Cat Heaven

[japple]

In loving memory of Tiny, beloved companion 1992 to October 15, 2008. Tiny has gone to be reunited with my husband in the spirit world.



Cat Heaven

The way to Cat Heaven
Is a field of sweet grass
Where crickets
And butterflies play.
A cat may be late in getting to Heaven…
There’s just so much fun on the way!

But an angel will wait
At the yellow front door,
Wait till a kitty
comes home.
And when she arrives,
he’ll give her a kiss
and some milk
in a bowl of her own.

There are trees
In Cat Heaven,
Trees made
Just for cats,
Trees growing
So green and so high,
But no one
gets stuck
in a tree
anymore—
if a cat
wants down,
she will fly!

And oh, all the toys,
Kitty toys everywhere,
Thousand and thousands
Go by.
There are buttons and baubles
And small cotton mice—
There is catnip
Afloat in the sky!

There are angels,
Of course,
With soft angel laps
Where kitties can purr
Loud and strong.

The angels will rub
Kitties’ noses and ears
And sing them
A Cat Heaven song.
And when cats are hungry,
There’s God’s kitchen counter
All covered with
White kitty dishes,
Full of tuna and salmon
And mounds of sardines,
And wonderful little pink fishes.

The cats in Cat Heaven
Are so loved and spoiled
God lets them all
Lie on His bed…
He walks
In His garden
With a good black book
And a kitty
Asleep on His head.

Then when a cat needs,
She may just simply ponder
And watch the blue world deep and wide…
She will watch the old house
Where she once lived and wandered,
And the people
Who loved her inside.

All cats love Heaven,
They know the way there,
They know where
The angel cats fly.
They’ll run past the stars
And the moon and the sun…
…to curl up with God in the sky.

From Cat Heaven, written and illustrated by Cynthia Rylant, who also authored Dog Heaven

[ceile]

1. My condolences, japple.

RIP Tiny.
:hug:

[hamsterjill]

2. I'm very sorry.

Bless you for loving him and caring for him during his long life here on earth. They do tend to make little indentions on your heart, don't they?

[virgdem]

3. I' m very sorry for your loss Japple

and I love that poem.

[japple]

4. Thanks, virgdem. And belated condolences on the

loss of your kitty. It never gets easier saying goodbye to a faithful companion, does it? My Tiny was the sweetest, dearest, funniest cat, and there's a deep ache in my heart for him. I had Tiny cremated and when the ashes are returned to me, I will sprinkle them at the base of the tree that I planted in memory of my husband. Tiny loved to stretch out full length on Bob's lap and they both snored together.

[BrklynLiberal]

5. I am sorry that you have lost your sweet fur-baby.

There are no words that can really help right now. I have found that only tears and time seem to make the ache a little more bearable.
I hope that someday you will be able to look back and think if Tiny and smile....remembering only the good times you shared.

[roody]

6. Oh, Tiny. I am so sorry you lost Tiny.

[Eurobabe]

7. So sorry you've lost your friend japple

RIP Tiny, it is obvious that you were very loved.

PS. that poem made me cry. :cry:

[DainBramaged]

8. .....

:cry: :cry: :hug: :hug: :hug:

[Tammie]

9. Sorry for your loss, japple.

Rest in peace, sweet Tiny.

[AZBlue]

10. I'm so sorry!