My first birthday at the Bridge

I miss my meowmy and daddy today. It's beautiful here at the Bridge, but Labor Day Weekend was always the time they spent their whole weekend with me, playing and petting and sleeping with me. I love you, meowmy and daddy.

Tansey


My dear sweet Tansey:
We miss you very much and wish you Happy 18th birthday. The two little girls you sent us, Willow and Luna, are growing up very quickly. They love to play with catnip toys just like you did, and they do silly things with the toys, just like you did. Luna puts the catnip toys in her water bowl, just like you did.
But neither one can carry their tails over their backs, the way you did. You were our very special little girl and you always will be.

Meowmy

My Journey is Almost Over

Dear Diary,

I am a tired girl. My body is giving out, but my heart is still strong. I want to be with my family, but I am hearing a call that I must answer very soon.

I am getting ready for a new journey, to a place called the Rainbow Bridge. My love Smoke will be waiting for me, but I don't want to leave my meowmy and daddy. Their faces are wet and sad when they look at me, so they know I need to answer this call very soon and make my journey.

They have given me love in abundance all my life, and I gave them my heart and soul in play, love, purrs and vrrrs. I love them with all my might, and I always will. I know they will always love me, and that love is what makes their faces wet now.

I am not sure if I will ever make another diary entry. I love all of my Catster friends and with a raised paw I bid you all Hail and Farewell. I hope to see you all again someday.

With love

Tansey's Fancy

My Love has gone over the Bridge Today

I have a sad heart today, furriends. My hubbycat Smoke crossed the Bridge and I am lost.

He is the love of my life, the light in my heart, and I will miss him always.

I try to smile and not cry, knowing that he is free of all pain and will be young and strong again, but right now all I want to do is cry for him and his dear family. They are my family too.

He gave me a candle before he left. Even at his end, he was still thinking of others and thinking of me.

Check on us now and again, my darling hubbycat. I will always love you. Smokey and Hermes will miss you too, more than you will know.

All my love, today, tomorrow and always.

Your Tansey

Olde Furts have their good and bad times

Dear Diary,

A couple weeks ago I wasn't feeling very well. I didn't want to eat or play or torment my brofur Hermes. I just wanted to sleep. Meowmy and daddy were worried about me because I'm a little skinnybutt kitty and if I don't eat, I get wobbly on my legs, and they don't like to see me wobbly.

I didn't want to hide in a quiet place, I wanted to be near my family, but I hid under things in the rooms where they were. They could see me, but Hermes couldn't get too close. When he does I just have to swat him upside the head and I just didn't feel like doing that.

Daddy tempted me with different cans of Fancy Feast, but I wasn't interested. I didn't holler for my food like I normally do. It didn't look or smell good to me, I didn't even lick off the juice.

After a few days of not eating, meowmy and daddy tempted me with some canned TUNA. That was just irresistible, and I lapped up the water and it tasted really good to me. Then daddy gave me some TUNA from the can and I began to get my appetite back. I got to eat TUNA and drink tuna water for a few days.

Then daddy got me some Fancy Feast Appetizers and set one down for me. Now -that- smelled good! I ate a little bit and meowmy and daddy were very happy and gave me lots of very gentle pets and talked nicely to me. I began to feel a little bit better, so I ate a little bit more of the Appetizer. Daddy put down another one for me, and I was one lucky girlkit! I ate it all up and meowed for more!

It was the first time in about a week that I meowed for my food, and that made daddy and meowmy very happy. I began to feel more like myself again, except for my wobbly legs, those took awhile to get steady again. I got better and better and began to eat my cans of Fancy Feast again. I began hollering for my breakfast in the morning again and bugging daddy to feed me at 5:30 in the morning.

I began to wash myself again, to sleep in my regular places, and to slap Hermes when he got too close for comfort. I crawled up onto meowmy's lap in her chair and purred for her, and meowmy was very happy and petted and petted me in all my favorite places. I kneaded her lap for the first time in almost two weeks because I felt so much better and wanted to show meowmy how good I felt.

I have kidney disease and it doesn't bother me most of the time. Sometimes I just don't feel so good, though, and that makes meowmy and daddy worry a lot. I was diagnosed with this almost four years ago and I've been a pretty healthy girlkit except for just a couple of times where I gave meowmy and daddy some scares when I would not eat.

I -love- to eat, and I've been eating like a horse to make up for the time I wasn't interested in food. I use my litterbox like a good girl and drink lots of water every day. I'm glad to be feeling better now!

I'm Getting Married Today!

Oh my, the day is finally here! My dearest love Smoke and I are tying the knot this afternoon at Pie's chapel!

I never thought I would find my heart's desire at 16 years old, but I guess you never know when Cupid's arrow will find its way to you!

My dear Smoke has been making the most wonderful plans for us! I haven't had to do very much, even though he knows I certainly would. He treats me like the Princess I feel I always should have been. He is my Prince Charming and today all the Catster world will see it!

Our little daughter Smokey is so excited, she gets to wear a pretty dress and scatter flower petals. She is so tired after my bridal shower yesterday that she is still asleep!

We are both going to the salon to get our whiskers done a little bit later today, then to a fine tea with her uncle Hermes and I. We will then rest up and play quiet catcard games until it's time to go to the chapel.

Pie and Flowie and Whispie and Ras have been wonderful to give me such a lovely bridal shower and I treasure all the wonderful gifts and well-wishes from everyone. I am such a lucky girlkit!

I'm in love!

I'm in love! I have a sweetie named Smoke, and we're going to be married on Friday, February 12, 2010! I am so excited, I've never had a sweetie before. And to think I had to wait until I was SIXTEEN!

We met in Pie's Breakfast Club in the Olde Furts forum. I knew Smoke was special right away, but I kept my feelings hidden until he finally noticed me. I'm a little bit shy around such handsome boy kitties.

Smoke treats me like a Queen, and I love that. He's given me some very nice gifts, including a robokitten who, with the magic of Christmas, became a real kitten who looks just like me! Little Smokey is the joy of our lives.

I am a very lucky girl kit.