More candles needed! [Archive]

Laura's Babies

10-06-2009, 08:07 AM

Could I ask a favor? Would someone keep one burning for our pilot Barry while I am gone? Barry is a good man and a great pilot (the one who steers the boat when the Captain is off) . All last trip he was in pain with something in his back and nothing he did or took helped. Now they have found he has some rare form of bone cancer and he will not be making crew change with us tomorrow. He is in dire need of all the help we can give him with prayers and candles...

Also keep one burning for my Captain Barney who just lost his Mom and it has hit him really hard. He is having a really hard time dealing with her loss.. Any of you who have lost both parents know how hard it is when you loose the last one. I tried warning how how much harder it would be to loose his Mom than it was when he lost his Dad but he thought he was ready... Now he realizes he was not and it is consuming him, he thinks he is going crazy with grief.

pomtzu

10-06-2009, 08:29 AM

You can count on me Laura since I'm there every day.

cassiesmom

10-06-2009, 07:16 PM

We were at 12 - I lighted a few.

gini

10-07-2009, 03:42 PM

We are back up to 34!!!

moosmom

10-07-2009, 05:29 PM

Thanks for the reminder, Phesina!!!

DJFyrewolf36

10-07-2009, 05:49 PM

Candle lit for everyone that needs prayers...God blesses in abundance if we only ask!

phesina

10-07-2009, 07:51 PM

Excellent! How wonderful. Keep the lights burning!

pomtzu

10-15-2009, 08:22 AM

I had to restart our group this morning. All candles had gone out and it was dark.

I lit three, but more are needed. I'd hate to see it go dark again...:( I don't believe that it ever has since it was started.

Cataholic

10-15-2009, 08:28 AM

I want to light a few candles, but, can't figure out how to do it!

Killearn Kitties

10-15-2009, 09:51 AM

I want to light a few candles, but, can't figure out how to do it!

You just click on a candle to start the process.

I'm so pleased you said that. No-one else seems to have any problem, and every time I do it I end up with all the wrong information in all the wrong places! Then I feel that people probably don't need my incompetent offerings at a bad time for them anyway.

Cataholic

10-15-2009, 10:08 AM

You just click on a candle to start the process.

I'm so pleased you said that. No-one else seems to have any problem, and every time I do it I end up with all the wrong information in all the wrong places! Then I feel that people probably don't need my incompetent offerings at a bad time for them anyway.

LOL, that does seem logical. I looked for the 'light candle' tab at the top! Off to light a few.

thanks, KK!

Cinder & Smoke

10-15-2009, 10:17 AM

You just click on a candle to start the process.

... every time I do it I end up with all the wrong information in all the wrong places!

It's the THOUGHT that counts!
:)

1) Click on an UN-lighted candle to start. ;)

2) Meditate if you like, then click "continue"

3) Three Boxes appear beside your candle:
... Top: Type in you personal thoughts
... Middle: Type in up to 5 letters to show who your candle is for
... Lower: Should already have "pet t" = our Group Name
--- click "continue" to move ahead

4) Next page has 3 boxes with a couple being drop-down Menue type:
... Top: pick your Country
... next: Pick your State or Provinnce
... optional: Type in your City
...Last: Type in your Name and/or Pet Talk posting name - the box scrolls to larger than t looks.
--- click "continue"

5) You see your message, and can EDIT it if you need to
Last: **CLICK** on the Candle WICK to light 'er up.

Takes a lot longer to Read all this than it does to Light a Candle!

Link to the "pet t" Candle Group >>>

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/...eng&gi=pet%20t (http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=pet%20t)

..

cassiesmom

10-19-2009, 10:51 PM

We were at 11, so I lighted a few.

cassiesmom

10-28-2009, 08:20 PM

Click to light:

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=pet%20t

Miranda_Rae

10-28-2009, 08:25 PM

i light a few!

gini

10-28-2009, 08:38 PM

I added a few as well. Thank you for the reminder. The candles do not stay lit for very long.

Cinder & Smoke

10-28-2009, 10:30 PM

.
Link to the "pet t" Candle Group >>>

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/...eng&gi=pet%20t (http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=pet%20t)

pomtzu

11-04-2009, 10:17 AM

Candles are very low this a.m. I just lit a few.

BTW - I don't think they are burning for the full 48 hours like they're supposed to. I'm going to go back in Friday a.m. and check the ones I just lit, to see if they have already gone out. :(

3Catcondo

11-04-2009, 05:07 PM

I just lit a few :)

cassiesmom

11-08-2009, 11:19 AM

We were down to 4. I lighted a few more.

Cinder & Smoke

11-08-2009, 01:11 PM

We *torched* a stick for BobKat.

;)

Laura's Babies

11-08-2009, 04:06 PM

I lit some more too, thanks for the reminder!

pomtzu

11-15-2009, 01:48 PM

This site appears to be dying...........:(

Let's remember who inspired it - beloved RB Barney.

gini

11-15-2009, 03:37 PM

I don't believe that the candles stay lit for 48 hours. I lit about four one day - checked the next day and they were gone...............

Queen of Poop

11-15-2009, 04:18 PM

I lit one for Sasha, in 2 days she will have been gone for 1 month. God I miss her.

phesina

11-15-2009, 07:13 PM

I've been off line for the last two weeks.. just saw the site is starting to run a bit low again, so I lit candles for Barney and Sasha and my dearest Peony.

Cinder & Smoke

11-20-2009, 03:37 PM

Candles are *fired* for Miz Tori and Nikata.

.
Link to the "pet t" Candle Group >>>

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/...eng&gi=pet%20t (http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=pet%20t)

http://petoftheday.com/talk/images/misc/progress.gif

redbird

11-21-2009, 01:43 PM

I didn't know about these candles. I just lit one in honor of my Misty. It is a beautiful site.

Queen of Poop

11-24-2009, 07:15 PM

There is only 3 candles and they are all mine.

phesina

11-24-2009, 07:43 PM

I just noticed how low the count was, so I lit another: http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/message.cfm?l=eng&cid=9637944

cassiesmom

11-24-2009, 10:30 PM

I lit for Cyber-Sibes' Tori, for Glacier's Tehya (anal gland troubles again), for Queen of Poop and Rose the Copycat, and for Medusa and Yodie cat.

Cinder & Smoke

12-07-2009, 12:56 AM

:love:
Candles are *fired* in Memory of Miz Tori and For Slick's "Max".

.
Link to the "pet t" Candle Group >>>

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/...eng&gi=pet%20t (http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=pet%20t)

cassiesmom

12-07-2009, 09:03 PM

Kirsten

12-10-2009, 07:29 AM

I just lit one for Tracey's Sunny and Storm...

Kirsten

phesina

12-10-2009, 12:19 PM

I did too (for Tracey's Sunny and Storm).

Pat

Catherinedana

12-10-2009, 01:04 PM

I just lit one for my little man Zoot the Quaker who went to the RB in 2008. :(

cassiesmom

03-28-2010, 09:17 PM

We were at four, so I lighted a few.

Suki Wingy

03-28-2010, 10:26 PM

I lit one for my Chester

cassiesmom

03-31-2010, 10:39 PM

We were down to just one candle! I lighted a few more.

Here is the page:
http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=pet%20t

cassiesmom

04-13-2010, 10:16 PM

We were at three, so I lighted a few more.

phesina

04-27-2010, 06:40 PM

There were NO candles burning when I went to light one!

So I lit a few more.

Please join in to spread the light!

gini

04-27-2010, 06:46 PM

Just yesterday afternoon I lit about four or five candles. All of them were gone when I went to the site just now.

So these candles do not last 48 hours as they say.

I have added a few more.

phesina

04-27-2010, 06:51 PM

I've been wondering about that (48 hours) lately too. I don't think they stay anywhere near that long these days.

Pawsitive Thinking

04-28-2010, 09:14 AM

Lit one for everyone on PT who needs it :love:

phesina

05-07-2010, 09:03 PM

All the candles were out today...

I lit four this evening.. let's see how long they stay lit now.

Please folks, light some more and keep it shining!

cassiesmom

05-08-2010, 07:57 PM

We were at 7 and I've lighted a few more.

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=pet%20t

phesina

05-08-2010, 08:08 PM

Thanks, folks! I like to think that this bit of light helps in what all-too-often seems to be a dark and gloomy world.

Pawsitive Thinking

05-12-2010, 05:17 AM

8 candles burning today

cassiesmom

05-12-2010, 01:46 PM

We were just at ten and I lighted a couple more.

Suki Wingy

05-16-2010, 02:37 PM

I just lit one for Niño. He's got an aural cyst and has to go to the vet to have it either drained or have surgery. Hoping everything goes smoothly.

moosmom

05-16-2010, 03:05 PM

I lit a few. For RB MooShoo, RB Mollie Rose and Mini.

cassiesmom

05-18-2010, 12:15 PM

We were at 17 but some were quite low, so I did a couple more.

cassiesmom

05-21-2010, 11:31 AM

We were down to just two candles! I lighted a few more.

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=pet%20t

Pawsitive Thinking

05-25-2010, 10:27 AM

Having read the prayer thread I've lit a candle

Laura's Babies

05-25-2010, 01:58 PM

I lite some again. Please light some for Kimlovescats and her daughter Amy Beth. Amy Beths baby Airiana died yesterday. I am sure they are heartbroken. Kim was so proud of that baby!

Laura's Babies

05-31-2010, 06:09 PM

Lit more today. Barry's bone marrow transplant is the second week in June, please everyone, light a candle for him and keep them lit. I can not light them while I am gone and I will be gone when he has it...This HAS to work or the outcome for him will not be good.

Pawsitive Thinking

06-01-2010, 10:20 AM

I lite some again. Please light some for Kimlovescats and her daughter Amy Beth. Amy Beths baby Airiana died yesterday. I am sure they are heartbroken. Kim was so proud of that baby!

Lit one a minute ago :(

cassiesmom

06-18-2010, 09:27 PM

We were down to just three candles, so I lighted a few more.

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=pet%20t

cassiesmom

06-20-2010, 08:18 PM

We are at 28 today! Thank you, PT friends!

pomtzu

06-23-2010, 11:40 AM

Candles had all gone out! :(

I lit 4 for now. Let's try to keep the site always burning. It's kinda sad when all the candles go out. :(

pomtzu

06-29-2010, 02:41 PM

Candles were all out again. I just lit 3.

RICHARD

06-29-2010, 02:53 PM

I just lit one....neat site, I had never really looked at it before!

DONE!:D

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At home, I have taken to lighting candles in the fireplace hearth.

It makes the house smell good and the fire makes it cozy, even in the warm weather.

My only problem with THAT?

I feel bad because Ed plops down in front of the fireplace because he thinks there is a fire going on!!

redbird

06-29-2010, 05:19 PM

I just added a couple more.

Cataholic

07-07-2010, 09:31 AM

We are in need of lit candles....

cassiesmom

07-21-2010, 03:58 PM

We were down to one candle when I checked. Please help keep them lit!

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=pet%20t

lvpets2002

07-21-2010, 04:06 PM

:) I just went & lighted several candles for Lucy.. Please Read Cassie's Thread about Lucy..

cassiesmom

07-28-2010, 02:55 PM

we were at 4 and I lighted a few more

Laura's Babies

07-29-2010, 09:33 PM

Barry is finally having his stem cell transplant tomorrow. PLEASE light candles for him and keep him in your prayers.

cassiesmom

08-10-2010, 07:07 PM

We were down to 2 candles, so I lighted a few.

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=pet%20t

Laura's Babies

08-10-2010, 09:04 PM

I lite some.... Barry's transsplant is WORKING! His white blood cells are GROWING!!!! So far, so good!

phesina

08-11-2010, 02:56 PM

I lite some.... Barry's transsplant is WORKING! His white blood cells are GROWING!!!! So far, so good!

That's wonderful news, Laura!

cassiesmom

09-14-2010, 03:41 PM

we were at 17 and I lit for Richard, Blue, Phred, Brandon, and Halo's family.

cassiesmom

10-07-2010, 01:56 PM

We were down to 3 so I lit a few more.

cassiesmom

10-25-2010, 04:31 PM

We were down to 2, and I lit a couple more.

cassiesmom

02-09-2011, 09:54 PM

The candle count wasn't low, but I lighted a few more. I also "re-lit" a couple that were almost out. If you see "re-light", you'll know that was me.

Scooter's Mom

02-09-2011, 11:04 PM

A prayer for all PTers who are living with chronic illnesses or chronic pain. 02/09/11
— cassiesmom (Elyse) from IL, United States

This is on one of the candles. This is exactly what I needed to see tonight. The migraines have been so severe again lately... and with learning I'm diabetic in early January, things just seem overwhelming.

Thank you for this. It means more than you realize.

gini

02-10-2011, 12:12 AM

The candle count wasn't low, but I lighted a few more. I also "re-lit" a couple that were almost out. If you see "re-light", you'll know that was me.

Thank you if you "re-lit" one of mine. I could not see a way to relight them - how did you do it?

It is a comforting site - I am glad that it is available for us.

cassiesmom

03-23-2011, 02:12 PM

I copied the message on a couple of candles that were almost all the way down and seemed appropriate to keep lit. I lit a new candle and just put "re-light" in the message.

We were at 6, so I lit a few more.

cassiesmom

07-07-2011, 08:33 PM

We were at 16 and I lighted a few more.

cassiesmom

08-29-2011, 09:03 PM

I copied the message on a couple of candles that were almost all the way down and seemed appropriate to keep lit. I lit a new candle and just put "re-light" in the message.

same thing again tonight- there were 3 that were quite low.

phesina

10-22-2011, 05:14 PM

I just took a look at the candle site and saw there were NO candles burning AT ALL!

I just lit one for all of us: http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=pet%20t

Please light some more, for any and all to whom you want to send warmth and light!

gini

10-23-2011, 11:11 AM

Although they claim the candles burn for 48 hours - they do not. I have gone back several times and my candles are gone.

I light a candle every day for a young man who has a very serious tumor. Because it is every day, I know the candles are gone before I can light the next one.

cassiesmom

10-26-2011, 11:21 AM

We were at 4 so I lighted a few. I lighted a couple for Gini's request in #87 too.

gini

10-26-2011, 11:27 AM

We were at 4 so I lighted a few. I lighted a couple for Gini's request in #87 too.

Thank you!!

cassiesmom

12-22-2011, 02:13 PM

I lighted a few more again :)

Thank you,
elyse

cassiesmom

01-04-2012, 01:36 PM

Our group was completely "dark" so I quick lit a few. One for k9soul's Tommy, one for ChrisH's Bobby and a few others.

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=pet%20t

carole

01-04-2012, 03:56 PM

Two more have been lighted.

Laura's Babies

01-04-2012, 07:39 PM

Lit some...

cassiesmom

10-11-2012, 06:37 PM

I'm bumping this thread up because we were down to three candles. I re-lighted one and lit a few more.

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=pet%20t

pomtzu

10-12-2012, 06:09 AM

Thank you for the candle for Sparky, Myndi, and me. :love:

robinh

10-12-2012, 07:32 AM

Lit a few for some RB dogs I miss dearly.

cassiesmom

12-16-2012, 01:36 AM

Our group page looks good and I added a couple of candles.

If you want to light a candle for the people of Newtown, CT - you can search for the group SHCT. It had over 700 candles when I was on it.

Thank you,
Elyse

cassiesmom

01-18-2013, 04:21 PM

We were down to three so I lit a few more.

pomtzu

01-18-2013, 04:47 PM

We were down to three so I lit a few more.

I added to the blaze. Thanks for the reminder - I too often forget about our candle group.

pomtzu

01-30-2013, 03:05 PM

All of the candles had burned out, and our group site was dark. :( I lit a few.........

Suki Wingy

02-07-2013, 11:00 PM

I've just made one for my Nino.

cassiesmom

03-16-2013, 01:59 PM

Our group was completely dark again so I lit a few candles.

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=pet%20t

carole

03-16-2013, 02:25 PM

Thanks pat I lit one for my hedgehog

cassiesmom

04-01-2013, 11:58 PM

Lighted a few for Slick and Merlin, MoFF and Grandma kitty; Phesina, Poppaea and Sparkler. Will keep praying.

phesina

04-02-2013, 04:57 AM

Thank you, Elyse.

:love::love::love::love::love::love::love::love:

cassiesmom

05-01-2013, 10:34 AM

Our group was completely dark again, so I've lighted a few candles. Will go back and add more later today.

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=pet%20t

cassiesmom

05-17-2013, 03:34 PM

We were totally dark again so I quickly lighted a few candles. I will go back later and do a few more.

cassiesmom

07-05-2013, 06:11 AM

To the person who has been lighting a candle for LGO -- Thank you so much! Lisa was a friend of mine from church. We weren't close in high school because she was in the popular clique and I hung with the less popular kids. After high school we became very close friends, in fact she sort of adopted my whole family. She was three months younger than me and often joked that our mothers were pregnant together. She died in 2008, I believe from a heart attack, it was very sudden. It's funny how you miss someone just from little things. So candle lighter, thank you again, you have touched my heart.

Thank you,
Elyse

cassiesmom

07-22-2013, 11:34 PM

Would anyone like to light a candle? We were completely dark again so I went ahead and lighted a few candles...

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=pet%20t

Pinot's Mom

07-23-2013, 09:07 PM

Done! For Shoep and Shelter Pets! :love:

cassiesmom

08-02-2013, 05:33 PM

We were down to 4, so I lighted a few more.

redbird

08-08-2013, 09:48 AM

I've been gone so long that I forgot how to get to the candles, help.:confused:

cassiesmom

08-12-2013, 05:27 PM

Our group is completely dark again! http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=pet%20t

redbird

08-13-2013, 11:18 AM

Would anyone like to light a candle? We were completely dark again so I went ahead and lighted a few candles...

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=pet%20t

Thank you for posting the link to the candles, I didn't know where to find them. I did light 3 candles but I may have chosen the wrong Country. There was only one for America and that one said America Samoa. I was looking for one saying America only. If I chose the wrong Country, let me know, thanks.

cassiesmom

08-19-2013, 03:44 PM

We were dark again... I lit a few candles and I will go back later and do a few more.
http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=pet%20t

cassiesmom

09-30-2013, 01:50 PM

To the PTer who lit a candle for me to get the job -- I got it! Thank you soooo much for your candle and prayers!

:love:
Elyse

mrspunkysmom

09-30-2013, 07:09 PM

Thanks. I lit a candle for Callie and Emily.

cassiesmom

10-22-2013, 02:02 AM

We were down to just two candles, so I lighted a few more. Would anyone else like to light one.
http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=pet%20t

cassiesmom

11-09-2013, 01:14 AM

We were down to two candles, so I lit a few more. Hoping others might do so as well. http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=pet%20t

phesina

11-09-2013, 05:11 AM

I just lit a couple.

cassiesmom

11-18-2013, 11:06 AM

There were 3 or 4 candles just about to go out. I re-lit one that wasn't originally mine. I put RL in the message box and put the message in quotes. It seemed important to the person, when I read the message, so I didn't want to let it just go out. I couldn't catch them all but I did get that one. Hope that's okay with the person who made it originally. We could use a few more if anyone else wants to strike a virtual match ... http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/...eng&gi=pet%20t

Thank you,
Elyse

cassiesmom

11-21-2013, 01:01 AM

We were completely dark again so I lighted a few candles. Anyone else? http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=pet%20t

Pinot's Mom

11-21-2013, 11:06 AM

done!

cassiesmom

01-08-2014, 07:44 AM

Our page was down to zero candles again, so I lighted a few. Here's a link if anyone else wants to join in.
http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=pet%20t

cassiesmom

02-26-2014, 06:22 PM

Our candle page was totally dark again, so I did re-light a few candles. Here is a link for anyone else who might want to join in. You just click on any unlit candle to start. You link your candle to our page by typing pet t (not case sensitive) in the bottom box.

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=pet%20t

cassiesmom

05-23-2014, 04:53 PM

Our Pet Talk candle group was completely dark again, so I lit a few candles last night and a couple more just now. Here is a link in case anyone else might like to light one.
http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=pet%20t

phesina

05-23-2014, 06:52 PM

Thank you so much, Elyse, for all you do keeping the candles going! I'm lighting a few more myself now.

God bless,
Pat (and cats)

Catty1

05-23-2014, 07:26 PM

I lit a few more.

cassiesmom

10-30-2014, 11:32 PM

All the candles on our page were out ... I lighted a few. Here is our page in case anyone else would like to "strike a match". Just click on any candle that is not lit, and the site will guide you through the next steps.
http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=pet%20t

cassiesmom

12-11-2014, 07:14 PM

Our page was dark again so I lit a few candles. Here's a link if anyone would like to light one. http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=pet%20t

cassiesmom

01-12-2015, 05:38 PM

Our page had no candles shining, so I lighted a few more. Here is our page. To light one you just click on the wick of any unlit candle.

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=pet%20t

cassiesmom

02-04-2015, 07:40 PM

Bounce ... http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=pet%20t

phesina

02-04-2015, 08:57 PM

I added a couple more, too. Thanks for the reminder, Elyse!

:love::love::love::love::love:

cassiesmom

11-30-2021, 03:04 PM

This is a really old thread. I found out today that the gratefulness.org site still exists though it's formatted differently than it was 6 years ago when we had a candle page. I re-lit a few but I couldn't figure out how to join them together in a Pet Talk page or group. So I'll keep trying... meanwhile there are candles burning with gratitude on the site.

Thanks,
Elyse

Edited to add: I tried this. https://gratefulness.org/candle-groups/ The ones I lit are tagged with "pet talk" (which I'm not sure is case-sensitive or not). The search function only worked once for me, though it could be my computer. There should be candles for Paul, Phred, Catmandu (Gary), and one for Pet Talk. I will keep trying.

phesina

12-07-2021, 08:35 PM

Dear Elyse, thank you for bringing this up again!!!!

I want to add a few candles. I'm going to need to spend some time figuring out how it works, so I can add them, with luck to a Pet Talk group.

I did searches for "pet talk," "Pet Talk," "Catmandu," and "Phred," which I thought are unusual enough names there probably wouldn't be anyone else with candles under those names. But the searches didn't turn up any. I looked through a few pages of candles but didn't find any of those. When I have a little more time I will try this some more.

There certainly are a lot of candles with names in completely different alphabets!

Thanks again, dear Elyse!

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phesina

12-08-2021, 01:14 PM

cassiesmom

12-08-2021, 01:20 PM

phesina

12-09-2021, 09:41 PM

I just tried again, and I was able to get to the candles for Phred and Catmandu (and it isn't case-sensitive, I got them with or without initial-caps). Then I did a search for "pet talk" and it came back with the Phred and Catmandu and Pet Talk candles.

I just did another one for Gary (Catmandu). I put Pet Talk in the "If you wish ..." box, and just my name, Pat, in the "Sign your candle.." space. It came out with just my name on the candle, but when you click on it, you get "Pet Talk For our dear friend Gary Catmandu", which was what I had written in the box.

If you do a search on "Catmandu," mine comes up along with yours, Elyse: https://gratefulness.org/light-a-candle/view-all?searchterm=catmandu

And if you do a search on "Pet Talk," then your three plus my one for Gary come up: https://gratefulness.org/light-a-candle/view-all?searchterm=pet+talk

So I guess one way to get a Pet Talk group going would be, for anyone who wants to join the group, to include "Pet Talk" somewhere on the Light A Candle page you're filling out. Then that candle will appear when someone searches for "Pet Talk" candles.

It's a start, anyway!

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P.S., the candles don't seem to be arranged in any chronological order. My brand-new one is not only not among the first ones, it's not among the last ones either.

phesina

12-14-2021, 11:43 AM

I did find this one, which disturbs me greatly, about abandoned cats on a deserted island in Brazil -

https://gratefulness.org/candle/single/?id=3276046?pagenum=2

I don't know what's going on there or where to begin to find out (which I'm rather scared to do), or what organizations to pass this onto who might be able to look into it and get something done to help.

I wrote to the SPCA International asking if they knew anything about this or could help these cats. They gave me the name of a Brazilian organization, Oito Vicas http://www.oitovidas.org.br/wp/, that works to help cats there.

I went to their web site, which was all in Portuguese, of course. They had a "contact us" page with spaces to fill in information. I wrote about the situation, asking if they knew about it or could find out and somehow see that these cats got help. I started out saying I hope you can read English, because I'm sorry I don't know Portuguese.

I hope I will hear something back from them!

cassiesmom

12-17-2021, 01:26 PM

I quickly re-lit a few candles. 48 hours does go fast!

phesina

12-18-2021, 01:29 PM

I lit a couple more candles, Elyse.

cassiesmom

12-20-2021, 12:32 PM

I lit a couple more candles, Elyse.

I did too.

cassiesmom

01-13-2022, 12:33 PM

And if you do a search on "Pet Talk," then your three plus my one for Gary come up: https://gratefulness.org/light-a-can...hterm=pet+talk

Clicking on this link in the original post (#138) is the only way I can find our candles. I quickly lit a few more.

phesina

01-13-2022, 07:20 PM

Thanks for the tip on the original link in post 138, Elyse! I found the page and added a couple more candles. It was so nice to see and read the ones you lit, and thank you again, Elyse!

I just found that the search from the main page worked when I entered "pet talk" this time. I don't know what made the difference. It hadn't worked when I first tried there.

The candles go away after they go out, after 48 hours I think, so those earlier Pet Talk ones were long gone!

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phesina

01-13-2022, 07:26 PM

And thank you yet again, Elyse.. How nice of you to include Betty White in "our" group! She certainly belongs!

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phesina

01-16-2022, 05:33 PM

The candles were all out when I checked this time, so I lit a new one.

:love::love::love::love::love::love::love::love:

cassiesmom

01-16-2022, 09:58 PM

The candles were all out when I checked this time, so I lit a new one.

:love::love::love::love::love::love::love::love:

Thank you, phesina - I went back and re-lit too. :love:

cassiesmom

02-18-2022, 05:07 PM

I lighted some candles for us again. They go out fast!

phesina

02-18-2022, 06:43 PM

Thank you, Elyse! I just lit one, and I'll light some more when I have a bit more time.

It's always so nice to see the candles, all filled with so much love!

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phesina

02-23-2022, 08:53 PM

I just lit a few more candles.

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cassiesmom

04-18-2023, 04:02 PM

Vette

05-28-2023, 05:57 PM

that's awesome. i remember having a hard time finding and lighting candles to the point i gave up

phesina

05-31-2023, 06:31 PM

Big changes to the www.gratefulness.org candle site, which should make it easier for people to find our group!

On the right hand side of the screen, click on the candle. Then click on "Light a Candle". At the bottom of the screen there is a question, "Add your candle to an organized group?" I just typed in "Pet Talk" in the group box.

Hope this helps,
Elyse

Thanks for finding this out and sharing the information, Elyse! I've thought about the candle site from time to time, wondered if it was still going, thinking of people and other animals I'd like to light one for.

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TopCat3

06-01-2023, 07:51 AM

I looked at the candle site and saw we only had 3 burning! I quick lit a couple more (so far)..

You are all invited to light some so our site does not go out! Here it is: http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=pet%20t

I added one. I didn't realise we could do more than one. What happens after 48 hours? We relight the same one or it goes out?