10 years after Betty

[Takayuki]

Ten years ago, I got my first cat, a polite young girl named Betty. We fell
in love and were together for three happy years, years that defined both of
us.

At around the same time, Suz got a little kitten named Spicey. And Suz and
I and RPCA found in common a love for our companions.

I found out since then that a lot can happen in a decade. I couldn't have
guessed that in less than ten years, two of us would be gone, and the other
two would be together.

I feel a little melancholy thinking of friends who are gone, and how much
they've shaped our lives.

[MLB]

Our dear departed ones may be long gone but are never forgotten. MLB

[jmcquown]

Tak... what a beautiful tribute. Try not to feel melancholy.

Jill

[MaryL]

"Takayuki" wrote in message
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This is a beautiful tribute. I hope you can use these thoughts to look
forward to what life can bring for you and your furry companions and lose
some of your melancholy feelings. You have given new life to Spicey, and
that is a great gift to the memory of Suz.

MaryL

[dgk]

On Mon, 20 May 2013 23:10:03 -0400, Takayuki <Takay...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

That seems to be the way things work. Maybe not the way I would have
set things up if I was the big designer, but I suppose nothing would
change if everything lived forever. I guess that's why people write
poetry. Thanks for the thought.

[Christina Websell]

"Takayuki" <Takay...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I wept with you about Betty, but truly no-one could have done more. I can't
believe it's so long since you lost her.
However you've been given an opportunity - to save Spicey.

What do you think might have happened to Spicey unless you adopted her? It
would have been the needle.
Maybe Betty didn't want you to grieve too much and sent you Spicey to keep
you on your toes.

Tweed

[Takayuki]

I'd been thinking of them lately. I'm always missing Betty so much.

And when I look at Spicey, I sometimes feel like I'm looking at the
remaining half of a locket.

If cats sleep more than us, and are in dreamland more than us, then I
wonder if it's a stretch to think that they have reminiscing dreams more
than us?

I think that in her dreams, Spicey must still miss her meowmie very much.

[Takayuki]

On Tue, 21 May 2013 20:08:14 +0100, "Christina Websell"
<spam...@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote:
>I wept with you about Betty, but truly no-one could have done more. I can't
>believe it's so long since you lost her.
>However you've been given an opportunity - to save Spicey.
>
>What do you think might have happened to Spicey unless you adopted her? It
>would have been the needle.
>Maybe Betty didn't want you to grieve too much and sent you Spicey to keep
>you on your toes.

As much as I missed Betty when she was gone, I know that others loved her
and missed her too, and I really appreciate that. You feel so alone after
such a loss, but less alone when there are people who understand.

[Bastette]

Takayuki wrote:

> Ten years ago, I got my first cat, a polite young girl named Betty. We fell
> in love and were together for three happy years, years that defined both of
> us.

> At around the same time, Suz got a little kitten named Spicey. And Suz and
> I and RPCA found in common a love for our companions.

> I found out since then that a lot can happen in a decade. I couldn't have
> guessed that in less than ten years, two of us would be gone, and the other
> two would be together.

I just love this third paragraph. Who could have guessed that, indeed!

--
Joyce

If your kid comes out of the bedroom and says he just shut down the
government, it seems to me he should at least have an outfit for that."
-- John Waters, on the sorry style of today's rebels

[Cheryl]

On 5/20/2013 11:10 PM, Takayuki wrote:

I can't believe it's been that long ago that you were adopted by Betty.
I know you two bonded so closely. Memories are good, and sometimes painful.

--
CAPSLOCK–Preventing Login Since 1980.

[Takayuki]

On Sat, 8 Jun 2013 21:17:39 +0000 (UTC), Bastette <bastX...@sonic.net>
wrote:

>Takayuki wrote:
>
> > Ten years ago, I got my first cat, a polite young girl named Betty. We fell
> > in love and were together for three happy years, years that defined both of
> > us.
>
> > At around the same time, Suz got a little kitten named Spicey. And Suz and
> > I and RPCA found in common a love for our companions.
>
> > I found out since then that a lot can happen in a decade. I couldn't have
> > guessed that in less than ten years, two of us would be gone, and the other
> > two would be together.
>
>I just love this third paragraph. Who could have guessed that, indeed!

And on the plus side, this experience gave us visibility into what happens
to us after our kitty passes away, and what happens to our kitty after we
pass away.

For better or for worse, the story does not just end there, but is To be
Continued.

[Takayuki]

On Sun, 09 Jun 2013 02:22:19 -0400, Cheryl <jlhs...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>I can't believe it's been that long ago that you were adopted by Betty.
>I know you two bonded so closely. Memories are good, and sometimes painful.

It sounds like a cliche, but I've really found that fundamentally, I've
loved all my kitties equally. I just worry and fuss over all of them
without discrimination, because they're all part of the same clowder, and I
have the same "compact" with all of them.

Yet, at another level, there arise lots of differences in relationships.
Buster is active and athletic, and is my favorite to roughhouse with. Dot
is clingy and easy to handle, and is my favorite to cuddle. Spicey, I still
tend to perceive as my most troubled and untame cat, so receives the most
intensive attention.

Betty was unique too. She was an only cat, and the most loving creature
I've met. Maybe that alone was enough to explain our bond. But there was
also something else there, as though we were fated to be together.