RIP Kittens

[Dan Hickling]

Came home tonight around midnight to find our cat, Kittens, lying dead on the grass by the road ... had the sad duty to wake my wife and daughter to tell them the awful news ... then of course there were the burial duties ... I know that there are greater tragedies than this -- and our industry has experienced that in the past week -- but we loved the cat ... she was three ... we got her as a little kitten (the name stuck even when she grew to adulthood) and she became one of us ... as sad as this is for our family, I can see some small mercies for which I'm thankful ... that it happened in front of our place, and not somewhere else where we wouldn't have known what happened to her ... that I'm the one who found her tonight and not Deb in the morning on her way to work, or Charlotte waitiing for the school bus ... that would have been much worse ... too, Kittens and our other cat, a baby named Snickers were running around outside yesterday and I took the camera and got several snaps of all the fun ... so glad I had the chance to do that ... we had our familial tearshedding ... and reminiscing ... anywho ... I don't have a real point in sharing this ... except I know we've all lost pets at one point or another ... God keeps our tears in a bottle. says the Psalmist ... all of them ...

 

[KYSportsWriter]

Sorry to hear that, Dan.

 

[Killick]

I just went thru that a little over a month ago, Dan, so I know what you're going thru. So sorry, man.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

This is not the thread I was expecting...

RIP to your kittens...

 

[imjustagirl]

So sorry to hear that, Dan. sportschick will be along to post Rainbow Bridge sometime soon. I'm glad you had that last photo opportunity to remember the joy.

 

[sportschick]

I'm really sorry for your loss, Dan.

Rainbow Bridge
Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.

When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge.
There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together.
There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.

All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.
The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent; His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....

 

[Baron Scicluna]

So sorry, Dan. Losing pets is so painful.

 

[ScribePharisee]

Came home tonight around midnight to find our cat, Kittens, lying dead on the grass by the road ... had the sad duty to wake my wife and daughter to tell them the awful news ... then of course there were the burial duties ... I know that there are greater tragedies than this -- and our industry has experienced that in the past week -- but we loved the cat ... she was three ... we got her as a little kitten (the name stuck even when she grew to adulthood) and she became one of us ... as sad as this is for our family, I can see some small mercies for which I'm thankful ... that it happened in front of our place, and not somewhere else where we wouldn't have known what happened to her ... that I'm the one who found her tonight and not Deb in the morning on her way to work, or Charlotte waitiing for the school bus ... that would have been much worse ... too, Kittens and our other cat, a baby named Snickers were running around outside yesterday and I took the camera and got several snaps of all the fun ... so glad I had the chance to do that ... we had our familial tearshedding ... and reminiscing ... anywho ... I don't have a real point in sharing this ... except I know we've all lost pets at one point or another ... God keeps our tears in a bottle. says the Psalmist ... all of them ...

My daughter got upset as we drove by a cat laying in the middle of the main road out of our subdivision. She wanted me to go back and get it to bury it because everyone was just driving by it and it was all alone. Had we not been late for an engagement, I think she would have gotten her way. We'd have 50 animals if she had her way.

 

[BYH]

This is not the thread I was expecting...

RIP to your kittens...

No kidding.

This is almost the exact same thing that happened to one of our cats when I was a kid. My Dad came home from work and asked which of the cats was outside. We said Lucky and he said OK, he was just curious. Then he went out "for a jog," except he'd seen Lucky dead on the side of the road and he went out to bury her. Sad day. Sorry for your loss, Dan.

 

[Cadet]

Sorry to hear this, Dan.

 

[Dan Hickling]

Thanx so much, guys ... for all the good wishes ... the shock of last night has morphed into a mixture of sadness and hapiness...laughing at all the funny little things she did ... the things that made Kittens, Kittens, made her different from any other cat that God ever put on this Earth ...

 

[Colton]

This is not the thread I was expecting...

RIP to your kittens...

Agreed.

So sorry for your loss, Dan.

 

[Unibomber]

 

[EStreetJoe]

Dan -- so sorry to hear about Kittens.

 

[sportsguydave]

My condolences, Dan.

 

[Ed Puskas]

Condolences to you and yours, Dan.