How to get through the Grief....

[Whazzup]

So sorry, Cranbiz. Letting them go is so hard to do, and sometimes that choice is taken out of your hands, which doesn't make it any easier.
Blessings to you and your family.

[drcorey]

sometimes they live on in thier children.
my GF's cat left her 5 kits and they look and act just like thier mom.

[Princess Susi]

Today is the 20th...again... It was 4 months ago today that we said goodbye to Orion...

I have been doing better on a day to day basis, but somehow when we hit those milestone dates, it all comes back. I had myself a couple of good crys today. I miss him so!
He was the light of our lives and there will never be another cat like him!
Ralph and I were talking and we realized that next month, March 19, last year was the day we got the awful prognosis. It will be a year since Dr Santen gave us the horrible news that Orion had terminal cancer. He then gave Orion 2-3 months.

But....you know that strong willed, wonderful kitty fought so hard to stay with us and lived another 6 months and a day. He gave us the most mileage he could summon from his cancer ridden body. We loved him as much as he loved us. It was a mutual admiration society and we will always remember the special kitty that came into our lives at 8 weeks old, sickly and craving attention and food. He left this world sick, but not weak. he was strong and stoic to the end. He taught me a great deal in his 11 years with us and I shall never forget him.


In Memorium

Orion

1996-2007

[DisneyMom]

Today is the 20th...again... It was 4 months ago today that we said goodbye to Orion...

I have been doing better on a day to day basis, but somehow when we hit those milestone dates, it all comes back. I had myself a couple of good crys today. I miss him so!
He was the light of our lives and there will never be another cat like him!
Ralph and I were talking and we realized that next month, March 19, last year was the day we got the awful prognosis. It will be a year since Dr Santen gave us the horrible news that Orion had terminal cancer. He then gave Orion 2-3 months.

But....you know that strong willed, wonderful kitty fought so hard to stay with us and lived another 6 months and a day. He gave us the most mileage he could summon from his cancer ridden body. We loved him as much as he loved us. It was a mutual admiration society and we will always remember the special kitty that came into our lives at 8 weeks old, sickly and craving attention and food. He left this world sick, but not weak. he was strong and stoic to the end. He taught me a great deal in his 11 years with us and I shall never forget him.


In Memorium

Orion

1996-2007

Best to you Susi and Ralph, I know you miss him a lot.

[CMGUY89]

Again, losing a pet is often like losing a member of your family. We lost our poor Buster about 5 years ago. She was sick and had seizures in the end and we unfortunately had to end her suffering. I was surprised at how sad it made me to lose my "sister". My parents finally adopted two Great Pyrs and they are so wonderful and mild-mannered that I miss them immensely whenever I am away at school or work. Sometimes just the laying of their head on your lap can mean the world to you. Celebrate Orion's life and legacy, don't let it hold you back from opening your heart again. Sending love and good wishes to two of my many Board Aunts/Uncles. ;)
"Remember no matter how dark the clouds are, how loud the lightning is, and how heavy the rain is, it is always blue sky just above"

[Purpura]

Orion was an original. No one can replace him. He was one of a kind and one of your bestest animal friends...

O is for Ornery
R is for Royal breeding he had deep inside
I is for Intense love he had for you and you for him
O is for Omnipresence he is still there with you even though you can't see him
N is for NOW WHen he wanted his food! Now Now Now

[Princess Susi]

I awoke this morning, looked across the room and saw Orion's picture and began to cry my eyes out.

It is 1 year 18 days since we said goodbye to our beautiful furry son...

Ralph and I were with Disneymom and hubby on the 20th of October, the year anniversary. It meant the world to me to have her here there to hug me and made me realize that all my friends are here, at SGT. You all supported me so much when we went through the worst of it and I will never forget your kindness when I was at my lowest. I thought the pain would go away or at least lessen over a year and it hasn't. :(

Because these furry babies are Ralphie's and my children, we grieve them still. Ralphie and I talked through our tears this morning about how much we loved him and what he brought to our lives and how it is so difficult to lose the special things that only he, Orion, could bring to us.

I am feeling so sad today. It comes and goes. The tears flow so freely and I just want to wrap my arms around him and to have it all have been a bad dream. For some time now, I was able to look at his picture and smile and know he was no longer in pain and we would cross the Rainbow Bridge to reunite with him someday.

But then comes a day like today: I can't stop weeping for him and for me being without him. He was my snugglecat, when I needed to hug a warm furry body, he was always the first on the bed. He followed me around and sat on the computer desk with me watching me type. You have seen the pictures. Today he is not there, except in my memory and what I would give to have him there right now with his furry body stretched across the keyboard and to hear his meow that sounded more like a question than anything.

I post here today because this is the only place I have to talk about him to people who know me and care. Even the lurkers who may not have posted way back then, but are now active members and the lurkers who just read still, you all are here and it makes me feel like I have a safe place to cry.

1 year and 18 days later, ther pain is just as great as it was the day we let him go. Will it ever lessen or will I live with this heaviness in my heart forever?
I just need him so much and I can't have him.

Most of you if not all have been in this place, it is the price we pay for loving a furry friend that has a shorter lifespan. But I would not give up one minute of the time I had with him to never have had him at all and be spared this torment. It is better to have known what unconditional love is about than to never have held him in my arms.

Thanks for letting me come here and cry and grieve. Today is one of the hard days.

Thank you so much Disneymom for being there on the year anniversary with us. Your hugs meant more to me than you know.

And all of you, SGT posters and lurkers alike, thank you for being here, in a place I feel safe to let me feelings out. Without all of you, my world would be a lot emptier and much colder.
Thank you.
Susi =^.^=


We miss you babyboy....

[hobie16]

He was the best beer mug protector ever. Any doubts? Look at that wink.

[Princess Susi]

Okay, I give in, if you want it to be beer in there, it is beer in there! Hot Chocolate flavored beer!
Aw, hobie..... :)

sues

[DisneyMom]

Awww, Susi, I sure hope you'll get through today ok, I'll call later, I have to go somewhere soon, but I am thinking of you.
You know that Orion will always be with you in heart and spirit, so he is not
truly gone. He was such a big, beautiful cat, and he got the best "parents" ever with you and Ralph, he wouldn't have been the same cat with someone else. :)