RIP sweet Samantha 6/26/88-8/28/08

[Vermontcat]

This is so hard to post.
My sweet Samantha went to the Rainbow Bridge today.
She was with me for 20 wonderful years and she was the best cat ever!
Samantha was so healthy over the years but in just the last couple of weeks her health and quality of life went downhill fast.
It was the hardest decision I have ever had to make to decide it was time for her to be pain free and we had the vet come out to our house rather than take her to the vet's office one last time.
I miss her so much! It was so hard to say goodbye to her.
I just can't stop crying now, I will have to post some photos of her later when I feel up to it.
I you and miss you sweet Samantha!

[Catty1]

Oh NO! Not sweet Samantha! Just recently you had pics of her enjoying the sun...

I am glad that the vet could come to your place, and save her (and you) the extra stress. I hope her passing was peaceful...and she was with you, your heart so full of love for her (she knew that) and breaking at the same time.

Play happy and young at the Bridge, Samantha. Beautiful beautiful girl, you will be remembered ALWAYS.

Her 20th Birthday Thread on June 26 - many lovely Samantha pics.
http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthre...light=Samantha

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'm in shock and so sorry to hear this. She always looked so healthy in her pictures that I some how thought she would live on and on for many more years to come. At least you had 20 wonderful years with her so you'll have many great memories and pictures of her. Now she's with her beau Tubby and his sister Peanut playing happily at Rainbow Bridge. Samantha was a big part of PT and she'll always be missed but never forgotten. RIP sweet girl. Please take care. (((HUGS)))

[Taz_Zoee]

Oh my, LES. That must have been very difficult for you to make that decision, but you know that she is now pain free and having a blast at the bridge.
Gosh, I am just so sorry. 20 wonderful years you spent together. 20 years of memories that you will cherish forever.

RIP Beautiful Samantha

[shais_mom]

oh dear -
I am so sorry.
Godspeed sweetie.

[Scooter's Mom]

I am so sorry to hear this. ((Hugs)) to you.

[Medusa]

Oh I'm so sorry to hear this. How grateful you must be, though, for 20 wonderful years w/Samantha. You gave her a gift of helping her to the Bridge and your vet was so kind to come to your home. Peace to you and your aching heart. RIP, sweet Samantha.

[Karen]

Oh, sweet Samantha, rest in peace. I am sure there's a nice warm patch of sun up there at the Rainbow Bridge, curl up and have a good, long nap. Send some purrs into your momma's dreams, okay? The whole family, and all of us will miss you. But we know you are not getting to meet your sweetheart, Tubby.

Sweet cow-spotted kitty cat
Vermont's own holstein feline
So many hearts have your pawprints on them
So many stories and pictures we've shared
Sweet Samantha, cow-patched holstein feline
We'll miss you, and your soft fur, and low rumbly purr

Know you'll live on in your family's hearts forever.

[Kirsten]

Oh no!! My heart sank when I saw her name in the memorial forum... Not Samantha!!

I know that 20 years is a very long time for a cat, and yet it's so hard to believe, just as if she has just been here forever.

I'm very very sorry! Sweet Samantha and her heart-shaped spot on her little nose will be terribly missed - here at Pet Talk, and even more in her loving home. I wish I had some words to comfort you. (((HUGS)))

R.I.P. little Samantha.
You had the most loving home here on Earth, that's why you decided to stay as long as possible, but now you're young and healthy at the Bridge.

Kirsten

[Barbara]

Oh Zoe, I am so sorry. We all here thought Samantha would live forever. She was such a miracle lady and it always made me happy to see pictures of her, enjoying her old age with so much style and dignity.
But of course life was limited for her as it is for all of us.
May she play happily at Rainbow Bridge, with healthy joints and a shiny fur.

[Killearn Kitties]

Darling Samantha, you were just as popular as a kitty can possibly be. You lit up our PT world over many years and it is terribly hard to say goodbye to you. The downside of getting to know and love lots more kitties is that it is more painful when the time comes when they have to leave, but I'm sure we are all happier for having known lovely Samantha. You and your moo-cow pattern are a big loss to PT.

Rest in peace beautiful Samantha, young and healthy again.

[ChrisH]

Oh, no! Not sweet Samantha.
Zoe, I am so sorry, {{hugs}} I know how devastated you must be.

Rest in peace beautiful, sweet Samantha, you will be sorely missed by your Miowmie. By many other people from all over the world too.

[jenluckenbach]

{{{{Zoe}}}}.
My thoughts are with you at this time of sorrow. Dear Samantha will leave an emptiness in many hearts. RIP sweet girl.

[RockyRoad]

When I saw the title of this thread, my heart dropped. I was just looking at pictures of Samantha the other day and marveling at how wonderful she looked at twenty years old. She lived a long and wonderful life, blessed with a wonderful mom. Rest in peace, sweet, beautiful Samantha, and know that you are deeply missed. {{hugs}}

[sasvermont]

Awwww, Zoe and family, I just know you gave Samantha the best life ever and that her trip to the bridge was as good as you could provide. Bless you all.

Samantha was such a sweet and happy girl. She was soooo loved.

Tears are being shed today. I hope you get beyond the sadness.

((((((((((((((((Zoe)))))))))))))))))love: