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4483.1 | We are very sorry | JUPITR::KAGNO | I'm51%Pussycat,49%Bitch-Don'tPush it! | Mon Mar 25 1991 15:28 | 7 |
| What a wonderful tribute to Tabbitha. We send our heartfelt
condolensces and know what a terrific life Tabbitha had with you.
With sorrow,
--Roberta, Kelsey, Murdock, T.K., Nikki
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4483.2 | | JJLIET::JUDY | kneedeep in the hoopla | Mon Mar 25 1991 15:40 | 6 |
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sniff....sniff....what a wonderful tribute to a lady....
JJ
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4483.3 | bye bye baby girl.... | MCIS2::HUSSIAN | Yellow Ribbon | Mon Mar 25 1991 15:43 | 5 |
| The poor girl....I feel sad for her & you too. It's good to know she
had such a wonderful life w/ a companion (you) who loved her so much!
our thoughts are w/ you.
Bonnie, (another) Tabitha & Callie.
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4483.4 | | SANDY::FRASER | Monsters remonstrated... | Mon Mar 25 1991 15:46 | 5 |
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So sorry to hear the news, Dian, but it sounds like Tabitha had
a wonderful life, and you wrote her a beautiful tribute.
Sandy + 5
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4483.5 | | TENAYA::KOLLING | Karen/Sweetie/Holly/Little Bit Ca. | Mon Mar 25 1991 15:48 | 4 |
| We're very sorry.
Karen, Sweetie, Holly, and Little Bit
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4483.6 | ........ | DELNI::JMCDONOUGH | | Mon Mar 25 1991 15:51 | 15 |
| I know exactly how you are feeling...I went through an identical
scenario with my "special girl" Dachshund, "Ruby", in February...once
the failing began it was astounding to see the total
deterioration...and she also had total kidney failure.
I still miss her, and probably will always...but I also remember the
GREAT times we had..and how she really trusted and loved with no
conditions attached.. I can still see her looking at me with those big,
brown eyes..
So remember her..remember the good and the love you gave to each
other...and try to ease the loss and hurt...and TIME will help you do
that...
JM
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4483.7 | sympathy | CASCRT::LUST | Bless the beasts and children | Mon Mar 25 1991 15:59 | 6 |
| Dian, I'm so sorry. I know how hard that decision, and that trip, is!
I'm still crying for my Gypsy. Maybe they are playing together now, I
have to think they are in a better place, with no pain. Your obvious
love for her led to a beautiful tribute.
Linda
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4483.8 | | WILLEE::MERRITT | | Mon Mar 25 1991 16:03 | 5 |
| Me and my crew also want to send our sincere sympathy to you and Marge.
Your tribute was beautiful...sniff! May she live in peace!
Sandy
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4483.9 | Our deepest sympathies... | BOOVX1::MANDILE | | Mon Mar 25 1991 16:07 | 2 |
| Lynne-Casey, B.K., Pepper, Rusty & the orange visitor
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4483.10 | | AIMHI::MCCURDY | | Mon Mar 25 1991 16:55 | 2 |
| I know exactly how you feel.. we send hugs and pawpats...!!!!
Kate, Happy, Preschie
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4483.11 | Condolensces | DPDMAI::MCQUEENEY | Security: Warm blanket & cat | Mon Mar 25 1991 17:49 | 8 |
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All our sympathy. You shared a wonderful life for 17 years. May you
remember her fondly for ever more.
Bob, Smoke, Sneakers, & Midnight
- and Cricket the Parrot
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4483.12 | | SANFAN::FOSSATJU | | Mon Mar 25 1991 18:00 | 11 |
| I too lost my Siamese, Ting-Ling to kidney failure after 17 years.
Your account of Tabitha brought back so much. I sit here with tears in
my eyes, thinking back to that day - but what you said is so true - all
those years of living and one minute to die - I too will remember the
living.
I am so sorry for your loss - be strong.
Hugs and stuff,
Giudi, Pippin, Gino & Stitch
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4483.13 | :-( | XNOGOV::LISA | Give quiche a chance | Tue Mar 26 1991 04:35 | 4 |
| I am so sorry.
Lisa plus Pookie, Rolf and Florence.
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4483.14 | We are so sorry. | CSSE::MANDERSON | | Tue Mar 26 1991 06:58 | 14 |
| We are sad for you - to have to say good-bye to a loving member of your
family.
As time goes by the sadness will fade and you'll have 17 years of
memories to cherish and reflect on. The tears will dry and when
you think of her you'll smile with warmth in your heart. I had a
beloved Siamese 'Benji' for 21 years so I know the effect they
have on you.
Our sympathy to all of you and what a beautiful tribute ... it brought
tears to my eyes.
Marilyn, Otis and Tiffany
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4483.15 | us too | FRAGLE::PELUSO | PAINTS; color your corral | Tue Mar 26 1991 07:53 | 2 |
| We're so sorry.....Michele & Nippa
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4483.16 | | CRUISE::NDC | Putiput Scottish Folds DTN:297-2313 | Tue Mar 26 1991 07:56 | 11 |
| It is comforting that Tabitha died with such dignity. It is
necessary that they leave us one day. I am glad that it was a
quiet goodbye.
Tabitha will be on the Silver Lining Memorial list for next
quarter.
With much sympathy -
Nancy DC and the Putiput kittes and the two new lives that
arrived this morning.
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4483.17 | "Where to bury a cat" | CRUISE::NDC | Putiput Scottish Folds DTN:297-2313 | Tue Mar 26 1991 09:57 | 44 |
| John McDonough asked if I would post this reply for him.....
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"Where to Bury a Dog" was written in September of 1925 by Ben Hur Lamp-
man, a journalist and sportsman. It has been blatantly plagiarized and
re-focussed around a Cat...because the principle is the same...
Where to Bury a Cat
We would say that there are various places in which a Cat may be
buried. We are thinking particularly now of a Kitty who, so far as we are
aware, never entertained a mean or an unworthy thought. This Cat is buried
beneath a cherry tree, under four feet of garden loam, and at its proper
season the cherry strews petals on the green lawn of his or her grave.
Beneath such trees, such shrubs, she dozed in the drowsy summer, or gnawed
at a fragrant spear of catnip, or flattened to stalk some intrusive bird,
or pounced in joy upon some unsuspecting leaf, or chased a pretty butterfly.
These are good places, in life or in death. Yet it is a small matter.
For if the Cat be well remembered, if sometimes she/he leaps through your
dreams...actual as in life, eyes sparkling, laughing, begging, it matters
not at all where that Cat sleeps. On a hill where the wind is unrebuked,
and the trees are roaring, or beside a stream she knew in kittenhood,
where she stalked ferocious frogs and grasshoppers, or somewhere in the
flatness of a pastureland, where most exhilerating cattle graze. It is all
one to the Cat, and all one to you, and nothing is gained, and nothing lost -
if memory lives.
But there is one best place to bury a Cat.......
If you bury her in this spot, she will come to you when you
call - come to you over the grim, dim frontiers of death, and down
well-remembered path, and to your lap again. And though you call a
dozen living cats to lap, they shall not growl nor hiss at her, nor
resent her coming, for she belongs there.
People may scoff at you, who see no lightest blade of grass bent
by her footfall, who hear no soft "mrrroow?", people who may never REALLY
have had a Cat.. Smile at them, for you shall know something that is
hidden from them, and which is well worth the knowing....That the ONE
best place to bury a Cat is in the heart of it's master.....
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4483.18 | Lovely | TYGON::WILDE | why am I not yet a dragon? | Tue Mar 26 1991 15:18 | 8 |
| >> <<< Note 4483.17 by CRUISE::NDC "Putiput Scottish Folds DTN:297-2313" >>>
>> -< "Where to bury a cat" >-
Dear MCD,
what a lovely essay. It says exactly what needs to be said and I will take
it home to Marge this evening. she needs to be reminded of this right now.
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4483.19 | | BOOKIE::FISCHER | | Tue Mar 26 1991 18:23 | 9 |
| Dian,
Thank you for being able to share how you reached the decision to let
your dear friend Tabs go in peace. What a beautiful tribute! May the
pleasure you're deriving from those little successes with Sadie help
you through this time of loss.
With sympathy,
Cindy (and 15-year-old Butterscotch)
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4483.20 | | PROSE::GOGOLIN | A sunset girl in a midnight town | Wed Mar 27 1991 09:37 | 4 |
| So sorry to hear about Tabitha, but I'm sure she had the best possible
life with you. I admire your strength and positive attitude.
Linda, Misty, Cubby, Toby, Tweetie, Peanut, and foster kitty Sunny
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4483.21 | Paws Of Prayers.. | BUFFER::WESTON | | Wed Mar 27 1991 12:25 | 7 |
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Our "paws" of prayers for Tabitha in Kitty Heaven. She has alot of
company and will play in peace forever.....
From Carol and Scruffy and the Dudley Road Gang
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4483.22 | | WR2FOR::CORDESBRO_JO | set home/cat_max=infinity | Wed Mar 27 1991 15:39 | 5 |
| Dian and Marge,
So sorry to hear of your loss...
Jo
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4483.23 | | WR1FOR::RUSSELLPE_ST | | Thu Mar 28 1991 16:42 | 8 |
| Dian,
I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes. I'm am so sorry. What a
beautiful tribute you wrote. Tabitha had a wonderful life with you.
Hugs and pawpats,
Steffi & Misty, Lizette, Misha, Marnie
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4483.24 | also sorry | CSCOA1::MCFARLAND_D | bo knows windows 3.0...? | Wed Apr 17 1991 14:58 | 7 |
| i've been away from this file for a while, so am just seeing this...
our sympathy to you and marge. you, and tabbitha, had 17 great years
together. and the memories last a lifetime...
diane, stella & stanley
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