On November 5, 1998 I had to face the terrible choice of whether or not to have my kitty, Pip, put to sleep...He was diagnosed with a horrible cat disease called Feline Infectious Peritonitis in early October and he initially responded so well to his medication and treatment that I just KNEW in my heart he would be with me for a long time yet...Unfortunately, he began to deteriorate very rapidly earlier this week and so yesterday I had to send my angel back home...This is my tribute to him...
My Dear Sweet Pip~ I miss you so much! These two years we had just went much too quickly! You have left my life so changed in so many ways, as my truest friend and companion, my confidante and playmate, my son and my teacher...I promise not to cry for you forever because I know that you must be happy now. I just wish I could have made you well, Pipper. But I also promise that I will not remember you sick! I will always remember you as my mischievious little imp, who managed to win the hearts of every single person you ever met! From the very first day we found each other, when you picked me out at the pet store and climbed up to my shoulder to purr and purr, basically demanding that I be yours,(And I am, Pip! I am!) to the way you played fetch with the red scrubby you swiped from Angie's apartment, we were soulmates. Today, whenever I was sad about you, Pipper Wipper, I thought about the day in Fredericktown when you managed somehow to get yourself stuck up that ladder in the garage and the pleading look on your face for me to get you down from there! And I thought about you climbing trees and taking afternoon naps in the backseat of the car without telling us so that you would end up going places by surprise! And I can even hear you doing my special purr for me... You only gave me two years Pip, but I have so much. And so even though I am crying right now as I write to you, I am smiling too, because I can not believe how lucky I was to be chosen by you and then left with so many happy memories. I wish I could have fixed you so we could do like we promised and get old together. I will miss you forever and ever. I love you, Pip. Andria
You can read my Tribute at Monday night's Candle Remembrance Ceremony
You can read about Pip's disease here...
I heard this song for the first time the day after Pip died and I know he was singing it for me!
A few of my poems
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