July 6th 2009 8:35 pm
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Our Dear BoBo,

Was it a year ago that you crossed the Rainbow Bridge or was it yesterday?

Today was a day *filled* with thoughts, tears, laughter, smiles and many "awwwwwwwww's"... all about you. Many, many thoughts.. of fun times and not so fun times, remembering what life was like.

Your dads sat down today and talked a little about you... then we looked at your many digital pictures on the TV in a slideshow. How beautiful you were Bo! The difference from that first day we met you when you were all dirty, tired and hungry to what a beautiful "creamsicle" you grew to be, if only a year old.

This past year without you has been hard. There isn't one day that has gone by that your name hasn't been mentioned, or you haven't been talked about. The effect that you have had on us has been immense.

I look behind me at the computer and see little ^Willow^ asleep on the couch... in the same place where you and sweet angel Maggie spent many hours. It's uncanny at times, because if I'm not thinking, I look and see you sometimes.. ^Willow^'s coloring is almost exactly the same as yours.

Your beautiful urn is in this room, along with Maggie and Bernie's. Sometimes they're hard to look at, because it's an instant reminder that you three have crossed... and that chapter in our lives is finished.

Then I think about how you are no longer in pain... and I know you were very sick, BoBo. It was so hard to let you go.. and I had no idea that day would be the day you would cross. We were so hopeful that the liver function test the next day would lead to some type of a diagnosis, so we could get you the proper treatment you needed. After all these months and all that time to think, I guess you had just had enough, little one. I hope that we were able to ease the pain a bit for you... being there to hold you during your seizures and always tending to your every need.

So yes, BoBo... we miss you terribly. We're also very honored that we had the time we did have together.. even if it was so short. But in a way... you've helped save three other kitties - Barnaby, Willow and TomTom. They're loved deeply and cared for just as well as our angels were.

And as for your legacy, Bo... not to worry. Little ^Willow^ has made sure that you will never be forgotten. Although she is quite her own self... just being a little female creamsicle immediately brings thoughts of you.

We love and miss you,
Your Daddies