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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / March 2008Cindy, 9/27/89 - 2/25/08
I'm a long time lurker around here who posts occasionally. My little grey Russian Blue wannabe, Cindy, was helped to the Rainbow Bridge on Monday this week after a long battle with chronic renal failure. Her last day at home was spent sampling her various sunny spots around the house. She even gave herself a catnip fit with the old catnip-filled sock in the spare room. I sat with her much of the day and evening and we enjoyed each other's company one last time. Cindy was a very intelligent cat and, quite honestly, could be very difficult at times. She didn't like to be held or petted but she took her title of "Companion Animal" very seriously; she always wanted to be _with_ me. She didn't believe that humans could do anything at all without close feline supervision, which could be quite exasperating at times. And that's why it's brought me to tears all week being able to read my newspaper at breakfast without having a cat in the middle of it. She was a little clown who enjoyed making me laugh -- as long as she was in on the joke. I have so many hilarious memories of her but right now, all I can see is the empty spot on the radiator cover in the living room where she'd sit each morning and watch me get my coat out of the closet as I left for work. Her sister, Bonnie, continues to do well, in spite of being diagnosed with diabetes a couple of years ago. Unlike Cindy, Bonnie is a big lovebug who placidly accepts belly rubs, hugs and kisses. I'm so glad I have her or I don't think I could have gotten through this week. Thanks for listening. McZ, loyal slave to Bonnie, 18 1/2 yr old Russian Blue wannabe. Cindy sounds like she was absolutely wonderful. I am glad you had her all those years. It must have been a great thing. I am also sorry you had to let her go. My sincerest condolences and purrs and prayers for your heart. I am glad you posted about her. Bridget > I'm a long time lurker around here who posts occasionally. My little > grey Russian Blue wannabe, Cindy, was helped to the Rainbow Bridge on [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > McZ, loyal slave to Bonnie, 18 1/2 yr old Russian Blue wannabe. Condolences to you. We will light a candle for Cindy's safe journey to the RB. Lily & her mama  SignatureIrulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time. > I'm a long time lurker around here who posts occasionally. My little > grey Russian Blue wannabe, Cindy, was helped to the Rainbow Bridge on [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > McZ, loyal slave to Bonnie, 18 1/2 yr old Russian Blue wannabe. What loving memories. Am sending prayers for your heart to heal. As painful as it is right now, I wonder what people do who don't have the kind of memories we do. You know, never had a cat/dog to share a spot of life with. Think that would be very lonely. > I'm a long time lurker around here who posts occasionally. My little > grey Russian Blue wannabe, Cindy, was helped to the Rainbow Bridge on [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > McZ, loyal slave to Bonnie, 18 1/2 yr old Russian Blue wannabe. > I'm a long time lurker around here who posts occasionally. My little > grey Russian Blue wannabe, Cindy, was helped to the Rainbow Bridge on [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > sock in the spare room. I sat with her much of the day and evening > and we enjoyed each other's company one last time. <snip> I'm so sorry to read this, so many cats have gone to the bridge recently. I have lit a candle for Cindy. http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=Cindy SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk >> I'm a long time lurker around here who posts occasionally. My little >> grey Russian Blue wannabe, Cindy, was helped to the Rainbow Bridge on [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >> and we enjoyed each other's company one last time. > <snip> >Adrian wrote: > I'm so sorry to read this, so many cats have gone to the bridge recently. > > I have lit a candle for Cindy. > http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=Cindy A candle is lit. Purrs, Polonca and Soncek http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=Cindy > I'm a long time lurker around here who posts occasionally. My little > grey Russian Blue wannabe, Cindy, was helped to the Rainbow Bridge on [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > McZ, loyal slave to Bonnie, 18 1/2 yr old Russian Blue wannabe. I'm so very sorry for your loss. Jill > I'm a long time lurker around here who posts occasionally. My little > grey Russian Blue wannabe, Cindy, was helped to the Rainbow Bridge on [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > McZ, loyal slave to Bonnie, 18 1/2 yr old Russian Blue wannabe. We know what it's like. Many purrs for Cindy and her family. SignatureTheresa, Stinky and Dante drtmuirATearthlink.net I am so very sorry. I know how massively huge the empty spot feels. Thank you for giving Cindy such a loving home. We send our purrs for you and Bonnie. >I'm a long time lurker around here who posts occasionally. My little >grey Russian Blue wannabe, Cindy, was helped to the Rainbow Bridge on >Monday this week after a long battle with chronic renal failure. Sorry to hear this- sending purrs Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > I'm a long time lurker around here who posts occasionally. My little > grey Russian Blue wannabe, Cindy, was helped to the Rainbow Bridge on [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > McZ, loyal slave to Bonnie, 18 1/2 yr old Russian Blue wannabe. God speed to Cindy as she makes the journey to the Rainbow Bridge... purrs and prayers too. Signature·.·´¨ ¨)) -:¦:- ¸.·´ .·´¨¨)) Laurie ((¸¸.·´ ..·´ -:¦:- ((¸¸ ·.· *~*LiveLoveLaugh*~* All that I am or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. ~Abraham Lincoln > I'm a long time lurker around here who posts occasionally. My little > grey Russian Blue wannabe, Cindy, was helped to the Rainbow Bridge on [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > sock in the spare room. I sat with her much of the day and evening > and we enjoyed each other's company one last time. ...> McZ, loyal slave to Bonnie, 18 1/2 yr old Russian Blue wannabe. Condolences and healing purrs for your broken heart. Annie > I'm a long time lurker around here who posts occasionally. My little > grey Russian Blue wannabe, Cindy, was helped to the Rainbow Bridge on [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > sock in the spare room. I sat with her much of the day and evening > and we enjoyed each other's company one last time. <gentle snip> > Thanks for listening. > > McZ, loyal slave to Bonnie, 18 1/2 yr old Russian Blue wannabe. Purrs for you and Bonnie in your grief and best wishes for Cindy on her further advantures, which we probably can't even imagine. Will in New Haven -- "If I knew the way I would take you home." Robert Hunter/The Greatful Dead - "Ripple" > I'm a long time lurker around here who posts occasionally. My little grey > Russian Blue wannabe, Cindy, was helped to the Rainbow Bridge on Monday [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > McZ, loyal slave to Bonnie, 18 1/2 yr old Russian Blue wannabe. "....Rise up slowly, Angel...." It's hard to let you go. Condolences to those who mourn. MLB Condolences and purrs from us here in the UK. So sorry for your loss. Kate Owned by Fudge & Caramel Purrs and gentle headbutts for you and Bonnie. I have lit a candle to help guide Cindy on her journey. Julie, Hobbes, Lacey, Sam and Barnabus > I'm a long time lurker around here who posts occasionally. My little > grey Russian Blue wannabe, Cindy, was helped to the Rainbow Bridge on [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > sock in the spare room. I sat with her much of the day and evening > and we enjoyed each other's company one last time. I am so very, very sorry to hear about Cindy. We'll light a candle for your little girl to have a safe journey. Helen M > I'm a long time lurker around here who posts occasionally. My little > grey Russian Blue wannabe, Cindy, was helped to the Rainbow Bridge on [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > sock in the spare room. I sat with her much of the day and evening > and we enjoyed each other's company one last time. I'm so sorry for you, sister Bonnie, and all the other friends and family that Cindy had. She sounds like a remarkable little personality. Maybe you can post some stories about her when you feel up to it. Pam S. I am very sorry Cindy > I'm a long time lurker around here who posts occasionally. My little > grey Russian Blue wannabe, Cindy, was helped to the Rainbow Bridge on [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > McZ, loyal slave to Bonnie, 18 1/2 yr old Russian Blue wannabe. I am so sorry, Lee > I'm a long time lurker around here who posts occasionally. My little > grey Russian Blue wannabe, Cindy, was helped to the Rainbow Bridge on [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > McZ, loyal slave to Bonnie, 18 1/2 yr old Russian Blue wannabe. > I'm a long time lurker around here who posts occasionally. My little > grey Russian Blue wannabe, Cindy, was helped to the Rainbow Bridge on [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > McZ, loyal slave to Bonnie, 18 1/2 yr old Russian Blue wannabe. Dear McZ, I sympathize heartily on the loss of your beloved companion. It's so hard to say farewell to beloved animals, but Cindy sounds like she was a wonderful cat. I too, am glad you've had Bonnie to keep you company while you're mourning for Cindy. A house with no cats in it would feel terribly empty to me! When I had to say farewell to the late beloved Isadora, it was a great comfort to come home to Panther, my still living cat whom I'd adopted on the same day I adopted Izzy. He was napping in the sun, and accepted strokes, scritches and kisses willingly, then stuck close to my side for several days afterward. I hope you won't mind if I make a suggestion when your sorrow over Cindy recedes to a more bearable degree. Find yourself a new young cat friend to love before Bonnie, too, must make her journey over the Bridge. You'll do something wonderful for a cat who needs a home, and you'll have a new companion to learn to love. Cindy can't be replaced, but she can have worthy successors. Melissa > I hope you won't mind if I make a suggestion when your sorrow over > Cindy recedes to a more bearable degree. Find yourself a new young cat [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Melissa Not to mention that finding another cat would also help Bonnie to deal with the loss of Cindy. > I hope you won't mind if I make a suggestion when your sorrow over > Cindy recedes to a more bearable degree. Find yourself a new young cat > friend to love before Bonnie, too, must make her journey over the > Bridge. You'll do something wonderful for a cat who needs a home, > and you'll have a new companion to learn to love. Cindy can't be > replaced, but she can have worthy successors. I've thought about it, but, in spite of the fact that they were littermates, Bonnie and Cindy did not get along well at all. There was quite a bit of tension there. They were both extremely jealous of each other and continued to have little hissyspits to the bitter end. I remember a few tense evenings when BOTH cats climbed into my lap at once, neither would give an inch, and no one involved in the confrontation (including me!) was very comfortable! Getting another cat right now is something that I would do for me, not Bonnie. Believe me, it's crossed my mind more than once how horrible it's going to be when I finally come home to a catless house. I'm dreading that. But Bonnie is a jealous, selfish old girl who thinks that she totally owns her momma and doesn't want to share. She's earned the right to live out her days in peace. I will let her do that, and will continue to spoil her rotten in the manner to which she has long been accustomed. Don't worry, there will be more cats in my life. And they will be shelter cats. B & C's mom was a stray rescued from the streets (as I've always reminded them when they get too uppity!). But they'll be cats, not kittens. Everytime I think about kittens, I remember Bonnie swinging from the curtains, long ago . . . McZ19 > > I hope you won't mind if I make a suggestion when your sorrow over > > Cindy recedes to a more bearable degree. Find yourself a new young cat [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > McZ19 You're the best person to decide when the "right time" is for a new cat. I don't disagree with any of your reasons for sparing Bonnie competition from a newcomer. I am glad to know you don't intend to go catless for long after you and Bonnie eventually must part ways. By all means let her have a happy time of being an only cat. =o) Melissa > Getting another cat right now is something that I would do for me, not > Bonnie. Believe me, it's crossed my mind more than once how horrible > it's going to be when I finally come home to a catless house. I'm > dreading that. My friend Hugh always told me after we lost Fugazi and just had Isis that I was the sort of person who needed a cat and should get another one as soon as I could, He was bit miffed at me after Isis died when I told him I was going to wait 4 weeks and then get a couple of kittens, sisters. He just said "You'll never last a month" to which the answer was "I have to- they won't be ready to leave their mum for another month" (he was delighted for us) Yes we didn't last very long. Isis crossed the Bridge on the Tuesday, by Thursday I came home to find Dave staring at cat rescue websites and asking me if that lady who had the cat who'd had kittens hadn't foung homes for them? How about it? Was I okay with it? And me going "If you are..." whilst secretly thinking "YES!" Friday morning I was in work at 8.30 and going "Hi, Belinda. Have you found homes for those kittens yet? No! Well I could take two girls." It may have been a bit quick but if these kittens weren't found homes she was going to dump them on a pet shop or a shelter (When people ask me if the cats are rescued I say "No pre-rescued") and it probably worked in that with them being a bit too young to leave their mother we had a month to get used to not having Isis around (except I suspect she pops back from time to time if you get my meaning) but we knew being catless was a temporary state- I don;t think I could have managed wondering when it would end Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > I'm a long time lurker around here who posts occasionally. My little > grey Russian Blue wannabe, Cindy, was helped to the Rainbow Bridge on > Monday this week after a long battle with chronic renal failure. i'm so very sorry for your loss, but she did live a long and, by the sound of it, happy life with you. it doesn't make it any easier, i know. hugs and purrs. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. (((((((McZ)))))))) SignatureJoy > I'm a long time lurker around here who posts occasionally. My little > grey Russian Blue wannabe, Cindy, was helped to the Rainbow Bridge on [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > McZ, loyal slave to Bonnie, 18 1/2 yr old Russian Blue wannabe. So very sorry about your loss. What a beautiful cat and companion Cindy was. Purrs for your hurting heart. Charleen, Aggie Marble Victor Velcro Four > I'm a long time lurker around here who posts occasionally. My little > grey Russian Blue wannabe, Cindy, was helped to the Rainbow Bridge on [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > McZ, loyal slave to Bonnie, 18 1/2 yr old Russian Blue wannabe. > Her sister, Bonnie, continues to do well, in spite of being diagnosed > with diabetes a couple of years ago. Unlike Cindy, Bonnie is a big > lovebug who placidly accepts belly rubs, hugs and kisses. I'm so glad > I have her or I don't think I could have gotten through this week. Lots of purrs. SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >I'm a long time lurker around here who posts occasionally. My little >grey Russian Blue wannabe, Cindy, was helped to the Rainbow Bridge on [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > >McZ, loyal slave to Bonnie, 18 1/2 yr old Russian Blue wannabe. I'm so very sorry for your loss. It's very, very hard watching your beloved pet dwindle in health, until you have to make that terrible decision; even if it is the kindest thing you can do for her. I'm very glad you had one last really good day with Cindy, before her trip to the Bridge. I have lit a candle for Cindy in my very special candle holder in the shape of a sleeping cat. Purrs are on the way for your broken heart. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Life without cats would be only marginally worth living." -TC, and the unmercifully, relentlessly, sweet calico kitty, Kenzie. Every day is a treasure with Kenzie; I try to treat them that way. There will only be so many, and then there will never, ever, be any more. How you behave towards cats here below determines your status in Heaven. - Robert Heinlein Condolences to you on your loss. Sam, supervised by Mistletoe So sorry for your loss. You have my heartfelt sympathies. Sue > I'm a long time lurker around here who posts occasionally. My little > grey Russian Blue wannabe, Cindy, was helped to the Rainbow Bridge on [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > McZ, loyal slave to Bonnie, 18 1/2 yr old Russian Blue wannabe. I'm so sorry for your loss. It's so hard to let go. You have my heartfelt sympathies as well. She was almost 19 years old? Wow. My Mutt, who was 19 when he went to RB last Dec 9, met your lovey Cindy at The Bridge and they are happily playing. I know you miss her and her antics, and there will ALWAYS be that place in your heart for her. I'm glad you have Bonnie. Take care, send me an e-mail if you'd like to talk. Bless your broken heart sweetie. BIG HUG Kyla --and Clowder "blkcatgal" > So sorry for your loss. You have my heartfelt sympathies. > [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] >> >> McZ, loyal slave to Bonnie, 18 1/2 yr old Russian Blue wannabe. >I'm a long time lurker around here who posts occasionally. My little >grey Russian Blue wannabe, Cindy, was helped to the Rainbow Bridge on >Monday this week after a long battle with chronic renal failure. And she is running around in happy fields with no pain and breathing pure, free air. You did the kindest and bravest thing for Cindy, and she will thank you someday...how she must have loved you, to have stayed so long with you! Blessed be, Baha > I'm a long time lurker around here who posts occasionally. My little > grey Russian Blue wannabe, Cindy, was helped to the Rainbow Bridge on [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > McZ, loyal slave to Bonnie, 18 1/2 yr old Russian Blue wannabe. I am so very sorry. ((((((((hugs)))))))))) > I'm a long time lurker around here who posts occasionally. My little > grey Russian Blue wannabe, Cindy, was helped to the Rainbow Bridge on [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > McZ, loyal slave to Bonnie, 18 1/2 yr old Russian Blue wannabe. What a lovely tribute to a very special kitty. Lots and lots of purrs, Polonca and Soncek
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