One year ago today I said goodbye to Fister

[mrspunkysmom]

Hugs to you on this day of remembrance.

I still miss Emily from time to time. They get under your skin. And in your heart.

[catmandu]

And now a year later Fister is one of the main Owesome Orange Angels, and he and Michael, and all of the many Orange Angels are helping their fellow Animal Angels acclimate to
their new lives as Angels and show them the ropes when it comes to Hotels and Diners.
Fister misses you so much Randi , and keep your senses open as Fister and Angel Companions will drop by to see you.
Until we ae all reunited in love.
One Fine Day

[ChrisH]

Such a special boy. {{hugs}}

[cassiesmom]

((((HUGS)))), Randi.

[dehlers43]

Hugs.....

[Barbara]

Fister was one of the kitties who was loved by all and everyone on Pet Talk- I also hope he will send to you the right kitty for you.

[maerlyn]

To me, the "firsts" are always so intolerably difficult: the first day, the first week, month, year. . . . They encompass all the other firsts - birthdays, anniversaries, holidays. It's not necessarily easier after the first year, but at least we can tell ourselves that we survived this day before, and we can do it again.

I never refer to what my departed furkid "was." Whatever s/he *was* on Earth, s/he still is at the Bridge. The love, the affection, the sense of humor - they're all still there. Here's a little tidbit that might validate that: My Merlin was one of those very special cats; we were bonded. However, he never thought of me as "mom"; I was simply "the woman" who kept the litterbox clean and the food dish full. I never, ever doubted his superiority to me; obviously, I was the less intelligent one in our relationship. On the second anniversary of his transition to the Bridge, I released a balloon from a mountaintop near my cabin in WV; as I was driving back to the cabin on a one-lane unpaved road, I had to stop to let *two turkeys* cross in front of me! The significance did not escape me: turkeys are the stereotype for "stupid," and it was Merlin's *two-year* anniversary at the Bridge. I smiled, knowing that his sense of humor is intact.

Think of Fister that way: just the same wonderful fellow he was on Earth he is now, only enhanced, at the Bridge. Rest assured that Fister is forever all he ever was, only better.