Wednesday, Wednesday -- What's New With You?
Good morning, all. It's Wednesday morning, about 7:40 a.m. here. I got up really early and had a cup of decaf and then went back to bed and slept until a few minutes ago and now I'm AWAKE. LOL Oh, to sleep the sleep of youth again, huh? This business of waking up in the middle of the night is the pits.
How are you today? Do you have any special plans for the day?
I have a few financial details to take care of regarding my deceased MIL. Waiting for the funeral home to get the death certificates. If we get them this morning, we'll go to her bank, the DMV, and mail a package of paperwork to her investment firm.
Hope you have a good day no matter what you're doing.
Cindy P.
Good morning Cindy and everyone.....
Cindy....I agree....we sure don't sleep like we could when we were young. I am glad you were able to fall back asleep. It sounds like you have plenty to do today concerning your MIL. Hope it all goes well.
As for me....I had a rough day yesterday. My best friend Pam called me in the afternoon. She was taking her cat to the vet. She was so upset. She came to take me with her to the vet. I knew why. Rascal is almost 22 years old. She has not been doing well for a long while. Pam just kept holding on to her. I knew the cat was suffering. Almost blind, pain, arthritis, diabetic, and many other things. Yesterday we found out she is in acute kidney failure and has severe pancreatic issues among other things. She must be put down. Pam wanted her one more night. She took her home. We have an appointment to have Rascal put to sleep at 1:30 PM. This is going to be horrible for Pam. Pam has only had Rascal until I came along. Rascal was always there for her through it all. Pam has never been married and has no children... but mine..I always share with her. My daughters and grandchildren love Pam like another mother/grandma. One step at a time for a few days....please think of Pam at 1:30...thank you. 
My sweet Amanda, Tyler and Lucas will be here before long. I will just have to go with Pam when I need to. I can't leave her alone!!
Wishing you all a beautiful day!!
Prayer for our precious OFF family. 
Love and many hugs to all....connie d
Hi Vickie.....yes...it was a hard time. Poor Pam. I spent the afternoon with her. We went to a few garage sales on the way home. She loves doing that. She was laughing and having fun!! I will be checking in with her through out the day.
Pam doesn't want another cat. She is never there enough. When she is she sleeps most all the time. Her place is trashed. You wouldn't believe it!! It is ten times worse then when I was there the last time. It made me just sick. She said she is going to hit it hard and get rid of the mess. Time will tell. Right now she wants to be alone for the night. I think she really needs that time alone!!
Love and more hugs.....connie d
Connie, I am so sorry about Rascal. I will be thinking of Pam, Rascal, and you today and sending up a prayer. Have you ever read the Rainbow Bridge poem about a dear pet dying? You can Google the title if you haven't seen it. Anyway, reading it might be soothing to Pam during this difficult time.
Cindy P.
Cindy....yes I am very aware of the Rainbow Bridge. It has always been a favorite of mine. The Vet gave Pam a little care package and one thing in it was a bookmark of the rainbow Bridge. She was so happy to see that!
Thank you Cindy and everyone for thinking of Pam and Rascal....me too!
Love and hugs...connie d
Hi Connie:
Here's something I found a long time ago online. Maybe it will help Pam:
All Pets Go To Heaven
Can you imagine a heaven without pets?
There is a very special place where beloved pets go after they die. This is
only a temporary location. But there are trees and grass and lakes, and
everything they love. Here they can play and eat and sleep, even better than
they did, before they died. Now, there are no aches or worries or dangers of
any kind to trouble or threaten them. The only joy missing is their beloved
human companion, you.
All health is restored completely, and all injuries are healed. Dogs and
cats play with each other like youngsters, and they do not have time to feel
lonely for you. They miss you, and with the special wisdom that animals have
they trust that this condition will get better. And they confidently wait
as they frolic.
A wonderful day will come for each of them, when in the middle of playing
they will suddenly feel something is different. And all their senses will be
at the height of excitement and exuberance. They will sniff the air and look
off in the distance where they recognize that dearly loved special presence.
Then they will call out in elation, and with eyes shining and tail going
wild, tear off at a full gallop, almost flying over the green grass.
Your expected arrival has been sensed, and now there is nothing that can
keep the two of you apart, ever again. As you run toward each other the
tears flow from your eyes. Your pet leaps into your arms, and you cling
together in jubilant reunion. The joyous kisses are all over your face, and
you kiss back, just as ecstatically. Your hands so lovingly caress once more
the beloved fur, the head and neck and body you knew so well. And you look
into each other’s loving eyes, and all those old, wonderful shared feelings
are back, again.
And then something will call the both of you on, to a different field of
warmth and nurture, where all the love you knew now comes to fruition. With
your pet, you leave that special waiting area, walk into the main part of
heaven, and begin a new existence there, together.
If you accept that pets can love us as much as we do them, then the logic is
clear and cannot be denied. If you believe that there is a heaven for people
then they must be there, waiting for us, when we cross over. Heaven is love
and pets always share that with us.
— Wallace Sife, Ph.D. The Loss of a Pet (Third Edition, 2005), Chapter 16
I know what she is feeling; I have gone through it several times. When you're single, it's so hard to let our pets go because they're our children. They're our reason to get up in the morning, to come home at night. Juliette pulled me out of a depression when I was in Louisiana.
I hope Pam will find it in her heart to get another furry kid. I know Juliette was so important to me.
Oh Connie,
I know what Pam is going through. I had a mutt that broke her leg, and when the doc x-rayed they found a tumor, and told me she had to be put down. The doc let me be there, petting her, while he injected her. But, a year later, after my husband left, when our cat had to be put down, I was too fragile to be there. I read the Rainbow Bridge poem, and it is comforting.
Albert Schweitzer
