Mommy Sending Love

Sasha, my dear girl...
You were the most inquisitive kitten I've ever known who grew into a strong-willed and lovable cat. You were the true matriarch of the family. Mommy just wants to tell you she misses you today. Thank you for sending Misty to us. She's very much like you, maybe even a bit more stubborn. Loves to you at the Bridge, my sweet.

Mommy

Hi, Sweet Girl

This is mommy, sitting here reading your diary this morning. I still miss you, still think about you a lot, and I always will. Daddy and I still remember how you'd react to different situations at home and just at your normal, daily routine.
Jordy's getting old. He's too think and I have to water down all his food. He only eats tuna fish and canned cat food and I still have to put water in them. He's doing well with his diabetes, though. He is a good boy, just misses his sister still, I think. He has Misty and she has helped him remember about girl tabbies, and thank goodness they get along well, but I just feel he still has never forgotten his Sasha girl.
The bunny is doing fine. Oliver misses you, too. He's a big boy, but last year, became a senior dog. You always challenged him and he misses that. You always stood on your hind legs to pop him on his big, thick head. Misty just swats at him with her claws.
The boys are growing up, but they're still boys. J is 10 and D is 8. They go on spring break next week.
You wouldn't like our weather yeterday and today. It's overcast with the threat of rain, although it hasn't rained a drop yet except for some mist yesterday morning. Those March winds are blowing.
We all love you, honey girl. Misty sends you a head bump. Talk to Jordy if you can. Tell him to eat.
Kisses

Today's My Birthday!

I'm 16 in earth years but an eternal kitten at the Rainbow Bridge. Loves to all my family, both the humans and the furbabies.

Love You, My Girl

Mommy's heart still hurts to see your catster page. I still love you so very much and miss you each day. But I know you also must have been the one who sent Misty to me. She's a lot like you used to be when you were younger. Not as wise, that's for sure, but she's spunky...and not very pleased about Oliver's presence. She's having some territorial rivalry with Jordy but nothing serious. Jordy says hi and so does Ollie. They miss you, too. I think Ollie misses you almost as much as me and daddy. You've been gone from me for nearly a year now...I cannot believe it! I know you're in a wonderful place, but what I wouldn't give just to hold you and talk to you one more time.
Kisses from mommy, sweetheart.

From Mommy

I miss you, sweetie. I know you're in a wonderful place where your sunbeams abound, but mommy still misses you a lot. I love you!!!

Moving Further Across Now

Although I can still see my people and I can still communicate some with Jordy, Oliver, and Jasmine, I have moved a little further away from them deeper into the rainbow. It's so very beautiful here! My only wish is that the people and animals I love could be here to share it with me, but I think they will when their time comes. So I have to be patient and watch them from my side now. Mom thinks of me more than anyone else. Sometimes when she sees her brown purse by the side of her bed, she thinks it's me lying there for an instant, until she realizes it's only her purse.
I guess the main thing I miss other than just being in that house is hanging out with the people and enjoying how they used to share their dinner meat with me. They used to shred it or cut it up really small, then put it on a napkin and let me eat it from underneath the table. I often had two helpings! I loved eating off a napkin or paper towel instead of my regular bowl.
I miss them and know they miss me but we shall see each other again someday.
I have not touched my mom since I passed on September 29, 2006, five months ago now.

First Christmas At the Bridge

I'm sure she was way on the other side of the Bridge, far away from here on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, not because she wanted it that way, but because we had so much rain and gloomy skies. I did not feel as if Sasha were closeby, either, but she did come back to the edge on the 26th when he precious sunbeams returned.
Oh, the tears I had for my girl not being here this Christmas. Every year, she drove us crazy batting the ornaments around on the tree, tugging at the fake tree branches, pulling the bows off the gifts (many were found under furniture!), and hiding way in the back underneath the tree. If we couldn't find her, she'd be up against the back wall lying on the skirting under the tree. All you could see were two big, light green eyes reflecting in the illuminations of the Christmas tree lights. She was not here to get in the way when gifts were opened, batting discarded wrapping paper around, and finding her resting spot right in the center of all the activities. She was sorely missed for sure.
One of my sons made an ornament at school for the tree and decorated it with curly ribbons hanging off each side of it. One side was much longer and nearly touched the skirting. We deemed that one green ribbon, "Sasha's Ribbon" because had she been here, she surely would've had a blast batting and tugging at it. Each time I looked at it, it was as if her spirit were right there in it, right there in the family room. But for the rain on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, I truly do believe she was right there watching over us....making sure we did things right! :)

My 15th Birthday

Today, Noveber 11, 2006, would've been my 15th birthday. I didn't quite make it there on earth. I was just 6 weeks shy of it when I took the trip across the Rainbow Bridge. It's a very wonderful place here!

Getting Back To Normal...Written By Her Brother, Jordy

My friend Sasha has been gone from us for 3 weeks and one day now. I have had a very tough time dealing with her not being here. Mom said when I was a baby kitten and she brought me home, Sasha was 2 years old and didn't like me at first. Mom said Sasha used to scare me and knock me all around. Mom was scared Sasha would really try to hurt me bad but one day mom had to go get some food at the store and she had to leave us alone in the apartment we lived in back then. She said she told us to get over our differences while she was gone. She said when she came home, Sasha and I were on the sofa together as if we'd never had a fight ever. Mom said Sasha kind of treated me like I was her kitten after that. Sasha was the boss and I was to obey her but she also looked out for me. She was there for me my whole life until 3 week ago. Now she is gone. Mom said she left her pain behind and went to a wonderful, beautiful place called the Rainbow Bridge. She said one day I will go there, too, but not until it's time. Last night, I was feeling especially lonesome for Sasha so mom took the special box down and opened it. She tookout Sasha's collar and a lock of Sasha's hair for me to smell. It was wonderful!
We also have a new bunny - a dwarf bunny - in the house. Her name is Jasmine and she's pretty cool. I like her and I know Sasha did, too. I have my breakfast by Jasmine's cage every morning before mom takes Jasmine out to put her in her bigger playpen downstairs. I do not like to go downstairs too much during the day as the sunlight hurts my eyes, so I just wait until Jasmine comes back to her cage in the late afternoons for bedtime. Then I sometimes have my dinner there, too. Other times, I just hang out with her, watching her. She's funny and likes to play a lot...and eat a lot!
I turned 13 years old this week, on the 19th, so now I am a teenager.

With Much Sadness...

Sasha's life came an end yesterday. Her little old body just could not go on and I made the decision to have her put into her final sleep. I had the honor of holding her as her spirit passed from this earth. She went very quickly and very gently. She simply went to sleep. She was 14 years, 10 months, and 23 days old. She'd been my baby for all but the first 12 weeks of that time. My heart aches for the absence of her in my home, but she is at peace now. Run free, sweet girl! Bask in your beloved sunbeams and munch on all the grass you want.

Mommy and Daddy love you and miss you, sweetheart.
Sasha Deanna
Born November 11, 1991
Crossed The Rainbow Bridge September 29, 2006