Re: Thank you fm Del and Angel Effie

[Del Daniels]

Thank you to everyone who responded with sympathies to my huge loss of Effie.  She was such a light in our lives and we miss her terribly.  The "real" Effie gradually faded away and she became a more sedentary waif with less fur and less weight.  At times her eyes were bright and interested in playing but the body didn't allow response.  Lack of energy and increasing discomfort took her away, little by little.  Gosh, how I love her and miss her.  In January 04 intuition was that she was in her last year with us and I wanted to soak up as much of her as possible and give her even more love and attention and I moved in her bedroom with her.  I was already in with her a lot, sitting in her sunroom or watching tv, any projects that could be done there.  That bathroom is "mine" and she inspected my shower and checked the drain for possible thingies ... don't know if she ever found any but it was one of her daily rituals.  There is a screen door on her bedroom instead of a hard paneled door and we looked in at her and talked to her every passing by.  My heart breaks again and again as I look in and she is not there.  I have been cleaning in her sunroom and bedroom (her apartment :) and her fluffy fur is still flying around; remembering all her favorite games and resting places.  And crying and crying.  I am going to buy new bedspreads and kind of change the look of it, the others need replacing anyway.  The toilet seat cover where she loved to pull on the loops and made very long loops will have to stay for a while.  She loved pulling things apart with her teeth.  She decarpeted her bedroom and we put in tile!  A roll of paper towel makes great confetti.  Hubby had to put a toilet tissue holder UP HIGH - betcha Effie wasn't the only one who liked to unroll that stuff and make more confetti ... you all have a kitty who enjoys doing that?    Your prayers and caring has held me together, Del ----- Original Message ----- From: Julie Johnson To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 8:36 AM Subject: Re: Effie has her angel's wings Dear Del,   How sorry I am to hear that Effie has left you.  We all know how hard it is; the hardest thing in life, it seems.  She's free of pain and happy now, surely with your friend Liz.  I'm sorry for your loss of Liz, as well, but I hope you can find comfort in knowing they are together and in the special memories you have of each of them.   Sending a big, big hug your way. Take care of yourself.   Love, Julie Del Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Effie left us this morning and my friend, Liz, who passed away last week, is taking care of her in heaven.  The pain from the growing mass against her spine took away her quality of life.  It was awfully hard.  It IS hard.  You understand, we continue to look at their favorite places and those places are empty ... and I cry for her.  My heart is broken.   Thank you everyone for support and feedback.  Without these groups, she would never have lived this long or this well.   Del >^.^< Spay/Neuter Your Pet PLEASE Adopt a Shelter Pet PAWS of Union County, IL Rescue Angels On Wheels A Hamburger Stops a Beating Heart "I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of man. " "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948) Paws Come WITH Claws!!! If you're thinking about de-clawing your cat, you need to re-think your decision to acquire a pet. Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web