Oh Staci, we are all with you in your time of sadness and grief. We know Shai is curled up in a small spot in your heart, and will always be with you.

Oh, Mama, now I run
Through green fields so big
That I can run and run forever it seems
Until I drop to curl
Into the sweet ball of innocence
With the big dark eyes that closed just to rest
Oh, Mama, here the kitties aren't afraid
And it's never too cold for me
And I'm never afraid
But Mama, I wait for you
And as I run I kinda miss your yelling somehow
(You weren't really angry, I always knew that.)
And I know you were afraid for me
When I ran away,
When I had the twitches, and so afraid
When I was dying
But it was quick, Mama, it was,
And you were there, and I knew you loved me
Just as you have since we met, though I was afraid then
And that love is what I remember
As I run, and play
And wait
I love you, Mama

[ September 13, 2001: Message edited by: Karen ]