Our dearest Tigris

[kb2yjx]

O my!!! I did not realize that I was in the Memorial section!!! I am SO very sorry to hear about your beloved Tigris...I hope our little Molly(who also had liver cancer)met Tigris at the Bridge....Sleep softly, dear Tigris...

[katladyd]

I am sure wherever he is, Tigris is saying, "Thank you." He will truly be missed. Tears and prayers for your family, and that includes Filou.

[Logan]

Oh Barbara, I am so very sorry.
You and Siegmar will be in my thoughts and prayers. Butter wishes he could come give you a good snuggle and make you feel better.
Love
Logan (and Buttercup)

[krazyaboutkatz]

Barbara, I'm so sorry. I kept hoping that you'd receive some good news and that he'd recover. Major LES here. Even though he was with you for 13 years it's just never long enough. RIP sweet Tigris. Please take care. (((HUGS)))

[Medusa]

You spent thirteen happy years together; still not long enough because we love our furkids so. You did your last act of kindness for Tigris and he is grateful to you. Hearing the night sounds and sleeping on your shoes before he made his trip to the Bridge were the most loving things that you could've done for him except to help him on his journey. RIP, dear boy. Take a nice long well deserved rest and then enjoy your new life until your reunion w/your humans. Peace to all.

[Bari_d]

Barbara, my heart goes out to you both and to Filou...I have known all of you for so long from afar...enjoyed your stories, photos and updates over the years about Tigris and Filou. What a special, special boy Tigris has been - such a huge part of your every day. Each of our sweet pets leaves a place in our hearts that no one else can fill...a place of wonderful memories which will bring you comfort in days to come. Tears are streaming...hugs to you all from everyone at Cat Happy. I wll write you soon...

Noserubs, snuggles and purrs...Bari, Jim and the Cat Happy Pride

[CultureJunky]

I'm so sorry to hear about Tigris, I know you are hurting so much right now. Hugs and support to you from us here in Wales.
RIP Tigris.....

[slick]

I'm so very, very sorry for you loss Barbara! Dear sweet Tigris will be missed by all! Sorry I don't have any words of comfort for you.....big time LES!!!

{{{hugs}}} to you all and purrs to Filou
Much love
slick

[Cinder & Smoke]

<picks up Prayer Line> <dials God>

Originally Posted by Barbara

The decision is made.
Please keep us in your thoughts.

Hi God ~

We all know it's best to send Tigris up to You at the Bridge ...
But that doesn't help with doing it.

Please give Siegmar and Barbara the Love & strength to help Tigris
begin his big trip to Heaven.
And Help them to remember all the wonderful moments they've shared
with Dear Tigris over his lifetime.

Safe Trip, Tigris.
Save us a spot on the Bridge.

{{{Hugs}}} to Siegmar and Barbara.

/s/ the Prayer Pups & Phred

[AmberLee]

So sorry for your loss. {{{gentle hugs}}}

Frolic heartily at the bridge, darling Tigris.

[pomtzu]

I read a peom several years ago that I found to be very poignant. I can't give credit to the author, since several people claim to be.

This is the first verse, and could be for any loved one. I hope it brings you some comfort.




Dear Tigris,

God saw you getting tired,
a cure not meant to be,
so He wrapped His arms around you,
and whispered, "Come with Me".

[rosethecopycat]

So sorry to hear that Siegmar is temporarily separated from his heart kitty.

Hugs to you all and Filou.


Godspeed Tigris, wait for your people at the Bridge now.

[captain]

God Speed Tigris ....

[Randy_K]

I am so sorry for your loss, Barbara. I know Tigris was daddy's little boy so I know this is very difficult for Siegmar.

My thoughts are with you.

[Barbara]

A friend sent me this wonderful poem by Thomas Hardy

Last words to a dumb friend

Pet was never mourned as you,
Purrer of the spotless hue,
Plumy tail, and wistful gaze
While you humoured our queer ways,
Or outshrilled your morning call
Up the stairs and through the hall -
Foot suspended in its fall -
While, expectant, you would stand
Arched, to meet the stroking hand;
Till your way you chose to wend
Yonder, to your tragic end.

Never another pet for me!
Let your place all vacant be;
Better blankness day by day
Than companion torn away.
Better bid his memory fade,
Better blot each mark he made,
Selfishly escape distress
By contrived forgetfulness,
Than preserve his prints to make
Every morn and eve an ache.

From the chair whereon he sat
Sweep his fur, nor wince thereat;
Rake his little pathways out
Mid the bushes roundabout;
Smooth away his talons' mark
From the claw-worn pine-tree bark,
Where he climbed as dusk embrowned,
Waiting us who loitered round.

Strange it is this speechless thing,
Subject to our mastering,
Subject for his life and food
To our gift, and time, and mood;
Timid pensioner of us Powers,
His existence ruled by ours,
Should--by crossing at a breath
Into safe and shielded death,
By the merely taking hence
Of his insignificance -
Loom as largened to the sense,
Shape as part, above man's will,
Of the Imperturbable.

As a prisoner, flight debarred,
Exercising in a yard,
Still retain I, troubled, shaken,
Mean estate, by him forsaken;
And this home, which scarcely took
Impress from his little look,
By his faring to the Dim
Grows all eloquent of him.

Housemate, I can think you still
Bounding to the window-sill,
Over which I vaguely see
Your small mound beneath the tree,
Showing in the autumn shade
That you moulder where you played.

I love the thought that all over the times mankind had friends like this and that over all cultural differences there have been people appreciating their house pets as a person.