive our love, care and kisses.
Fiona, please do not ever forget
You are still and always will be loved.

ONE YEAR MISSING YOU

One year has passed since you flew away,
And I still think of you everyday.
I see your sweet face in my mind’s eye
And wish we’d never had to say good-bye.
It’s nice you’ve sent us kitties needing a family,
But my dearest love, we are now at capacity.
You thought it would take more than one cat
To take your place in our habitat.
We love Cooper Murphy and baby Sawyer dearly
But thinking either could replace you makes me teary.
You were one-of-a-kind and will stay in my heart
Until the day I join you and we’re no longer apart.
When once again I can hold you in my arms
And revel in all your love and feline charms.
Together with you and all who have passed.
I will spend eternity contemplating how blessed
I was to share my life with my furry children,
Each and every one of you one-in-a billion.

UNTIL

I miss you each day.
Until we meet in heaven,
The pain will remain.

ONE OF A KIND

I don’t know how to say good-bye.
I thought you were invincible; though,
You used up many of your nine lives.
You ruled us all with an iron paw;
Never took “no” for an answer
And always got your way.
If not, you’d bark to signal your
Displeasure and sometimes raise a paw.
I always joked that you were bi-polar.
When I told people you were a calico
They immediately understood what I meant.
Today was unnaturally quiet in the house.
Can a home seem empty with eight cats?
I will miss waking up at night to find you
Sitting next to me and staring at me.
I will miss you yelling at us as you did
When you wanted breakfast and dinner.
I will miss watching you lounging and snoozing
On the porch settee on a warm afternoon.
But most of all I will miss your kisses!
When kitten Sawyer befriended you,
We suspect you were imparting your
Wisdom and secrets for controlling us.
Time will tell if he was a good listener.
But whatever he may have learned,
Neither Sawyer nor any other cat
Can or will replace you in our hearts.
Lily Olivia, you were one-of-a-kind.