Dear readers:
I want to thank all of you for the emotional and financial support after Teddy Bear’s medical emergency. On this beautiful Thanksgiving day, he is recovering well, purring and cuddling, taking his medications without too much of a struggle.
Many of you have thanked me for what I do here, but I’m thankful for you as well — for being such a fun audience to write for and for helping me in this situation. Happy Thanksgiving to all.
Happy Tedsgiving!
The best news we could possibly have received!! Teddy chose well when he selected you to be his papa. ❤
Lest I forget, here’s someone else who’s thankful for such a pleasant Thanksgiving day:
Beautiful Bun!
Good to see Ani again. Such a handsome bun bun.
Yay, Ani!
😘 to Ani!
Great to see Teddy Bear home safe!
Mike, I depend on you to get me through the day at work. I’m so happy that you have Teddy Bear home for Thanksgiving. I am thankful for you both.
Glad Teddy Bear is home and doing well. Nice to finally see Ani again, it’s been awhile. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone, who celebrates this holiday. Enjoy your day with family, friends and your fur, feathered, shelled or scaly pet babies.
Happy Thanksgiving, Mike. We are thankful for your presence.
Yay PhredsMom is back. ☹️ I was worrying about you. Have you been doing ok?
Such great news about Teddy Bear! Happy day to all of you.
Is Teddy a cream? When I was 5 years old, my parents bought our first cat, a large cream kitten boy called Tinker. Teddy reminds me of Tinker. Tinker lived a very long and bossy life, so I’m thinking Teddy will do just fine.
His official color is buff. The interesting thing is that his color changes with the light. In daylight, he’s a light cream, but he looks orange under warm light.
Such a handsome boy! Thanks for the site, Mike. I hope everyone here has a great day with lots to eat! Me, I’m saving room for homemade pumpkin pie! YUM!
That’s wonderful news. Give Teddy a head scritch for me.
You make my day everyday so feeling is very much mutual. Happy Thanksgivings to you both.
I LOVE OUR GROUP!! One big happy family as we’re here for each other in joy and sorrow. Today was great in some ways for me as I was with my son, daughter-in-law and her parents. Missing was my husband, Ron, of 61 years. He passed away on July 18 after dealing with esophageal cancer since Feb. of this year. I haven’t mentioned this before so you guys didn’t know. He’s blessed to be in a much better place and at peace. He’s still with me as I have his ashes.
So glad to see Teddy and know he’s well on his way to complete recovery. Yes, he knew Mike would take him in and give him a great loving home and he was right!! Bless both of you!!
A big, warm hug to you, Lois. What a strong person you are.
I unexpectedly lost my Mum on Monday (this is why I could not support the sweetest Teddy Bear, but will make up for it in tips later) so I am dealing with the funeral arrangements right now.
I have kept myself from posting about it before because my English is also affected by the trauma and cannot really write yet coherently in a foreign language.
One of the strengths of Cutetropolis community is bridging the gap between generations. I would have never thought before that I could get so much fun with people who could be my parents agewise and also with the young ones. Somehow in RL we tend to stick to our own agegroup missing out on nice younger and older people.
I’m sorry for your loss. As I write, one of my sister’s cats, a very skittish rescue, is kneading a soft bathrobe I left on the bed. She was willing to come near me for the comfort of Mom. I wish you comfort.
So sorry, Ems. Big hugs to you and Lois both.
Oh, Ems. I don’t have the right words. But I am sending all the right thoughts.
So sorry to hear of your mom’s passing. Memories help keep us going after the loss of a loved one. We know that death is inevitable but I don’t think anyone is ready for a loved one to leave us no matter what. Know that this group cares if we’re happy or sad and gives support to help us keep on going. Age makes no difference as people of all ages LOVE animals and that bond is what we all share but our caring goes further than just to the animals — we all care for each other as humans. Mike realized that when the previous group disbanded. We’re all so glad he started this one so we could continue on.
Let me thank all of you for your kindness, it is very much appreciated.
I am so sorry,EMS! Please know that I’m keeping you and your family in my thoughts and prayers.
Thank you, Laura. Sometimes I think She is playing with Felix on the other side.
I’m sure she is. My mom liked to say we could each design our own place in heaven, and I am 100% sure that in hers, she is playing with Princess, our beloved family kitty when I was growing up.
My sympathies for you both. So sorry that this will be a tougher holiday season without your loved ones
Thank you, Kar. Yes, Christmas is going to be very hard this year.
3 people passed from my family in November 2019. First my Mom’s sister, then a 46 year- old cousin and then my Mom.
You’ve had a triple whammy this month. So sorry to hear that. We only had heard about your mom. Extra prayers coming your way for your whole family. The funeral home we use here is having a memorial service on 12/17 for all the people they’ve provided services for in 2019. They’re making ornaments with the person’s picture on them to decorate their Christmas tree with. This is the first funeral home my family has used that’s had a memorial service so this is something new for us.
Thank you, Lois. Iam dedicating this coming Christmas to comfort my Mom’s only sister who is still alive. She lost 2 sisters within a month, it must be very difficult for her to cope with such a loss.
I’m so sorry for your loss. There is nothing else quite like the pain of losing one’s mom. Please know that you are in my thoughts and prayers. ❤
Thank you, Lucy’s Mom. Yes, losing my father was hard enough but losing my mother was incomparably more painful.
Lois, I am sorry for your loss. I can’t begin to imagine it. I am so glad you had your family with you yesterday.
I’m so very sorry to hear about your loss of your husband, Lois. You sound like a strong, caring person. In fact, you remind me of my grandma, who also was able to accept life no matter what happened and still be at peace. I have no doubt you are a blessing to your family and your RL community just like you are here with all the animal lovers in this delightful corner of the internet set up by Mike!
Thank you, Laura. As a nurse, I may be a little ahead of end of life situations. I watched him deteriorate for 7 months and that’s when my grief took place. I knew (as much as he fought defeat) that this wasn’t going to end like he wanted and that was his cancer would be gone (it was after the radiation treatments) and he’d get back to living but other body systems had other ideas. So I knew what the ultimate outcome was going to be. With the care that Randy & Susan took of him (and me), we met each step head on. They knew also what was going to happen in the end also but we kept our heads held high so he could feel like he was ahead of the game and would recover. But eventually reality set in and he, too, understood he didn’t have much time left. He didn’t fight with us when we told him he was going to hospice for his remaining time here. All final arrangements for both of us had been made 30 years in advance so we had no decisions to make in that regard. Not everyone has that much forethought but we did. We wanted to spare our children from having to deal with those arrangements when the time came and that we’d have things done the way we wanted and could leave this earth in peace.
Lois, I haven’t commented on this yet because I simply don’t know what to say that could possibly ease your pain. But I’ve been thinking about you a great deal for the past couple of days and I wanted you to know that you are in my heart. ❤
Thank you, Lucy’s Mom. My main attempt to tell ‘my’ story is to let people know that there is still life after a loved one passes. I feel that his loss is to push me to add a new episode in my life. We had 61 married years together and 2 years before we reconnected when we were in high school together. We made lots of memories during our lives together that I can always think about and remember. His theory is that when one chapter closes, another will open. He knew he’d pass before me because of other health issues he had and he didn’t want me to ‘stop’ living. My nursing background prepared me for a lot of what our family has gone thru this year and that has helped a lot. So I had time to grieve while I watched him fail to thrive. I’m sure I’d feel differently if he passed because of a catastrophic car accident or something that was a quick death. No time to let it sink in but we all had time to become adjusted to the inevitable end in this situation. All that could be done was to keep him comfortable until he was called to pass into the next life.
61 years. Oh my Lois, that leaves a pretty big gap in one’s life. Blessings of the day to you!
Dulcie — Thank you. It wasn’t like it was unexpected. We moved to a senior complex 2 years ago. There are residents passing away each month but that’s what happens when you get elderly and you start experiencing health issues. That’s when you move to a senior living community and can’t do all the house upkeep as when you were younger. He was 84 and I’m 82 and in pretty good health. Our son and daughter-in-law live only 20 minutes away so we have family close by. One of the residents is a grief counselor by trade as her husband was a pastor and she was their grief counselor so she knows how to help ease the pain.
It’s fortunate that you feel supported where you live and your family is close.
I’m so sorry for the loss of your husband.You have such a positive attitude and I am glad your health is good and that you have family nearby. And, of course, Cutetropolis is here for all of us!
Thank you, Amyliz. I’m a retired nurse and know about aging and knowing we can’t escape death. But you always hope you have longer to live. There’s no timetable for that ending so LIVE and LOVE and do as much as you can as you age. We moved here from FL to be close to our son and daughter-in-law and living in a secure environment with a lot of the heavy ‘leg’ work we did over the years needed to be done by someone else. No more cooking, cleaning, driving, etc. Just being spoiled by family and senior living employees!! It’s our time to ‘receive’ instead of ‘giving’. But I still miss doing all those things that made ‘me’ ‘me’ all those years. I have the memories to help me re-enjoy all pleasurable times!!
Awww. he already looks better now that he’s home with daddy.