it's been a rough week. out of the clear blue our cat of 15 years age was diagnosed with severe kidney failure and had to be euthanized. He wouldn't eat at all and didn't drink much. Kidneys worked fine though judging from all the urine we had to clean up off the floor. At times he was too weak to get up and use the litter box. We made the difficult decision a couple of days. this gave us some time to prepare ourselves and more importantly our son. We talked about kitty being sick and that he was probably going to heaven soon. Our son used his play phone to call up Jesus to tell Him that He couldn't have the kitty. Kitty needed to stay or we wouldn't be a family anymore according to our son. My hubby and I bawled like babies that day and throughout the procedure. That night our son shed a few tears but seemed to do ok-at least until bedtime and then the torrents of tears came. He still is upset. Yesterday he asked me if we could go to heaven that day so that we could see the kitty. Death has quite a sting to it regardless of age. We will cope. We will pray for healing. We encourage our son to grieve for his pet. We don't know quite how to handle all the "phone calls" to heaven inquiring as to whether the kitty can come home other than to help him realize that kitty can't come home and that we will see him again some day (at least it would be nice to see him again some day but really don't know that for certain). Unfortunately our elderly dog-who was supposed to die of his nose cancer about 8 months ago-will likely need to be euthanized this summer as well.
I always used to worry about what would happen to the pets if the Rapture came and they were still alive. I guess I won't have to worry cuz I expect they'll both be gone.
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Jib,
I'm so very sorry about the loss of your beloved kitty. It's tough, I know, from experience. However, Gos is always near, as you know.
I've missed you, on Joel's Blog, and also, child of the King's Blog.
I know you're busy, especially with it being summertime, and all. But, check in, once in awhile okay? If for nothing else, just for a little Christian fellowship, okay?
Love you, and God's richest blessings to you, as well. And I'm also sending a 'healing prayer' for your family, too.
Jib,
Sorry about the 'typo,' because God IS always near to us :)
I left a message on my Blog for you, too. And as always, so good to hear from you!
JIB,
Thank you for the encouraging message on my blog. I have been licking my wounds lately because of this whole imposter/Josh thing. After reading a comment on our sister's (remaining nameless) site, I was deeply hurt. I was ready to never visit again and even was going to erase (if that's the proper term) my blogsite, but the Spirit prompted me (or maybe a morbid sense of curiosity) to visit my blog again, and there were some wonderfully encouraging notes from some of my sisters. Marge suggested that I give a little-known fact that only I would know, but if somebody really wanted to be good at it, he/she could visit the archives and sound genuine, too. However, that's WAY too much work to do, so I went to my journal that I used to keep on all of the visitors to Joel's site and I looked up some information on you :) You see, I think that people want to be remembered and feel good when someone remembers facts about them, so that's why I kept it. So here is what I gleaned from your posts early on: You live in Arizona, you are 44, a female (I think I mistook you for a male once because of all the scientific talk: oops!), you are in a science-related field and have zoology degree, you have a four-year-old and neurological health issues. Well, that's from last year, so things probably have changed. As I said, I stopped taking notes when so many visitors started to join in the conversations. So, how did I do? Regardless of the fact that anyone could have gone back to get this information (more power to 'em if they are that ambitious!), I am the origanl and only kinderquilt and I am so very greatful that you took the time to visit my blog and encourage me! I can't wait to meet you and the others when we are with Jesus. Until then, I am surely going to visit more often and chat, but if I'm away for a while (I have so very many things that I like to do other than sit at the computer), please don't forget me, okay? May the Lord bless you abundantly and keep you in his hand. Love in Christ, K
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