Wednesday, August 27, 2003

Missy & Rascal Say Hello.

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   I will "cut to the chase."  I am dying. I have a terminal illness
and must find a Loving home for my 2 soulmate cats.  Missy & Rascal:
Tampa, FL - They are very sweet, affectionate and fully house-trained,
spayed, neutered with all their shots. They are both quite healthy, with
no medical maladies of any kind. I Need to try to keep them together as
they are very strongly bonded to each other.

   Both Missy & Rascal have been raised as indoor cats. Missy (4 yrs.
old) is female, very petite, effeminate, dainty, affectionate grey tabby
with exceptional markings; very attached to Rascal. When I see Missy
prance about in her very dainty way, I think of a very young little girl
in pigtails, bouncing around in her innocent way. That describes little
Missy. Rascal (6 yrs old) a male, is just like a Teddy Bear, loves to
hug, very touchy-feely. Rascal looks after his baby sister (not
biological sister) and they are both inseparable. Both were strays I
took in, but they have given me more than I have given them.

   Both are very conscious critters. They have Lots of toys and Cat
Trees to go with them. They love their toys and Cat Trees and beanbag
beds. These are two Very Special little critters who deserve a Good
Loving home when Daddy goes away. Their Daddy will be at peace if he
knows these little ones are safe and secure in a Good, Loving home.

   There are a number of websites designed to help console bereaving
PET OWNERS who have lost their beloved pet. But I would like to suggest
that bereavement is bereavement.  Such Loss and Suffering is also felt
by critters who have suddenly and inexplicably lost their owner. Missy &
Rascal are so profoundly bonded to their Daddy. Their beds are right
near their Daddy's bed. They follow him everywhere. Never has a day gone
by that he did not recognize, in some way or gesture, their existence
... their 'Being.' They will not understand what happened to him ... why
he went away and left them. Their bereavement and confusion will be
immense.

   So it occurred to me that these two mutual, yet inverse,
circumstances Could Help To Heal Each Other at a time of profound sorrow
and loss for both. No critter can ever take the place of the beloved pet
a pet owner has lost. And no one can really take the place of 'Daddy'
for Missy & Rascal. But imagine how a bereaving pet owner might be able
to intuitively console Missy & Rascal in their time of profound sorrow,
loss, confusion and bereavement. And imagine how Missy & Rascal, by some
strange spin of spiritual instinct, might help the profoundly bereaving
pet owner . . . because each is suffering from the same sense of loss,
of emptiness, of sorrow and confusion. Each is sensitive to the other's
plight by virtue of being 'in that same place' themselves. Animals Know
Heart! Missy & Rascal are 2 very sensitive, conscious Beings.

   Perhaps there is a way in which sorrow can help heal sorrow ... a
way in which emptiness can help fill emptiness? Perhaps there is a way
in which Missy & Rascal could help heal the suffering of a bereaving pet
owner who has lost a dear pet ... where a bereaving pet owner could, in
turn, help Missy & Rascal in their time of great need and profound loss
and immense confusion.

   If not a bereaving pet owner -- perhaps there is someone out there
who is sensitive to the dilemma I have described here, who can help make
sure Missy & Rascal have a good, safe and secure Loving home Together.
After all the time we have spent together, they deserve something more
than an Animal Shelter and "The Blue Juice."

Read all about Missy & Rascal at their Website where there are lots of
pictures and descriptions with stories about them . . . See the "My Cats
Family Album" Web Link below.

If YOU Can Help
Please E-mail me at: tjacobs@ramlink.net

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Missy & Rascal Letter
http://www.geocities.com/photquest/cats_ltr.html

Missy & Rascal Family Photo Album Website
http://www.geocities.com/photoquest2003/cats.html

Missy & Rascal Family Photo Album 2 Website
http://www.geocities.com/photoquest2003/cats2.html