06/06/2023 - We love Poof. He was the softest and silliest grey and white Scottish Fold around. He was very big, so we called him a Gros Chat. Se ne pas un petit chat, il y a un gros chat. It was so easy to make him purr. He had such round fea tures and was so soft. His last two years were difficult. He survived a rough illness in April-May 2021. The vet said he wasn't going to make it, but he did, and ended up living another comfortable 2 years. At his peak, he was 17 pounds, but went all the way down to 7 pounds during his illness. During his last 2 years, he maintained a weight of 10-12 pounds.

He loved basking in the sun, rolling around in catnip, eating temptations treats, and eating grass.

His last words were "eeeeee."

From Jennifer, Al, Brendan and Brianna.

06/09/2023 - It's been one week since you left us. Seeing your sweet round face makes me sad and wanting to see you in person again, but it also makes me grateful you were here with us in the first place. We are so lucky to have adopted you after your previous owners gave you up for 2 boxer dogs. You are special and we would never have given you up.

06/12/2023 - It's over a week now Mario. I'm growing sadder with the realization that you are gone from us forever. It's painful, but at least you're not suffering anymore. Miss my sweet Poof. xoxo.

06/18/2023 - It's over 2 weeks now Mario. Feeling sad all the time. Miss you so much. We have your tree and other plants, even a palm tree, ready to go for your memorial. I bought you a small cat statue with wings, not sure if I'll put it outside at your tree or keep it in the house with your other stuff. But we miss you terribly. Hope you are well and happy and playing and eating with new friends, maybe even your mom and siblings. Hopefully xoxo

06/16/2023 - Today is 2 weeks Mario. Somehow we have to move on, but it's hard. Missing you more and more each day. I think reality is setting in after the schock. Not a good feeling. Rest well sweet Poof. xoxo

06/13/2023 - Miss you so much Mario, my Poofy cat. Needing to bring you "home" soon. Feeling sad. xoxo
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06/14/2023 - Missing you Poof. It will never be the same here without you. Thank goodness for Rainbow Bridge. xox

06/14/2023 - Miss you sweet kitty. Your ashes came home today. Feeling so very sad. But at least youre here with us again, just in a different way. Miss and love you sweet Poof. xoxo. Goodnight.

06/20/2023 - Miss you sweet Mario. It's almost 3 whole weeks. I can't believe it. It is not the same in our house without you. I don't know how to move forward without you. We will be planting your tree soon. Your memorial tree. My sweet Poof. Miss you so much. We will continue the Monday night vigils. Goodnight sweet kitty. xoxo

06/21/2023 - We planted your tree tonight Mario. A pussy willow tree. It's very sweet, like you. A memorial for you. We miss you so much sweet Pooof.

06/23/2023 - It's been 3 weeks today Poof. Feeling so sad without you. Miss you so much. It's raining today, you must have sent that to us since it's a sad 3-week day. You're always with us though. Always. Miss you sweet Poof. Love you and hope Rainbow Bridge gives you health and happiness. xoxo.

06/25/2023 - Miss you so much Mario. My sweet Poof. Your memorial tree looks so nice. We're not done yet though. It's a weeping pussy willow tree. There's white stone around it and other plants. We also hung your framed paw prints in our living room. I just miss you so much Poof. Love you.

06/30/2023 - Well today is 4 weeks since we saw you last Mario. Each day I miss you more, I miss petting you, feeding you, listening to your purr, brushing you. But I am glad you're not suffering with your arthritis, hard of hearing, laboured breathing, inability to eat properly and without medication in it, your inability to sit properly or jump and run. But we all miss you so very much. Love you Poof. We'll continue the Monday night vigils and we have your tree outside which helps us cope. Please be well and happy. xoxo

07/01/2023 - Happy Canada Day Poof in Rainbow Bridge! Hope there are many nice things to celebrate. We will be here missing you on our first holiday without you. Love you Mario. xoxo

11/01/2024 - Goodnight my sweet angels, I am so very tired tonight, I miss you all so much, it's tiring being sad and anxious all the time. I think I have arthritis, I'm in so much pain and discomfort. Help me sweet friends, o my Pines, Poof, and Mango. I love you all so much, it is November, Christmas without my sweet friends. Pines, next month is a year since we held you last. I's so hard to think you you like that. So hard. Please send me a sign or two tonight friends, any of you, please, I need to know you're ok and that you're with me. You're my comfort, my family, please. And Poof, please watch over Brendan tomorrow, he is travelling again, please bring him home safe, please. TY. Goodnight sweet friends, sleep well together, miss and love you all so much, xoxo

11/02/2024 - O my Pines, Poofy, and Mango-Bird, I am struggling so much with my health anxiety over my heart. I need your help sweet friends, with blood pressure too. I need your comfort, knowing you are all with me. This is going to be a difficult Christmas Pines. Last year at this time we didn't realize that next month you were going to become extremely ill, and leave us forever. The thoughts and memories are overwhelming to me. And Mango, taken too young by accident that could have been prevented. I will never live that down sweet bird. Where's Mango? And my sweet sweet soft Poofy, miss you so much my luv. All of you. Ty for bringing Brendan home today, let tomorrow go ok and bring him home safe again. Goodnight sweet angels, I'm so tired, sleep well together, stay warm, miss & love you all so much, xoxo

11/03/2024 - Poofy, it's been too long since I've petted you or felt your purrs. Or fed you, or helped you up on furniture or groomed you. I should have let you stay upstairs all that week, or even two weeks or longer. I'm so sorry. I miss you so much. And Pines, it's going to be a year. I'll never forget that Christmas morning, holding your body on my shoulder, still warm. My baby Pines. And mango, you said Where's Mango, over and over, the night before you went missing. I miss you all so very much, it hurts so bad. So many tears. Please watch over us friends, bring us all home safe and healthy pls. Ty Poof for bringing Brendan home safe again. Pls continue that. For all of us. Goodnight sweet friends, sleep well together, stay warm, miss & love you all so much, xoxo

11/04/2024 - Time goes by so fast sweet friends, I haven't seen Mango in years, Poofy in a year and a half, and Pines in almost a year. I'm more than devastated about that and miss you all so much, and there's nothing I can do about it. If I stop this that means I may forget, but I know I would never forget any of you. Mango, I had the most normal response with your loss. I was devastated, went through the grief, and moved on with you still deep in my heart. I can't do that anymore, not without Poof or Pines. Please send signs at least, let me know you're ok friends, that's all I have. Pls watch over us sweet friends, bring us home safe pls. Goodnight, sleep well together, stay warm and dry, winter is coming, love & miss u all so much, xoxo

11/05/2024 - O my Pines, Poof, and Mango, my dear sweet angels, missing you as always. I am distracted with the Trump and Harris election stuff, but I've been thinking of you all day again, missing you so much. My life will never be the same, I will never have the normal happiness I had when you were all here with me. If you would send me signs it would help, I need to know you're ok and with me. Please watch over us friends, keep us healthy and safe pls. Pls send signs. My beautiful sweet rescue bird Piney, o how I miss you. Xmas won't be the same. Goodnight sweet friends, sleep well together, miss & love you all so much, xoxo

11/06/2024 - My sweet friends, I miss u all so much, it hurts to think about it all day. My sweet friends, my angels, O my Pines. Next month is a whole year without you and I feel like that Xmas day was just yesterday. A whole year almost without my Piney-bird. It makes my heart hurt just thinking of that, of your last couple of days with us. I was in denial Pines. You were dying and I didn't know it. I really didn't. I can't believe that. If I'd known I would have had your cage right beside me in my room. I'm so sorry sweet bird. You were in rough shape. We should have brought you back to that vet. But it was Xmas, it would have been impossible. I'm so sorry. Could we have saved you Pines? And Mango, could we have saved you too? You needed a vet. We neglected you. Your eye was infected and we did nothing. I'm sorry sweet bird. How stupid on our part. And my Poofy, my sweet Poofy. So soft and loving. My poor Poofy, I miss you so much. Please watch over us sweet angels, goodnight, sleep well together, stay warm, miss & love you all so much, xoxo

11/07/2024 - My sweet angels at Rainbow Bridge, I miss you so much, as I've said, my life will never be the same, never the same happiness as when you were here. Please send me signs, something friends that can let me know that you are all ok and with me at all times. My sweet Poofy, I miss your fur, your comfort, helping you, everything. And Pines, picking your pin feathers, scratching your neck, holding you, feeding you, and Mango, your poor eye. It's been too long since I saw you last. I will never forget you, but you must send me signs sweet bird. Please watch over us friends, goodnight, sleep well together, stay warm, miss & love you all so much, xoxo

11/08/2024 - My sweet friends, I miss you so much, I'm so tired tonight. So tired and sad, always. My life will never be happy without you three. You were my family. I loved and love you so much. A piece of me is missing. If I knew you were all ok and with me in my broken heart, it would help. I need some signs friends, please, it would help so much. I'm so very tired. Please watch over us friends, keep us safe and bring us home every day, please my sweet Pines, Poof, and Mango-bird. All of the traumatic PTSD thoughts come into my head, every day, every night. Goodnight sweet angels, sleep well together, stay warm, send me signs (please!), miss & love you so much, xoxo

11/09/2024 - O my Pines, Poof, and Mango-Bird. Pines, I realized tonight that you were with us for 17 months, not quite a year and six months. These cats have been with us approx 15 months. That is almost the same amount of time that was with you. And I am not connected at all to them. I was instantly connected to you. If it hasn't happened now, it never will. I shouldn't have gotten these cats so fast, I haven't found peace yet from you, Poofy, and Mango. Mango, you would be 6 years old now. Just so devastating. And my beautiful Poof and Pines, I just am not ready to accept you are gone. I can't. Only 17 months with us Pines, and it feels like so much more. Like you were here forever. You were such a big part of our lives. Taken away. Please watch over us sweet friends. Goodnight, I am so tired, sleep well together, stay warm, miss & love you all so much, xoxo

11/10/2024 - Just want my sweet friends, as usual. Missing you all so much on this very rainy, dreary day. Tomorrow is Remembrance Day. I will certainly be remembering my sweet Pines, Poofy, and Mango-Bird. Mango, I truly am so sorry. We should have 1) brought you to a vet for your infected eye. It must have hurt and bothered you. 2) for ignoring the fact that a rat was in that room 3) and me for not searching and bringing you in the house with me that horrible April 26th, 2022 day. I'm so very sorry sweet bird. I will never forgive myself. I miss you so very much. And Pines, o my Pines, it is so difficult without you. Words cannot express it. And Poofy, my sweet comfort, how do I move on without you? My sweet sweet Poof. Please watch over us friends, goodnight, sleep well together, stay warm and dry, miss & love you all so much, xoxo

11/11/2024 - On this Remembrance day friends, I remembered and honoured you all, as usual. I forever will honour my three friends who are gone away from me, and I miss you all so very much. The Monday night vigils at least give me comfort, somewhat. It's so hard my sweet friends, not to have you here. Pines, were you sick BEFORE you got ataxia? My poor poor Pines. Why? What happened to my dear sweet bird? Mango, you too, what happened? Please, it's been too long. Please send me a sign in my dreams tonight Mango, please. I will never give up trying to figure that out. Never. We couldn't even go under the house. Not fair. And my Poofy, my comfort, the only thing I'm missing from your puzzle is how long were you deaf? I hope it wasn't uncomfortable for you, but I'm sure it was. I'm so sorry sweet Poof. Please watch over us friends, goodnight, sleep well together, stay warm, miss & love you all so much, and please watch over us, xoxo

11/12/2024 - I'll never be ready to want to stop crying for you my sweet friends. I don't want to stop crying. I'm so afraid of being "ok" with your losses. I don't want to forget the small things, like Pines, rubbing your neck, Al playing with you in his hand, rubbing your belly, your beautiful vibrant colours, your kisses you gave me with your beak, eating tortilla chips, your first night with us, eating corn and apples straight for 3 days, I don't want to forget those things. I'm afraid. Ive forgotten a little with Mango, like your food, but I remember you liked corn, but I remember your words like where's Mango and Mango-bird. I forget your little voice a bit though. I don't want to forget your nesting, your perch, especially on your last night with us, you were on that perch. I had no idea it was our last night together. Sleeping in Al's bedroom that last month, eating frozen blueberries on your last couple of days. And Al coming home with a big bag of sunflower seeds, and you were already gone. And Poof, my dear, sweet Poof. Always there for me, sitting on the table at night, just always there for me. Relaxing. the last two years of medication, me lifting you everywhere, making you comfortable. Howling. I just wish I'd let you stay upstairs the last couple of weeks, not just that last night. You were struggling breathing Poof. I'm sorry. I miss you three so much. Please watch over us friends, goodnight, sleep well together, miss & love you all so much, xoxo Help friends, please send signs. xoxo

11/13/2024 - Yes sweet friends, feeling very defeated today. I think of you three all day long. Christmas is coming very fast, I haven't put any thought into it. We are too busy, all four of us. My course is making things difficult, but I have to carry on somehow and just do it. I just want spring to be here, thinking of opening our pool, summer time. But all that without my sweet angels. I'm just so sad without you Pines, Poof, and Mango. Mango, you started it all. I'm so sorry sweet bird. And Pines, how do I do Christmas this year without you. And Poofy, my sweet soft Poof. I don't want to cry tonight friends, I'm just so sad, tired, and defeated. Please watch over us sweeet friends, goodnight, sleep well together, stay warm and dry, miss & love you all so much, xoxo

11/14/2024 - My sweet Poofy, I wish I could pet you right now. These cats are not the same. And Pines, I remember holding you after you passed on Xmas morning. I'll never forget that. I don't want to cry right now, but I will, I know it. I've had a rough day. Saw a surgeon today about my feet, my neuroma, and he commented about my circulation and my arteries of all things. Now I'm scared. Please help sweet friends, let everything be ok. I see the nurse practitioner next week, I will ask her what is going on with my legs. Help me friends, I'm just scared and tired. Mango, my sweet first bird, I forget little things, it scares me. I forget holding you, that scares me. Please watch over us friends, I'm so very tired, Goodnight, sleep well together, stay warm and dry, love & miss u all so very much, xoxo

11/15/2024 - It's very hard every day sweet friends, the missing you, the memories, the remembering each of your last few days/weeks/hours/seconds with us. I simply cannot get any of it out of my head, but at the same time I don't want to either. It connects me to each of you still. I don't want to lose that connection. Remember Mango when I actually put you outside on a perch? How stupid, you didn't even want to go outside, I thought you were bored and it bothered me. You flew away, and went to the neighbours window thankfully. A hawk could have gotten you! How stupid was I. I'm so sorry sweet bird. And Pines, I walked outside with you on my shoulder, and off you went! Thankfully we wee able to get you home. But now you're gone and I am so sad. And Poof, I put you outside in the freezing cold when you were bugging me in the kitchen, and you almost died under that shed. You were able to give a very small meow to let me know you were under there. I don't know how you managed it but you did. Sweet Poof, I miss you so much. I miss all of you so much, I cry literally every night still. Please watch over us, help my heart friends, Goodnight, sleep well together, stay warm and dry, love & miss you all so much, xoxo

11/16/2024 - My sweet angels, my life will never be the same without you. I have to at least accept that. Maybe once I accept that, the four of us can live in peace together. You are all watching me suffer, day in and day out. It may not be what you want for me. But I am grieving so much, and the PTSD is very difficult. O my Pines, Poofy, and Mango-bird. The memories, the last couple of weeks with each one of you, Mango, your eye. We should have brought you to a vet. I'm so very sorry sweet bird. We tried before as well to get you a friend so you weren't lonely, Ava was her name. I feel bad for that sweet bird too. We should have tried harder Mango. And Pines, Xmas day will be here soon. A whole year. It's just too hard. And Poofy. What can I say? I saw a video of pics of you. Your last year with us. Sad. Miss you so much. Please watch over us sweet friends, goodnight, sleep well together, miss & love you all so much, xoxo

11/17/2024 - O my Poof, Pines, and Mango-Bird, Brendan had yet another blow up tonight. It's so bad and scary, Poof, you used to witness this. I'm sorry. I wish you were here to help me feel better. All of you. My sweet friends. I need to calm down friends, I need to relax, I'm sorry. Please watch over us sweet friends, let us all be safe, let Brendan stop these rages, Goodnight, sleep well together, stay warm and dry, miss & love you all so much, every day I feel sad friends, xoxo

11/18/2024 - My sweet friends, my Poof, Pines, and Mango-bird. At least we have our vigil nights. We don't have much anymore, but the vigil nights keep me close to you friends. I'm so tired sweet friends, miss you all more and more each day. It's almost unbelievable that you are gone from me, forever. And there's no way to make a positive out of it. Not at all. I'm sorry sweet friends, I'm so tired. I must rest. I know you understand. I do so much for everyone, just like I did for you three. But I didn't do enough for Pines and Mango, something I need to live with. Please watch over us sweet friends, Goodnight, sleep well together, stay warm and dry, love & miss you all so much, xoxo

11/19/2024 - O my Pines, Poof, and Mango, how I miss each of you so much. I don't know why we don't have music, something has happened friends. I will have to get Brendan to look at it for us. I don't know what to say anymore friends, I miss you all beyond belief, and Pines, I can't believe it will be a year next month. It feels like just yesterday when we found you unresponsive. And the cremation a week later. This is too unbearable for me. I cry every day, every night. Still. It is not getting easier Pines. And it just brings back other memories of Mango's negligence on our part, and Poofy's last week with us. Such awful memories keep replaying in my mind. And I had a difficult heart night. Again. I see the nurse practitioner on Thursday. I just want to be comfortable friends. At peace, but I can't without you three, my sweet angels, my sweet friends. Please watch over us, bring us home safe, and healthy, Goodnight, sleep well together, stay warm and dry, miss & love you all so much, xoxo

11/20/2024 - Worried about my health friends, as usual. My ankle swelling is worrying me. I'm going to request some bloodwork tomorrow with the nurse practitioner. I have such terrible legs, feet, and ankles. I think I need better care for them. O my Pines, Poof, and Mango, I am so tired. I miss you all so much, my entire day is filled with regret and wishing each of you wee here. And how much I miss you all. But I'm so tired friends, I'm sorry. I need to rest. Please watch over us sweet friends, Goodnight, Sleep well together, stay warm and dry, love & miss you all so very much, xoxo