It's Strange but Wonderful Here

Once again, and I don't know how much longer I will be able to do this and have her hear me, I am whispering in my mommy's ear and asking her to write this.

I crossed the Bridge on Saturday. It was a very sad day but a peaceful one for me.

I've been trying to stay with my mommy, but I also know that I need to kind of step away and immerse myself in my new home, my new friends who are so awesome and many who said they used to come here with their people!

It's so beautiful here. I can be outside which I never wanted to be before, it was a hard, noisy, dirty, scary place to be. Here though, it's just warm enough, the sun shines on us, there's a slight breeze, there's wonderful soft grass and even patches of catnip and catmint!

There's fluffly, cuddly chairs too, I really like them. Oh and people! Well the people my mommy knew who she loved and who loved her and love kitties. (I still can't believe I'm not the only cat in the world - this is going to take a lot of getting used to!) Those people are of course always ready with a lap and a nice petting and talking to me. I still love to be talked to and told how handsome and wonderful I am, because I am! I am still the Magnificat.

I will always be with mommy, just not in the same way. I wish she could stop crying, that makes me sad. I wish she knew how amazing I feel and look and how marvelous this place is! Then maybe she would cry from jealousy and not sadness?

Don't worry mommy, I will always love you too. And I'll always miss you, no matter how well I'm being treated. You are the best at spoiling me and treating me as I fully deserve. And one day, before you know it, we will be together again. I know I can't wait for that. Getting to cuddle with you, talk to you, play with you, sleep with you - yes we do at least nap here laying in the sun or under a shady tree and the sun does set so we can have a nice long sleep if we want one.

I know you miss me mommy and I know you love me and I know you always will. I know you'll never, ever forget me. How could you?! I won't either, I promise. I love you mommy and thank you for helping me to not hurt and be sick anymore. That was a really good thing you did, even though I know you wanted me to stay with you. I wanted to stay with you! I just couldn't anymore.

When you finally get yourself here, you'll see and understand. And guess what, you won't be hurting or disabled anymore either! And we'll be a family again ... forever >^..^<

Sending my mommy Love, cuddles and purrs from the other side of the Rainbow Bridge,

Suleiman the Magnificat

Today was the day I crossed the Rainbow Bridge

I'm whispering in mommy's ear asking her to write this.

I have been sick for over a month and just wasn't getting better. It's not because mommy didn't try, the doctors didn't know what was wrong with me.

But Wednesday night I started feeling really awful icky. Thursday I only ate a little wet food. Friday I tried to eat a little, but I ended up throwing it up and started throwing up blood again. And it was really, really hard to breathe.

So today mommy, Aunt Karen and Aunt Susan went with me to VHUP. They all said that it was the best place, that the people were really nice and caring. They put a needle in my arm, called it an IV. Whatever, it hurt when the did that!

Then they brought me back in a room where my mommy and aunts were. They talked to me a lot, mommy especially. And she was crying which made me very unhappy. I never know what to do when mommy cries.

Then this nice lady doctor came in and she gave me some medicine she told me would help me relax. And it did! I actually fell asleep and it felt so good. Nothing inside was hurting, I didn't have to think about how hard it was to breathe and I just went with how great this felt.

I could kind of hear mommy talking like she was far away, but I understood what she was saying. And I could feel her petting and kissing me. That was very nice (don't tell her, she knows I normally don't like that mushy stuff).

Then the lady doctor came back in with this round thing and she took my hands, one at a time, and pressed them into it. She said it was some kind of clay? that would after being baked have my hand (she said paw, tah!) prints on it forever. And she stamped my whole name on it. Aunt Karen said she would bake it for mommy since mommy doesn't have an oven.

The lady doctor took that away, left for a few minutes and then came back in. She had another needle and said this one would help me sleep peacefully and help me cross the Rainbow Bridge. There wasn't anything I could do or say about it because the first shot had me knocked out.

So, here I am! This place is strange, there are so many cats and even people here. I never knew about other cats, I always thought and knew I was the ONLY cat in the world. But they seem nice and they're being friendly and helpful. And the people are being super nice.

I just wish my mommy could be here with me. I really miss her. And I know she misses me. I can look down and see her and she's sitting with my second favorite blanket (the first favorite went with me of course) and my little bag of catnip (do people like catnip?) and she just starts crying asking where I am, why did I have to leave her, why couldn't she come with me and how much she already misses me.

I am special, I am one of a kind. I'm special enough that mommy sang a song for me and with my help of course, picked out pictures and made a slideshow and put it on singsnap. The song is called Tears in Heaven, though I'm not crying yet. I feel so good, better than I have in some time! But I know she is very very sad and she is crying. Probably once I get used to things and used to feeling good, whole and healthy I might cry because I already DO miss her too.

If you want to hear and see the song, you can just go here, it's really safe, promise!

http://www.singsnap.com/snap/r/babf0c86

I'm happy that mommy did this, because it shows me how much she loves me and because it has so many pictures of me.

Yes, I have crossed the Rainbow Bridge. Yes, I still have to get used to this place and everyone here. And yes, I have to get used to not being with my mommy - at least for now. One of the others told me that someday she will join me! Won't that be the absolute best?

New picture >^..^

My mommy made a new picture of ME tonight and she added it to the Valentines Stroll. At my command, of course. Tah! I asked her to please put the picture on my page and to put it at the top so I could wish all of you a very Happy Valentines Day.

Mommy has started calling me her little Cupid, eww. She gets so mushy sometimes.

Purrrrrs

I am laying on mommy's lap meowing what she should type. Tah, aren't I too nice to her?! Of course, laying on her lap she says makes it a little hard for her to type. But I am worth the extra effort.

She read her emails and told me that I had the Diary of the Day! Meroowwww! I am so glad you come and read my Words of Wisdom. We were both surprised and very happy. Thank you =)

I would like to welcome Thalia, Thomas, Cocoa and Harvey. Mommy told me I had new friends. You are all welcome to spend time in my Kingdom. There are plenty of soft cushions scattered around for everyone. Oh, and if somekitty would please get that feathered fan in the corner and start fanning me, that would be appreciated.

She and I both say thank you Andre for the pretty Rosette!

I have not been feeling quite my usual Magnificat self for the past 2 days. Mommy is not sure if I have a tummy cold or if the rubber band pieces I ate are finally wanting to come out. Maybe eating that wasn't such a good idea to get her attention? I will have to think on that and see if I can't think of another way to get and keep her attention where it belongs ... on ME all the time. She is something else when she worries, Tah.

Oh Geez

Hello Harry, Rosie, Casper and Teddy. Welcome to my kingdom.

Harry, mommy read some of your diary entries to me. You sound almost as regal and wonderful as me. I said almost, okee? I am sorry that you have to live with the Casper thing. I know just how awful those things can be! I smell aunt's things that she calls cats (hah!) through the door. I would not want to have to be around them. Especially the girl things, ewww.

My mommy was reading her emails and saw that you asked to be friends. She was very happy and said that you are all gorgeous. Then she saw that you had given me a Rosette. She actually squealed! Then she picked me up and danced me all around the livingroom. Can you imagine? Me? Dancing? Tah! The indignity.

We had a nice quiet day otherwise. Mommy said it was cold and windy outside, so she went and laid in our bed (it is really MY bed, but I let her sleep in it too), with the covers all pulled up and tried to read a book. I could not have her giving attention to a silly book, now could I? So I decided to grit my teeth and be "cute" for her, which means I climbed under the covers with just my head out and rested my chin on the book. That way she had to pay attention to me and could not pay any attention to that book. Tah!

Forgive My Absence

It is not my doing, but my mommy's. She has been doing other things instead of what she should. Namely paying alot more attention to me and to typing my words of wisdom here. Tah!

Today I got my mommy's attention though. She had the nerve to say that I was bad! ME? Bad? Never. I found a rubber band and simply decided that eating half of it, then leaving the other half lying on the living room rug would be a good way to let her know that she was falling down on the job.

It did work, at least to a point. Mommy says she is just waiting, that she knows I will end up throwing up the pieces of rubber band I ate. I have done this before, so mommy is very careful not to have any of these around. She asked me where I found it. As if I would tell her. In the meantime, she just keeps watching me and asking if I am okeee. So, at least I do have her attention, right?

Happy Mew Year

I, Suleiman the Magnificat, King of my domain and Ruler of my world hereby decree that each and every one of you must have a happy, healthy, safe, secure, wonderful and purrfect New Year!

Happy 2006 ^..^

Diary Central!

Mommy wasn't feeling well enough to spend time on the computer last night, even though I did my best to convince her that she must type for me. I suppose tonight will just have to do ... TAH! On December 28 my diary was one of the featured ones in Diary Central. That makes me very happy. Merows and Purrs to you for reading my diary and for realizing that when the Magnificat speaks, you should pay heed.

Mommy is still sick. She has no voice right now! If I wasn't so completely perfect, I could get into all kinds of trouble and she wouldn't be able to yell at me, hehehe. And even though it is beneath my dignity, when I have to, I can move very fast. So she couldn't catch me either.

Of course, I AM perfect and my dignity is everything, so obviously I will not be doing anything mommy would consider bad. And that would just be too much effort. I would much rather just lay here on the sofa surrounded by my pillows and be comfortable while I tell mommy what to type.

It's almost New Year's here, and usually that means mommy gets all crazy and empties half her closet onto the bed. Tah! I don't appreciate that, especially when she tells me I can't lay on the pile of clothes. What else are they there for?

Tah! humbug

I'v just gotten up from my post-dinner nap and I'm getting ready to go to bed with mommy. She told me Sandy Claws will be coming tonight and bringing me toys! I don't know if I like the idea of some stranger I've never been able to see or even smell being in my house, but I do know I like getting new toys. I really want and need a new scratchy pad for my turbo scratcher. I deserve that, right? I mean, I am the Magnificat!

Mommy reminded me that I have to go to sleep. If I stay awake or even in the living room where a noise might wake me up, Sandy Claws won't come. She also said if he was here and I woke up he would just disappear in a puff of smoke. I think my mommy is silly. Tah!

But I'm not taking any chances on missing out on toys, so as mommy says, Happy Humbug to all and to all a good night. Merow!

A new picture of ME!

Mommy is still trying to get her computer set up the way she wants it and everything that she used to have on it back.

Normally, this makes me quite cranky, as the computer takes attention away from where it should be, namely me. But tonight mommy put her camera software back on the computer and took a picture on me laying on the sofa surrounded by nice, soft pillows (of course - my comfort is everything). She showed me the picture she took and I had to agree with her that it was a very good one. Really, though, should she expect anything else? After all, I AM the Magnificat!