Comments on: My dear Sophia is now purring on the lap of God http://aconservativelesbian.com/2010/02/24/my-dear-sophia-is-now-purring-on-the-lap-of-god/ A Conservative Lesbian Thu, 10 May 2012 18:01:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lori Heine http://aconservativelesbian.com/2010/02/24/my-dear-sophia-is-now-purring-on-the-lap-of-god/#comment-2930 Lori Heine Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:23:46 +0000 http://www.aconservativelesbian.com/?p=2987#comment-2930 Actually, I do have four other cats (and a little dog). Yes, my cousins have taken to call me "the crazy cat lady," but I don't mind. I started out with Buster, Punkin and Catwoman when I moved in with my dad after his heart attack. Then a young female kitty showed up hungry and homeless, and I started feeding her. When she began getting plump, I thought "wow, I must be a good mommy!" Then one day I came home from work to find her sitting on my back patio, surrounded by four tiny furr-balls, with a totally astonished expression on her face. Turns out SHE was now a mommy. To make a long story short, she freaked out when the kittens started getting big and she didn't want all that responsibility anymore. So she ran away, leaving me with Buster, Punkin, Catwoman and four half-grown kittens. I found a home for one of them, but still have the other three. I know. It's enough to make you dizzy. Sometimes it makes me dizzy, too, but I love them all. They're very good company. My condolences again. I don't think they ever really entirely leave us. Lori .-= Lori Heine´s last blog ..<a href="http://bornon911.blogspot.com/2010/02/tea-party-in-cafeteria.html" rel="nofollow">Tea Party in the Cafeteria</a> =-. Actually, I do have four other cats (and a little dog). Yes, my cousins have taken to call me “the crazy cat lady,” but I don’t mind.

I started out with Buster, Punkin and Catwoman when I moved in with my dad after his heart attack. Then a young female kitty showed up hungry and homeless, and I started feeding her. When she began getting plump, I thought “wow, I must be a good mommy!”

Then one day I came home from work to find her sitting on my back patio, surrounded by four tiny furr-balls, with a totally astonished expression on her face. Turns out SHE was now a mommy.

To make a long story short, she freaked out when the kittens started getting big and she didn’t want all that responsibility anymore. So she ran away, leaving me with Buster, Punkin, Catwoman and four half-grown kittens. I found a home for one of them, but still have the other three.

I know. It’s enough to make you dizzy. Sometimes it makes me dizzy, too, but I love them all. They’re very good company.

My condolences again. I don’t think they ever really entirely leave us.

Lori
.-= Lori Heine´s last blog ..Tea Party in the Cafeteria =-.

]]> By: Cynthia Yockey http://aconservativelesbian.com/2010/02/24/my-dear-sophia-is-now-purring-on-the-lap-of-god/#comment-2929 Cynthia Yockey Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:30:19 +0000 http://www.aconservativelesbian.com/?p=2987#comment-2929 Lori Heine, Thank you for your condolences, and please accept my heartfelt condolences on the loss of Buster and Punkin. And yes, our kitties go to Heaven. I know very well that no other kitties will be like Buster and Punkin, but I also know shelters try to place animals who are siblings or friends together in the same home and they will die without someone to give them a home. Have you considered adopting new kitties? Cynthia Lori Heine,

Thank you for your condolences, and please accept my heartfelt condolences on the loss of Buster and Punkin. And yes, our kitties go to Heaven.

I know very well that no other kitties will be like Buster and Punkin, but I also know shelters try to place animals who are siblings or friends together in the same home and they will die without someone to give them a home. Have you considered adopting new kitties?

Cynthia

]]> By: Lori Heine http://aconservativelesbian.com/2010/02/24/my-dear-sophia-is-now-purring-on-the-lap-of-god/#comment-2928 Lori Heine Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:33:48 +0000 http://www.aconservativelesbian.com/?p=2987#comment-2928 My two oldest feline friends were litter-mates. Late last year, at the age of eighteen, Buster quietly passed away of old age. His brother, Punkin, stopped eating and died twelve days after that. I told him we still needed him, but he could not be consoled. It was the clearest case of love between two animals I have ever seen. I buried them together -- as they should be -- under my little lemon tree in the front yard. I had an explosively huge crop of lemons this winter. I like to think of it as their final gift to me. My sincerest condolences, Cynthia, on the loss of your friend. Cats have a special connection to us. And I really do believe they go to Heaven, just as we do. .-= Lori Heine´s last blog ..<a href="http://bornon911.blogspot.com/2010/02/tea-party-in-cafeteria.html" rel="nofollow">Tea Party in the Cafeteria</a> =-. My two oldest feline friends were litter-mates. Late last year, at the age of eighteen, Buster quietly passed away of old age. His brother, Punkin, stopped eating and died twelve days after that. I told him we still needed him, but he could not be consoled.

It was the clearest case of love between two animals I have ever seen. I buried them together — as they should be — under my little lemon tree in the front yard. I had an explosively huge crop of lemons this winter. I like to think of it as their final gift to me.

My sincerest condolences, Cynthia, on the loss of your friend. Cats have a special connection to us. And I really do believe they go to Heaven, just as we do.
.-= Lori Heine´s last blog ..Tea Party in the Cafeteria =-.

]]> By: Ad rem http://aconservativelesbian.com/2010/02/24/my-dear-sophia-is-now-purring-on-the-lap-of-god/#comment-2927 Ad rem Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:39:53 +0000 http://www.aconservativelesbian.com/?p=2987#comment-2927 Cynthia, Haven't been able to face that as yet. Our neighbors got a cat about six months ago, and for some reason it spends most of it's day at our place. It sits on the back wall waiting for my husband to get home....and then he feeds it dinner and plays with it. I think that cat knows we need a little TLK....tender, loving, kitty! Cynthia,

Haven’t been able to face that as yet. Our neighbors got a cat about six months ago, and for some reason it spends most of it’s day at our place. It sits on the back wall waiting for my husband to get home….and then he feeds it dinner and plays with it. I think that cat knows we need a little TLK….tender, loving, kitty!

]]> By: Cynthia Yockey http://aconservativelesbian.com/2010/02/24/my-dear-sophia-is-now-purring-on-the-lap-of-god/#comment-2926 Cynthia Yockey Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:20:59 +0000 http://www.aconservativelesbian.com/?p=2987#comment-2926 Ad rem, Thank you for your kind donation and condolences. Have you adopted another kitty since the loss of dear Stoltzpus? Cynthia Ad rem,

Thank you for your kind donation and condolences.

Have you adopted another kitty since the loss of dear Stoltzpus?

Cynthia

]]> By: Kelly http://aconservativelesbian.com/2010/02/24/my-dear-sophia-is-now-purring-on-the-lap-of-god/#comment-2925 Kelly Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:33:51 +0000 http://www.aconservativelesbian.com/?p=2987#comment-2925 Oh Cynthia, I'm so very sorry to hear about your kitty. I still miss my kitty and she passed nearly 15 years ago. I can still remember what it felt like to have her sitting on my lap, to hear her gentle purr, and how calming it was to pet her soft fur. It's traumatic and deeply sad when beloved pets move on. But you clearly sent her on in the most loving and peaceful of ways. She's now reunited with your late partner, no doubt. And a very happy and loving reunion I'm sure that was. I hope you can get some rest. It sounds like you had quite a weekend, and now an emotionally heavy week. Take good care. Lots of Love, Kelly Oh Cynthia, I’m so very sorry to hear about your kitty. I still miss my kitty and she passed nearly 15 years ago. I can still remember what it felt like to have her sitting on my lap, to hear her gentle purr, and how calming it was to pet her soft fur. It’s traumatic and deeply sad when beloved pets move on. But you clearly sent her on in the most loving and peaceful of ways. She’s now reunited with your late partner, no doubt. And a very happy and loving reunion I’m sure that was.

I hope you can get some rest. It sounds like you had quite a weekend, and now an emotionally heavy week. Take good care.

Lots of Love,
Kelly

]]> By: Attmay http://aconservativelesbian.com/2010/02/24/my-dear-sophia-is-now-purring-on-the-lap-of-god/#comment-2924 Attmay Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:55:45 +0000 http://www.aconservativelesbian.com/?p=2987#comment-2924 The death of a loved one is always a tragedy, but there's something exceptionally so about the death of a pet. Perhaps because it's like a family member you chose yourself. The death of a loved one is always a tragedy, but there’s something exceptionally so about the death of a pet. Perhaps because it’s like a family member you chose yourself.

]]> By: Ad rem http://aconservativelesbian.com/2010/02/24/my-dear-sophia-is-now-purring-on-the-lap-of-god/#comment-2923 Ad rem Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:20:26 +0000 http://www.aconservativelesbian.com/?p=2987#comment-2923 Please accept our love and prayers for the loss of your family member. There's a hole in your heart that only time will heal. We lost our beloved "Stoltzpus"....yes, a play on the Amish name Stoltzfus....over two years ago. He was almost nineteen! Not a day goes by that I don't miss his gentle purr and constant affection. Please take my donation and buy the other kitties some special treats...they grieve for their companion too. Please accept our love and prayers for the loss of your family member. There’s a hole in your heart that only time will heal. We lost our beloved “Stoltzpus”….yes, a play on the Amish name Stoltzfus….over two years ago. He was almost nineteen! Not a day goes by that I don’t miss his gentle purr and constant affection. Please take my donation and buy the other kitties some special treats…they grieve for their companion too.

]]> By: richard mcenroe http://aconservativelesbian.com/2010/02/24/my-dear-sophia-is-now-purring-on-the-lap-of-god/#comment-2922 richard mcenroe Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:37:40 +0000 http://www.aconservativelesbian.com/?p=2987#comment-2922 I'm sorry for your loss; I've had two cats pass on me in the last few years. It leaves a hole. I'll see what I can do come payday. .-= richard mcenroe´s last blog ..<a href="http://threebeerslater.blogspot.com/2010/02/more-great-photos-from-sean-linnnane.html" rel="nofollow">More Great Photos from Sean Linnnane!</a> =-. I’m sorry for your loss; I’ve had two cats pass on me in the last few years. It leaves a hole.

I’ll see what I can do come payday.
.-= richard mcenroe´s last blog ..More Great Photos from Sean Linnnane! =-.

]]> By: Stinky http://aconservativelesbian.com/2010/02/24/my-dear-sophia-is-now-purring-on-the-lap-of-god/#comment-2921 Stinky Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:49:08 +0000 http://www.aconservativelesbian.com/?p=2987#comment-2921 I'm so sorry. What my husband always tells me, when I think about how I will deal with the passing of the furry members of our family, is that the great life we gave them will be of comfort to us. I'm sure that you gave Sophia a wonderful, loving home. I’m so sorry. What my husband always tells me, when I think about how I will deal with the passing of the furry members of our family, is that the great life we gave them will be of comfort to us. I’m sure that you gave Sophia a wonderful, loving home.

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