It's one year since that dreadful day.

Today is the 1st anniversary of you leaving me, ALFIE. Not a single day has passed without me thinking about you. I still miss you so much. You were my beautiful boy.
I will love you forever.
Mum xxx

My beloved ALFIE

Today would have been my beloved ALFIE’s 4th Birthday.
Sometimes I think I see still him, I feel his presence close to me many times.
I am a crazy? Or does grief play strange tricks on your mind?
ALFIE was with me for such a short time but will remain in my heart forever.
I miss him. I love him.


I will lend to you for a while a kitten, God said.
For you to love while he lives, and mourn when he’s dead.
Maybe for twelve or fourteen years, or maybe two or three.
But will you, ‘till I call him back, take care of him for me?

He’ll bring his charms to gladden you and, should his stay be brief
You’ll always have his memories as solace for your grief.
I cannot promise he will stay, since all from earth return.
But there are lessons taught below I want this kitten to learn.

I’ve looked the whole world over in search of teachers true.
And from the folk that crowds life’s land I have chosen you.
Now will you give him all your love, nor think the labour vain?
Nor hate me when I come to take my kitten home again?

I fancied that I heard them say ‘Dear Lord Thy Will Be Done’
For all the joys this kitten brings the risk of grief we’ll run.
We’ll shelter him with tenderness, we’ll love him while we may.
And for the happiness we’ve known, forever grateful stay.

But should you call him back much sooner than we planned,
We’ll brave the bitter grief that comes, and try to understand.
If, by our love we’ve managed your wishes to achieve,
Then in memory of him whom we loved, please help us while we grieve.
When our cherished kitten departs this world of strife,
Please send yet another needing soul for us to love all his life.

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Beautiful Boy

This is Helen, ALFIE's mum.

Just a few words to say Thank You for all the kind words, messages, rosettes and gifts you have sent to my ALFIE.

The support from everyone on Catster has been a great comfort to me in the past few days.

I will thank each and everyone of you in time, I am missing him so much every day is a struggle without him being here.

He was just so young and happy, so beautiful and healthy and now he is suddenly taken from me. I truly loved him.

Love to you all
Helen

I will love you forever my beautiful Angel ALFIE

This is Helen, ALFIE’s mum.

It is with a very heavy heart I have to let you know that my beautiful boy ALFIE was hit by a car and killed last Tuesday 20th July.

I am still in total shock and totally devastated. My world is upside down, I am heartbroken and cannot eat, sleep, work or function, and I just cannot believe he is gone and I will never cuddle him or hear is beautiful purry little voice again.

I loved him so much, like a little furry child, He was a big part of my family, everyone who ever met him loved him instantly. ALFIE was so, so very beautiful, He was only 3 years old. The shock and hurt is unbearable and has been since I found him. I have tried so many times to post this message on Catster but each time I have broken down and been unable to write.

I am so sorry to give you all this sad news and to pour my heart out in public but I am struggling so much to deal with his passing. I will love him forever.

Thank you all so much for being his friend. I love you all.

Helen

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas Everyone!!

Its Christmas morning and I am so excited!!!

I had my favourite breakfast which was freshly grilled Tuna steak, it was a huge portion but I ate every bit of it – delicious!

Next, I opened my Secret Santa gift which was sent from Marina & Tosca it was a great Cat Dancer game which I have been playing with already and some Crazy spinners.

I also got a whole stocking full of presents including luxury treats and food, new ball and new collar and lots of other smaller things. My big present from my mum and dad was a water fountain to drink from as I love to drink from the running tap or sometimes even worse when I manage to sneak into the bathroom! Mum is calling my drinking fountain "the fountain of youth" as I am running around the house today like a crazy kitten, I am so excited.

I will get turkey for lunch then I will probably need a big sleep. Mum will upload some new photos showing all this excitement soon.

ALFIE

Watch the Birdies!!!

Something really exciting happened at my house earlier this morning!!
My mum has a few days off work and we were both in the garden, I was watching the birdies and my mum was hanging out the laundry to dry, she left the back door open as she always does when its a sunny day, when she had finished we go back into the house.
A few minutes later mum goes upstairs closely followed by me, as she walks into the bedroom a big brown birdie dive-bombs her!! Mum shrieked as this was such a big shock she was not expecting a bird in her bedroom!! I think its really exciting and start jumping all over her bed and racing around the bedroom, never, ever before has mum had a birdie in her bedroom.
The birdie was flapping around and then it pooped on the carpet!! My mum quickly pulled the curtains away from the windows and opened both windows are far as they would go and then she picked me up and put me outside the bedroom. She went back inside and after a few minutes came out saying the brown birdie had flown out of the window.
I was a little annoyed at mum for locking me outside the bedroom when things were getting really exciting.
My mum says she just can't believe that a bird would fly into the house, but thats what must of happened when the back door was opened.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to all my Catster friends.

Here's hoping you all have a healthy 2009.

A rainy day in Luton

Oh boy I am in so much trouble!!

It is a very wet and rainy Sunday afternoon in Luton, but quite warm.
I am in and out of the house every two minutes, as mum leaves the door slightly open for me to come and go as I please.

Anyway lots going on in my garden today, birdies are twittering, squirrels are scurrying about collecting nuts, plenty of my favourite frogs about too, so lots of reasons for me to patrol my garden.

All this outside activity has made me very, very wet and muddy I really was soaked through to the skin but it’s my choice as the door is always open for me.

Once I had done my garden patrol I wandered back into the house with muddy paws and decided to patrol the whole house. I wandered into the bathroom and up onto the edge of the bath, leaving a dirty trail of paw prints on the edge of the bath. I then wandered into the kitchen, thinking mum might be in there as I saw her cleaning the kitchen floor earlier this morning, but no-one in the kitchen, my paws are still very muddy and still leaving a trail. Next I’m in the lounge, and jump up on the window sill to see what’s going on out the front, still wet & muddy. Finally after checking over my house, I decide to wrap my self around my dads legs but he shouted at me to go away as I was so wet and made his trousers wet, so I decided to take a nap and jumped up onto my mum & dads nice clean white & ivory bedding to have a quick wash and then take a nap.

Just as I was drifting off into a nice sleepy sleep, I hear my mum start shouting and screaming about “muddy paw prints all over the house where is that Boy?”

Who me?

What’s the matter with her, she’s making such a big fuss, I’ve created loads more housework and cleaning for her to do. I am in big trouble because I have muddy wet paws. She needs to relax more, and take it easy just like me.

I’ll act extra cute and be extra friendly for the rest of the day, so mum will soon forgive me, she always does. It always works.
ALFIE

ALFIE’s mum here – ALIE really has made such a big mess all over the house, to look at him you would think he had jumped into a big puddle and then rolled about in the mud up to his tummy, all of his white bits are muddy brown. If he were a dog I would try to give him a bath, but I know he would hate this and I would end up worst for wear, so he will just have to clean himself. There’ll be no treats for ALF today!

First Fight!!!

On Friday I had my first fight ever.

Firstly, I would like to mention that I am a very placid gentle boy, and I get on OK and tolerate all the other local kitties.

However, in the last couple of weeks a big strange long haired Black & White cat seems to have arrived on the scene. He has jumped over the fence into my garden several times this week, I have warned him about invading my territory by hissing and spitting at him on numerous occasions but he still keeps on coming into my garden and I don’t like it!!

Friday evening was the final straw for me, I was wandering around my garden as I always do every evening, when suddenly HE appears sneaking in under the gates.
This time I was ready for him, I pounced on him, and wrestled him to the ground there was a lot of noise both from him and me and the fur was flying. All my family came running out of the house to see what was going on, and with this he turned on his heels and ran back under the gate.

I had a mouthful of black fur, and black fur in my claws, I received a small scratch across my nose but it was not bleeding, and I had lost my collar, although my human Brother later found this in the garden. My family checked me over to make sure I had no other injuries and then I had to stay in the house for the rest of the evening, but I was up at the window all night making sure he did not come back.

My Family have decided this was a victory for me, the score is:

ALFIE 1 - Mr Black & White 0

I hope Mr Black & White has learnt his lesson not to come into my garden, MY garden is MY territory, and that is final. I am usually a very friendly boy with other cats, but I just do not like him at all.

ALFIE

I have been an unlucky boy!

What a lot has happened since my last diary entry!!

A couple of weeks ago now, it was a nice sunny day and the French doors were open, and suddenly a big buzzy Bee tried to come in through the doors and I jumped on it a held it to the ground and then the next thing I know it stung me on my left paw, and then it got away, and I was left with a very sore paw, it swelled up to about 3 times its normal size.
My mum was at work when it happened, and my grown up human brother had to look after me until my mum got home as he had a day off from college.
Anyway, my paw got better after a couple of days and I got lots more fuss and attention than usual and I got to have fresh chicken and fish several times for dinner.
I have learnt a lesson the horrible way, but I just can’t help wanting to chase anything that buzzes.

This week has been eventful too. The weather in the UK has finally warmed up and on Tuesday it was a very sunny day. My Mum, Dad & human Brother were all out all day which is very unusual for me to be in complete charge of the house and garden. I was up and outside in the back garden very early today and when it came to 7.30am my Mum decided as I was having so much fun to LEAVE ME OUTSIDE ON MY OWN ALL DAY!!!!!!! While she went to work – Can you believe it? I may be 14 months old now but I have never, ever been on my own in the garden all day with the door closed. SHE (my mum) did leave fresh water, cat crunchies and my litter box in the garden, but after a couple of hours I had enough and I wanted to get back in, but couldn’t. By 3pm when human brother got home from college I was furious at being locked out of my own home all day!!
Believe me I made them pay, I was in a bad mood all evening, and I would not let my mum cuddle me at all, this upset her very much, (that’ll teach her)

Then on Wednesday I wasn’t very well at all, and it was back to the vets for me, I had a very high temperature, and was very lethargic and sleepy and would not eat anything or play at all, I just felt so poorly (I had gotten over my bad mood of yesterday) The vet gave me 2 jabs and some antibiotics, and then sent me home. My Mum is now feeling extremely bad about leaving me in the garden yesterday.
Initially, I did feel a little better, but within 24 hours the effect of my jabs had warn off, and my high temperature had returned, so it was back to the vets again, this time my temperature was very, very high indeed, even more than yesterday and the antibiotics had made me sick too. This time the vet gave me a different jab and different antibiotics and I was allowed to go home, but the vet said I must come back on Friday as my temperature needs to be checked as it was so high.
On Friday evening it was back to the vets again for me, this time my temperature was still high but not as bad as Wednesday or Thursday, and yet another jab!!!!
The vet said if I am still lethargic and very sleepy on Saturday, to take me back for blood tests, today is Saturday and I think the antibiotics are finally beginning to take effect as I am much better today, although still not any where near my usual self, but a definite improvement, so mum said she would wait and see how I am in a couple of days and then decide if I need to go back for blood tests. The vet thinks it is just an unexplained virus.

It has been very warm and sunny again today and the human family had a barbeque in the garden which was good for me as I got lots of cooked chicken and burgers for my dinner. Since I have been ill my family are spoiling much more than usual, I think I am finally getting better - I hope so.

Lots of Love
ALFIE
xxx