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Hazel's Purrrspective

What a wonderful way to start the New Year!

It is official. Oingo and I are pawrents!

Of course it was with much sadness that our precious little Eve had to leave earth and fly to The Rainbow Bridge. She was going to be adopted and become part of Oingo's earthly family but she was so sick and just too weak. A lot of you already know the story about Eve and her unhappy and unfortunate beginning on earth. But that was all about to change and she was finally experiencing real love and on her way to her furever home. She was so loved by so many earth familes and so many did all that they could to help Eve to survive and to have a happy life but unfortunately, it was not to be.

And so it was that she made her trip to The Rainbow Bridge and into our arms. Of course, Oingo and I have been here at the Bridge for awhile now and we have been so happy here with each other. We just never dreamed that we would actually have a little one in our lives and I cannot tell you how happy we are now that she is here with us.

I asked Oingo and his Mommy if they thought that we could adopt little Eve since we were already family and she needed someone to care for her. There were so many wonderful angels who were so sweet to little Eve and who wanted desperately to make her journey as easy as possible. But our hearts were aching to welcome her into our home. It just seemed like the right thing to do and she really deserves to be with family.

My wonderful sisfur-in-law, Tabby, and Boingo (Oingo's twin brother) were wanting to love and care for little Eve also. That lucky little kit just doesn't know how truly loved she is. But after some contemplation and discussion, it was decided that Oingo and I would adopt little Eve as our very own daughter. And Tabby and Boingo have so graciously accepted to be Eve's godpawrents. So it is with much joy and happiness that we are announcing that we are finally pawrents! I cannot express how truly happy and excited we are.

Little Eve has made our lives complete and filled a void place that we didn't even realize was there. I just never knew how a little one could fully envelope one's heart and completely take over our entire lives. She has made us both so happy and fulfilled.

We have invited Tabby and Boingo to come to our home this evening for a special dinner to celebrate. Of course they will be bringing their kits along too and little Eve is just ecstatic to be meeting her five little cousins. It will be a joyous time, indeed.

Of course I had to invite my heavenly sibs, Sammy and Smokey to join us in our celebration along with their lovely wives, Clawdia and Fire. And of course, my best friend in the whole heavens, Blossom and her friend, Prissy will be joining us also. Everyone is so truly excited to meet Eve and to welcome her.

We most certainly want to thank all of the angels who have gathered around little Eve in a circle of love and who have helped to make her feel welcome and at home here at The Bridge. It truly made her crossing much easier to feel the love and strength that everyone was sending to her.

Of course, we want to thank all of the earthly angels who did their utmost to help Eve to regain her strength and to be able to live a normal kitty life. So many families and their fur babies were hoping and praying for Eve and doing everything possible to give her a chance to live a happy life with a loving forever family. It is unbelieveable the love and efforts that these very special humans poured forth to help Eve. It is also quite humbling to know that so many humans have such kind and giving hearts. Thank you all for everything that you did in your efforts to give Eve a new beginning.

Just yesterday, I was busy redecorating a little nursery for Eve and Oingo was busy making her a new little kitty doll house to play with. She absolutely loves her new room and her new toys. She quickly fell asleep for her nap this afternoon after a busy day of exploring her new home and playing with her new toys. What a precious, sweet little angel she is. Can you tell that I am a furry purrroud Meowmy?
I just keep pinching myself to see if this is all really happening. Yesterday, we were preparing for our daughter's arrival and today she is actually here with us, forever and always!

Well, I see that it is nearing the dinner hour and our guests will be arriving soon. I must finish up a few last minute details and wake up our sleeping angel so that she can meet and greet the rest of our family and friends.

This is the absolute most wonderful New Year of all. Oingo and I share so much love together and now we share our new little angel; our sweet little daughter, Eve. We are truly, truly blessed and so delighted to finally be pawrents.

And as all new pawrents do, we are proudly showing everyone little Eve's pictures. She has her very own page that was made by Oingo and Boingo's Mommy. It is a beautiful tribute and memory to her short life on earth. You can see her page by typing in her catster id # 1086369. There is a wonderful picture of Eve with her auntie Jody, who so lovingly and thoughtfully gave Eve the chance to put her little feet in some real green grass. How good that must have felt to Eve. We are so happy that she got to have that experience. Thank you Jody and bless you.

Of course, you can also see her pictures on my page too. And somehow, I have a suspicion that her proud Daddy, Oingo will be showing off some of her pictures on his page also. Well, you know how new pawrents are! *Giggles*

Sending special thanks to all of my dear friends

Well, as you can imagine I was truly surprised and deeply honored to have been chosen as Cat Of The Day on Saturday,December 19th. I want to apologize for not getting my thank yous out right away but Meowmy has been having problems with her back and can't sit for very long at the catputer without getting up and doing something else for awhile. So we are going to make a stab at it today and will hopefully get all caught up.

First off, I received a very nice pawmail from Dog (who is a beautfiul orange and white kitty). Isn't that a unique name for a kitty? We also have a doggie friend whose name is Kitty. MOL

Dog wrote:
ConCATs on being Cat Of The Day sweet Angel!! You & Oingo come join me & pals on this fluffy cloud for a celepurratory Nip-Nog :) The rest of my family sends big ConCATs to you as well!!
Angel Hugs
Dog

There was also a nice pawmail with concatulations from our dear friend Hazel Lucy.

I also received so very many rosettes and prezzies from our friends with sweet messages and concatulations. These are listed below and in no particular order. I would love to mention each and every message but Meowmy says that she just cannot sit that long. Please know that I read and enjoyed each and every message and I am truly pleased and honored to have such wonderful, sweet friends who have been so kind and generous to me and helped to celebrate my big honor. I am still shaking my head and finding it hard to believe that I was actually Cat Of The Day! Oh my goodness! What a wonderful honor. Listed below are the prezzies and gifts that was on my page yesterday. I will cherish them all forever.

There was:

A diamond from Clawdia, my sisfur-in-law.
A beautiful heart from Peaches, Lucky at The Bridge, Squirrel, Kitcat & their Mom
A delicate white snowflake from Belle
A cute snowman from Bella, BeeJay (In loving memory), Mufasa, Boots (over the Rainbow Bridge) and family
A yummy gingerbread man from Felix and Critter
A fun jingle bell from Mr. Sam
A blue ribbon from Lacey & Cagney
A beautiful Christmas stocking from McCallan (In loving Memory), Marmalade, Caviar, Tailless and family
A beautiful red rose from Twix
A yummy hot cocoa from Sparky and family
A big shiny trophy from TC
A diamond from my handsome and loving husband, Oingo (oooh, that hunky he-cat spoils me rotten) MOL!
A beautiful green emerald (to match my eyes) from Zack, Hannah and their wonderful family
A blue ribbon from Charlotte, Capone, Little Bit and Sugar Bear
A yummy gingerbread man from Norman and his family
A blue rosette from Rufus (In loving memory)
A red and green Christmas stocking from Kittana and family
A delicate white snowflake from Pinkie, Biggles, Nonny, Buddy and family
A lovely decorated Christmas tree from Isabella, Tallulah, Tiger (in loving memory and Samantha (in loving memory)
A bright yellow star from Buddy (always loved)
A frosty snowman from Tate
A fun Christmas stocking from Eddy, Walker, Alexandria, Mookie, Pookah and family
And a wonderful forever crown from Rosie

Thank you all ever so much. I cannot tell you how much your friendship and kindness mean to me and my Meowmy. We never would have even been on Catster or have made so many special friends if so many of you hadn't reached out to my Meowmy when I first came to live at The Rainbow Bridge. And of course, I never would have received this very special and humbling honor if all of those things had not happened.
We love you all and simply could not imagine our lives without all of you being right there with us. And thank you Catster Headquarters for honoring me and choosing me for such a very special award. We love you too! Catster rocks!!

Hugs, purrs and whisker rubs,
Hazel

Clasps paw over mouth and jumps up and down

Oh my catness! I have just received word that I have been chosen as Cat of the Day today!! Thank you Catster headquarters. I do not know how or why I was chosen but I am absolutely flabberghasted.

Oh my good heavens, Meowmy is so far behind on helping Pickles with her thank you's for her DDP and birthday honors and now she thinks that we will really be behind!! MOL She says that I will have to wait a bit for her help until she has things caught up for Pickles. Well, pffftttt!! This is the biggest and most exciting award ever and here I am standing with my paws on my hips; waiting for Meowmy to help me send my thank yous.

I have received so many pawmails and prezzies that I just can't believe it. When we checked our e-mail just now and saw all of those gifts and notes, we couldn't figure out what was going on. I still cannot believe it. *Pinches herself just to be sure that she isn't dreaming*
I am the first of our furmily to achieve such an honor.

I want to thank each and everyone of you who have sent notes and prezzies and we will try to get that all taken care of this weekend. Right now, I see that Meowmy is running off in another direction to do some last minute Christmas shopping. These humans just never seem to get caught up, do they? *Giggles*

Please know that I love you all and truly appreciate everyone that has sent their concatulations my way. I promise to respond to all of you as soon as my typist gets back and gets to work.
I truly hope that she isn't expecting to earn any pay for her help as she is not very reliable. It is so hard to find good help, these days.

Love & purrs dear friends. We will be in touch very soon.