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In Loving Memory Cats => Rainbow Bridge - In Loving Memory => Topic started by: swampmaxmum on August 21, 2009, 08:31:06 AM
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This is for my little Max, who passed on monday after a few months of struggling with kidney failure and heart problems. I love him so and miss him terribly but I am so relieved that now he is at peace.
I am trying to remember all the wonderful, funny and daft things you did my Maxy so that my images of you will always be of Mad Max (why you were called Max to start with) and not the ill sweetheart you became in my arms the last few days and nights.
Maxy is home forever and on his favourite windowsill, where the sun comes through and he always lay on his blankie, crocheted for me by someone I loved and have lost as well.
RIP darling until we all meet again. I am going to find some pictures of you with some of your so different facial expressions to put on here in your memory. God bless little one.
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Godbless sweet Max xx
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RIP baby Max, go find my Max up on the Bridge, you both had the same problems with your kidneys, but you'll both be running around up there, and will be healthy again.
Kate I know what you're going through sweetheart, if you can keep on smiling through the tears, then you'll be just fine :hug: Try to remember all the amazing times you shared, and I'm sure there we were many, Max would want you to celebrate his life :hug: xxx
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RIP my sweet little friend Max. I have happy memories of the morning we spent together with you and Swampy - there are lots of lovely cats up at Rainbow Bridge for you to play with and you will have a lovely time I am sure. Smile down on your mum and dad who worked so hard and tirelessly to help you through your last months and surrounded you with so much love. I will miss you sweetheart :hug:
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RIP Darling Max x
Kate you did your boy proud... Those memories will come and help you through this... A little ray of sunshine he always will be! :Luv: :hug: :hug:
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Max, I'm sure you knew how much your Mum and Dad loved you. Letting go when it was time would have hurt so much, but because they loved you they knew they had to.
RIP, Max.
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You are so loved Max by your bro Swampy and also your meowmy and you will never be forgotten
RIP Max, there are loads of our friends waiting to play with you on the Bridge
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RIP Max, play hard on the bridge x
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RIP sweetheart :hug:
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RIP Max fit and healthy again on the bridge :Luv: but sadly missed by your Mum :( x
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So sorry to see this - RIP Max. :'( :'(
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so sorry to hear about Max. RIP little boy
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Good night Godbless Max xxx
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RIP little Max
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RIP darling Max. :(
I am so sorry Kate. :hug:
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Please think of us at 3 today as then it will be one week exactly that my little man passed. We have his ashes in his favourite sunny window spot, with a photo of him next to it and we talk to it night and morning. I miss him terribly. I can't move any of his stuff yet. I found his favourite old catnip banana, that he played with the day before he passed and am going to put that with him too.
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Maxy darling, I miss you so very much tonight. I am trying to put together a tribute for you, but it's hard at the moment as it's all so final.
I think of you all the time my little Sheesh and close my eyes and we're playing piranha and you are making your soft frrrrrrt frrrrt purr. Love you forever and ever xxxxxxxxx and then another million more.
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God Bless Max.
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Oh Philip - that is beautiful x
RIP sweet Max xxx
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Kate will love that!
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She will love that for sure! :Luv2: :hug: :hug:
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I told Philip just how lovely it is and how talented he is. Both OH and I were overwhelmed and it's such a wonderful tribute to our little Maxsheesh. He was 13 years old when the photo was taken and it's my favourite one of him.
Again, Philip, thank you so very much :hug:
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RIP beautiful Max xx
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you know when I got him as a kitten, he had enormous bat ears (full of ear mites) and was so scrawny and funny looking. Then after about a year, he became such a hunk.
I miss my little man so very much, especially as he was a little boy that loved nothing more than cuddles by his mum.
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I miss you my little Sheesh so much. I hope you are safe and warm and that you get my kisses every night and morning.
In this grey weather you'd be such a comfort, lying in my arms with that soft purr. I hope it's lovely and sunny where you are baby Max.
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Oh Kate :hug: :'(
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Dont worry Kate, above them clouds the sun shines always! :hug: :hug:
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today is even more difficult without my Max. Swampy is 18, he is not feeling at all well and he does not have long himself. I can see how he'd love to lie with his chin on Maxy's tum with the 2 of them fast asleep. I know how he misses his little brother and lifelong friend. Every time I go past the bedroom I say hello to Max. His little casket is on the windowsill where he used to spend hours happily lying in the sunshine. Sometimes it's a gentle experience and sometimes, like today, it is very hard.
I hope he is safe and happy and will be there to greet his brother Swampy when his time comes. I want so so much to believe that we'll all be together again and so happy. I've never known happiness like with my 2 boys.
Max my little Maxsheesh, I miss you so very much. You didn't make your 16th birthday but today we are thinking of you so much too. We will love you always.
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Whenever I get up in the night and walk down the passage to the bathroom, Max would get up from where he was sleeping and follow me. Even in the loo he liked to sit like a teddy bear on my lap. I was walking to the shops through the leaves today and suddenly I missed Max so much I started to cry in public. Now I don't give a ***** what anyone thinks but anyhow, just wanted to post for my baby Max that I miss him so very much, it doesn't get any easier. There's jazz on the radio right now and I'd be sitting holding him and wagging his legs in what we called his 'drum solo'. Max loved music and loved his drum solos.
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Maxy, little one, I didn't want people to think that my grieving for your brother Swampy meant that you had been forgotten. I miss you, my little piranha snapper so very very much.
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Maxy, little one, I didn't want people to think that my grieving for your brother Swampy meant that you had been forgotten. I miss you, my little piranha snapper so very very much.
Anyone who know's you Kate knows that when Swampy is mentioned Max is on your mind and vice versa....Two very special babies! :hug: :hug:
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4 months tomorrow since you passed, my little Max. I looked at all your photos and the ones I took of you near the end, when you looked so far away and quiet and trusting. I love you and your brother Swampy with all my heart and always will. I miss you so terribly. No-one comes to the loo with me in the night and sits on my lap and purrs that funny little soft purr. I can leave crinkly plastic in the flat and no-one chews it. There are no white hairs on everything and no more holes in my clothes. oh Maxy. I'm so so sorry that your last weekend was so difficult and I will never ever forget how, even with your heart and lungs giving up on you my baby, you jumped down and came to me and lay quietly in my arms all night, that last night.
Rest in peace my little Maxsheesh, my little Maximiliano Diablo beautiful boy, be happy with Swampy and know that you are loved more than anything, most special boys of all.
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I know how you feel - everything i read on here sets me off again
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Max my sweet and funny baby Sheesh, I miss you so much. No presents and boxes to jump in and kick with your back legs. I love you my baby, always. Be happy with Swampy, know how much you are both so loved and missed
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Oh Kate! :hug: :hug: :hug:
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little Sheeshyboy, I saw your rainbow on saturday and I love and miss you and Wampa more and more. It is 5 months today my love and it doesn't get easier. I love you Max, my funny little man
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:hug: :hug: :hug: Im glad you saw his rainbow Kate! :hug: :hug: :hug:
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Great to see the rainbow :hug:
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Just found some more chewed plastic, which brought it all back to me. I so wish you were here, still munching all the forbidden plastic bags my sweet daft little man Maxy xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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I wish the day for when you can smile at the things that remind you of your Bridge babes Kate..... :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:
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The sad memories are still too strong. Maxy passed about 7 months ago now and like with Swampy, it feels like yesterday. The flat is so empty. There's no little monster following me to the loo at night to sit on my lap and purr. No little Max to play piranha snappy jaw with. No daft little boy to run and hide when his dad watches football. I miss the way Max looked at me with his eyes soft with love and mine too. He had so many expressions, one for each mood. I remember how, even when so desperately ill on the last night of his life and with his chest flooded and heart failing, he jumped down and came to lie all night in my arms.
I just hope and pray he and Swampy are flying free in heaven and that we can all be together one day. I give thanks every week, when I have a little commemoration for them and light their candles, for the joy and love they brought to us. We were so blessed. But it's still unbearable.
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Big hug for you Kate and extra big hug from Charlie :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:
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I miss my funny little boy Max so much. Monday will be 9 months since he passed. It still feels like yesterday. He was so very plugged into being with his mum, sitting on me, looking at me, talking to me and following me around, that the emptiness is awful.
I'm trying to think what I want to do, if I want to move from the flat or not. I first thought yes as it has so many memories, many of them so vivid, of their last days. Then an american said she'd thought like that and had moved and missed the connection so I'm confused. I suppose give it time.
thanks again for everyone's wonderful support for me with them both.
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the memories aren't in the flat Kate, they will be with you wherever you go
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the memories aren't in the flat Kate, they will be with you wherever you go
I totally agree. Wherever you are in the world, they're firmly in your heart and nothing will ever change that :hug: :hug:
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When my dad died (suddenly) someone told my mum not to make any major decisions for 12 months. She said that was the best advice she'd ever had because the things she had thought of doing would have been wrong. Your bond with Max and Swampy was (and is) so strong maybe it would be good advice for you too. I think you'll know when you're ready to move on, and as others have said, the good memories will stay in your heart wherever you are :hug: :hug: :hug:
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Having moved from my previous address where I lost a loved pet (I brough her with me as she was cremated) I can honestly say the memories come with you, they will be forever in your heart :hug:
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thanks everyone, today is hard :hug: :hug: to you all
I just bought a little white rose in a basket and that's going next to them with their candles today.
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forgive me, but I am going to post exactly the same message on both boys' threads here on RB. I am going to be away and not able to light candles for the boys, which I do at night and also on fridays, to commemorate their passing. I have bought a small orchid to put next to their caskets. It didn't feel right to have fake flowers.
I just wanted them to know that I may be away from what was their home, but they are with me always. I know it sounds odd, but I think some of you on here will understand. I keep their caskets in the windowsill where they always slept.
If anyone is lighting a candle in the next 3 weeks, and if you remember, please could you just offer a little thought up to my Swampy and my Max. It is now 10 months since Max passed and 7 months since Swampy passed but it still feels so raw and recent. It's going to be hard as I am going back to where they used to live, in SA, to visit our ex neighbour.
Fly free little boys, I love you always xxxxx
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It's one year today at 3pm since my little Maxsheesh passed away. I can't think of anything or anyone but you today Max and hope so much my darling boy that you are at peace with Swampy
Fly free my little love, both of you fly free, loved now and always
It doesn't get any easier or less lonely without you. You were both the love of our lives, the best thing that ever happened to anyone in the world.
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Thinking of you Kate and hoping that the pain of loss will lessen soon. :hug: In the meantime I hope you can smile through the tears as remember your darling boys.
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A year has passed so quick, it seems like yesterday :hug: :hug: :hug:
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Thinking of you more than usual today Kate and sending you lots of loves and big hugs :hug: :hug:
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Lots of these :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: sent to you Kate from all of us here in Lincoln.
Max and Swampy had a wonderful life with you and nobody could have looked after them better :hug: :hug:
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thank you everyone so much. I am really tired at the moment and it seems that I just didn't do justice to little Max today although I did think of him all day and lit his candles and sang him his songs.
I remember what he went through and my problems seem so insignificant. He was so brave and loving to the end when he spent his last night in my arms with me. I still feel shock about Max as his illness was so sudden. One minute he was so well and the next in kidney failure.
I looked at his photos and Philip's one I had blown up to A4 and has candles all round it and it looks beautiful. A real comfort.
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I sang Happy Birthday to little Maxsheesh today. He would have been 17 today. I lit him a vanilla candle and I"m sure he's covering his ears from my horrible voice, but I miss and love him and his brother so terribly much.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx baby Max
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It is 2 years this afternoon since my baby Max passed. I miss him so much every single day but I have happy memories to go with the sad ones. I remember the mad times of kittenhood when he 'killed' our laundry basket socks; I remember his anxiety when we had dogs for neighbours and then his joy at living in a flat, peering out the windows at passers by and being so relaxed; then his bravery and love when facing his illness and discomfort, such an inspiration. Most of all, I remember the honour he gave me by jumping down from the sofa where he slept on his last night on earth, when despite being so terribly ill, he jumped down and came to lie all night purring in my arms, just looking at me with such love.
I've lit him his candles, sung him his songs (poor Max: cover your ears my sweet one) and bought him some lovely white flowers. I just wish he was here to decapitate them - his favourite naughty thing to do.
love you always my Max, fly free with your brother Wampa xxxxx
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can't believe its been so long
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RIP Max, such a special boy :hug:
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Time is going by so quickly but it still doesnt seem to ease the pain of losing them .
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RIP Max. I'm sure he enjoyed your singing.
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Kate, am thinking about you and your beautiful boys both. :hug: :hug: