Thursday, March 6, 2014

A lovely cat named "Sweet-Young"




I know it has been awhile since I made a posting.  I guess I needed some motivation. Well, a beautiful cat named "Sweet-Young" is my motivation tonight.

This sweet, gentle cat came into my life sixteen years ago and she left it four days ago.


I often told her, especially during these last months, how I fell in love with her at first sight.  A colony of homeless cats came to my attention those sixteen years ago and as I tried to help them, it became necessary to give them descriptive names and I often referred to her as the "sweet, young one".  The name stuck although I was embarrassed at the vet clinic and changed it to Tamu (which means "sweet" in Swahili).  Mind you, that was only for their files because she always remained "Sweet-Young" to me.  And she always remained sweet  - but alas, not young.


Her gentle nature was evident through all the years and through all the turmoil of bringing in homeless strays to live with us.  She often took a young one "under her wing" and became a surrogate mother.


One such kitten was a tiny black and white one that I named Darcy.  Darcy grew up to be a tall, handsome cat and he fell in love with her as hard as I did.  Although she was becoming more delicate these last few months, she never rebuffed his loving advances of face rubbing and cuddling although the look on her face betrayed her dismay on occasion and I had to intervene so as to give her some peace.


Darcy and I are both missing her terribly.

12 comments:

  1. Aw. You gave her many good years, and she you.

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    1. Thanks Anvilcloud. That will be my consolation. :-)

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  2. Awww... I'm so sorry for your loss. I know how very hard it is to lose one of our furry family members. Your Sweet-Young sounds like she was a real love. I'm sorry that you and yours are hurting but happy that she had such a loving home.

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    1. Thank you for such a kind and thoughtful comment Hilary. It means a lot.

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  3. I believe that all of us who have been adopted by stray's have come to know of how you feel.

    I'm sorry for your loss Doris but there is no doubt that you were her "special friend" and that she tried, in her own way, to return your kindness over the years.

    Glacierbear.

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    1. Thanks Glacierbear. :-) Your words are comforting and she did return my kindness many times over.

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  4. My sympathies, it's hard when we loose a pet. My mum always said to remember them with fondness and a smile. Flighty xx

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    1. Thank you Flighty. Your mum was right. I have wonderful memories!

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  5. A tiny glowing spark has left this world of ours. It seems as if she came into your life to help you with the other strays... a true little angel. I am so sorry for the sadness you are feeling.

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    1. Thank you Didee. You express my thoughts so well. I always feel that the world gets a little darker when someone we love leaves it.

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  6. Please accept my condolences for your loss. No matter how long we have them with us, it's never long enough.

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    1. Thank you so much messymimi. I appreciate your kindness and how right you are about it never being long enough.

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