Comunication of the death of Kim Hirata, the cat

[louhirata]

Dear Maya and Inka's Mommy

Our condolescens for the passing of Jasper.

May he rest in peace.

We are very sad.

Kim Hirata (in memory)
Louhirata

[louhirata]

Eu desejo que Kim esteja feliz no céu dos gatos! Sign.Ro.

(This says in Portuguese: I wish that Kim be happy in cat heavens! Ro.)

[louhirata]

Kim,

I meat you for some time only, but I loved you from the beginning. Because you had lots of joy and a great temper. May you continue in our memories and we shall last in your's as well in Cat Heavens. We miss you very much.

[louhirata]

This is a pic of Kim, light as he was young, but already very long.

[louhirata]

Rhay was meowing the other night... I thought it was food, no it was not. I thought he wanted to go out, no it was not. I thought he wanted to play, no It was not. After a while, I gave him Kim's toy mouce and he meowed in front of it... Then I understood he missed Kim! We talked for a long time and I sang the tune I used to sing to Kim for a long time. And Rhay's tune after. Rhay finally felt asleep. Rhay misses Kim... the plays, the days at the Sun, the daydreams afternoons... when they both catched preys... Rhay is meowing... he is meowing... meowing...

[just me]

That is so sad, and sweet at the same time.
It breaks my heart

[louhirata]

I want to thank friends of Pet Talk for the nice words of support, only people who love cats can understand each other...

Now it is Spring in Brazil and there is raining season still and the days are longer. Kim would love to wait for the raining during the hot humid day, while he would not refuse to sit by the Sun, even though it was very hot...

When the rain finally come down among grey clouds and thumtherns, we would watch it fall and sing the song of the rain...

Kim is here with us...

Watching the rain fall from the sky...

Spring days are on...

[louhirata]

Today is the day we pray for those who passed away. It is a national holiday, where we all go to the cemitery and pray.

I bowed my head and prayed for Kim, sang a tune in his memory while the wind of Spring was blowing outside.

May all the angels be with you Kim, our special angel. Shall our memories convey the days of care and love we shared together forever.

Amem.
P.S. Kim told me in a murmur that he shall be with Mummy all his life, accompanies us all the time... Visiting us and sharing the windy days of Spring, while his pelage blows on the wind...

[louhirata]

In a very syncronic day, the Bicho de Rua (Streec Pets Center) send a e-mail where there was the photo of a very tiny yellow cat like Kim. She is 7 weeks old and looks very like Kim.

Shall I adopt this kitten?

[louhirata]

I decided not to adopt the kitten. Rhay would not understand.

[CATastrophy]

I was reading all of your posts of Kim and Rhay and was wondering what would be the harm in providing Rhay with another cat-partner. Maybe having another cat,a kitten perhaps, would help him feel more like he did when he had Kim. Please accept this thought only as a suggestion; maybe it would help plus it would give another cat a home.

[louhirata]

I thought a long time about your post. Then I agree it is a good idea to give Rhay a cat-partner. It would be good for all of us!

Now I wonder a male or a female? Maybe another male, would be nice.

[CATastrophy]

I don't know if you live near a cat-rescue facility but thats where I'd go I guess. We have an organization here called the CatCareSociety which is an open/free-roaming facility for cats needing to be placed in homes. Whats cool about it is that when you walk inside immediately you discover cats everywhere in the facility: napping,playing,arguing,eating....alone or with other cats! They have access to outdoor caged "cat gyms" or rooms with trees so cats can be cats and climb them. Its a pretty awesome facility. The cats I adopted there were brothers and what I remember about my visit too CCS was that I was encouraged to walk around the facility and interact with their "residents". It occured to me that some of the cats were...one could guess...taking notice of me. Some wanted to rub up against me for petting..some wanted to wrestle and claw me..some were just checking me out for one reason or another. I was thinking about the idea of you choosing a partner for Rhay and it occurred to me that it would be nice as well if a cat could choose to want to go home with you.http://www.catcaresociety.org Good luck with your decision.

[louhirata]

I know some organizations of cats but not one like you mentioned: I think there is not one like it down here in Sourthen Brazil! At least not in my home city.

The way you found out your cats is just very cute!

I read in a book that cats caress the legs of people because they want to say that you belong to them! They put their smell on us. So they chose you!
Very nice!!!

What we do have are adoptions fairs, where you can see many cats in a kind of big cage without roof, so you can inter-act somehow.

I am going to start to look for one little cat, and I will take Rhay together, maybe they choose each other! It is going to take some time but you helped me to reach a decision.

Thank you so much and heartly Merry Christmas!!!!

[CATastrophy]

You also enjoy the Holidays as well! I wish you luck...I'm sure you'll have a great time and success finding you and Rhay's new addition to your family. Good for you! I wonder if somehow that special,lucky cat knows you're coming....awesome!