. . . from Our House - To Yours [& Lori's] - a Prayer has been issued [Charcoal says he's prayin' too]

With Regards, joanne & richard

Yes indeed Richard. My cat Baby has his paws together in prayer for Oscar, Mark and Lori also.

I had to ' let go ' of my beloved Smokey a year ago this week. He was 18 years old. He's is close & safe now, under a tree in the back yard.

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BETTER THE WORLD ~ PAY IT FORWARD
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Thoughts and a prayer also from me, to you and Lori.

Any update on Oscar, Mark?

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Well........
Last report from the vet was that his bloodwork was all normal. Which is good news, and bad news.

If the lung problem was due to an infection or such causing fluid in his lungs, it would have shown an elevated white blood cell count. Which means it is most certainly a cancerous tumor that is spreading.

It means that he probably has a week or two or three left in him.

He had been eating sporadically, and seems not to be suffering, but he has lost a lot of weight, and is clearly not his old self.

This is going to be a very hard time for Lori and myself. I walk around on the verge of tears all the time, and I am sure Lori does the same. I will try to spend some quality petting time with Oscar on the weekends.....as many as he has left. And I know Lori is doing her best to cope with the impending loss.

I know there must be a few of you who read this with raised eyebrows and think WTF is he carrying on about.....it's a cat.
But Oscar is much more to us than that....only a kitty person would understand.

We sought him out, we drove many miles to adopt him and take him away from a shelter into a loving home. And he returned that love tenfold.

I will never be sorry that we took him into our lives......only immensely sorry that he will apparently leave us so soon.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Sorry to hear about this Mark. I've always said Kitties are mans best friend. Take good care of Oscar while he is still here. You and Lori are both in my thoughts.

Sorry to hear about this Mark. I've always said Kitties are mans best friend. Take good care of Oscar while he is still here. You and Lori are both in my thoughts.

Thank you.........

Maine Coon are rather verbal.......and he will always give out a chirp when I came near......and often roll over on his back for his awaited pettings.....which, of course, are always administered.

Life will not be the same without him, although of course it goes on.......

But.....he is not gone yet, so there will be many sad moments for me petting him, I suspect. Or at least I hope so. Probably sadder for me than for him...

I went through this with my own kitty Tigger many years ago.....when she was failing from CRF.......and I knew that she would not be here long.
But those days were some of the closest we ever had.

I thank you for all of your thoughts, and certainly your prayers....direct you healing prayers at Lori....she needs it more than I.....although I am rather lost about this at the moment as well.

It's always hard to say 'goodbye' to someone you love. If that love it true. And we do truly love the Oscar kitty.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Will keep you advised of Oscar updates as I can........or am able to.

It's very hard to keep up the subject when kitty is ailing.

This seems appropriate..........somehow.
Insert your own clip here



Sooooooo

I must leave you with this........

Kitties will come.......and kitties must go.
There hearts will touch ours, and then run and go.

OK........I must go now........catch sleep while I may.


You all now be happy and play.......
I cannot......

Meow.........meow.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

I just had a kitty dream...........rather hard to explain........
And I can't remember most of it...........
but it was amazing to me at the time.

Must have been in kittyspeak.
I think it was Oscar talking to me in my dreams.

Meow meow meow.....

I think he said he loved me. It was hard to understand....but I think I did...somewhow.
It must have been Oscar, because my other kitties were sleeping by my side, and do not have to try to reach my in my sleep other than by extending a paw.

It was pretty wild.

The other thing that was kinda amazing, was that I sent an email last night to the Beaver Dam Humane Society.....asking if they had the original pictures that were posted when we adopted Oscar.......and I woke up to actually have a reply.

They are looking for his pics. I know I have some stored on my cam........but the originals would be priceless.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

It's always hard to say goodbye to a beloved pet, they give us much more that we give them even we give them all the love we have in us.

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"I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me

It's always hard to say goodbye to a beloved pet, they give us much more that we give them even we give them all the love we have in us.

So, I try to ignore it or die before he does.....either way, it's not a nice choice.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

I am Ok, my friends........
It has been suggested that due to my sorrow over my beloved pet, I might harm myself.

Let me assure you, this will never happen. My brother did the deed, and I never understood it, or could undertake it. Even in my darkest hours.

What God takes is of His will, not mine.

Are we all clear on this????

No matter what I might say, or posture.........I would not ever leave the kitties behind me.

Oscar's leaving will tear me apart.....and maybe leave a hole in my soul that will never heal...........
But that is quite a different tale........

I have many wounds that do not heal.

It comes with unrequited love, which I have lived with for.......
Almost 53 years now.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

I am now..........after 52 years on this planet.........

Realizing that life is not all my mommma promised.

And it is getting very weary for me...........
Very weary indeed foe a lonely treveller................

All MY idols are passing before me.
Les Paul and Mary Travers are just the last couple of souls to leave me behind.
My GF is dying of HCV, our most beloved kitty has cancer.......
And only God knows what I have tracking me down.

I ain't exactly been a saint.

So.........it will catch me and kill me...........I won't live to see many more years, I am sure of that.

Most of you shall carry on this quest on long after I am gone.

LOL.......but I will have the answers..........you will not.
And the kitties and I are just a memory in some of your minds..............

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

ta go now........

Must pet kitty

I am hurting now.......trying to hang on simply because I can.............
When you figger it out, let me know............


Neow.

Done dealing with you.......got bbkuds I gotta deal with..........and they wanna kick some ASS???

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Bring it on,...........

You shall sleep before I do.......

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Been a rather rough week.......
Even when I was sober all week long.

Oscar weighs heavy on my mind....

Love is a tow edged sword.......
And I took the loss of Mary Travers harsder than some of you thought possoble too.

She was such a wonderful soul who filled me with wonderful songs since before I was even a teenager.

The two blows are proving hard for me to conquer.

So I take solice in what is left. by the nastiest of all unscrupulous of all mother fieer of all folk songs........

This even makes me smile...LOL.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

I suppose I should wrap this week up with this......

'Cuz I am drenched in tears anyway......
And since Mary was my favorite singer, and Oscar is my favorite kitty.

So, I guess Puff the magic kitten would be a good thing for me..........I gotta get of my soul.

How can somebody over 50yo be having anything called a catharsis?

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

I am now..........after 52 years on this planet.........

Realizing that life is not all my mommma promised.

And it is getting very weary for me...........
Very weary indeed foe a lonely treveller................

All MY idols are passing before me.
Les Paul and Mary Travers are just the last couple of souls to leave me behind.
My GF is dying of HCV, our most beloved kitty has cancer.......
And only God knows what I have tracking me down.

I ain't exactly been a saint.

So.........it will catch me and kill me...........I won't live to see many more years, I am sure of that.

Most of you shall carry on this quest on long after I am gone.

There is a Greek Rebetiko (blues) song who's lyrics say: Life is like butter in the Sun...

But, the Universe does not waste a lifeforce of any good living thing -- it transforms it to something higher...

Everytime I loose a Kitty, I feel a loss that never seems to go away -- it just travels with me. You never forget -- you simply get used to it...

Take care, Mark

Oscar, the magic kitten.......
Lived as could be.
He brought us smiles and silly stuff
just as a cat should be.

Oh, Oscar ws a grand one.
Just as a cat should be.
He came from a land so far way,
Came here with Lori and me.

Hit past had bent his tail.
nobody knew his name.
But call the kitty Oscar,
and he'd race to make his claim.

I remember when we met him........
Not a care had he..
Came bouncing out.
WithoCame here with Lori and me.

Hit past had bent his tail.
nobody knew his name.
But call the kitty Oscar,
and he'd race to make his claim.

I remember when we met him........
Not a care had he..
Came bouncing out.
Without a doubt...
The Oscar dude was he.

He lived up to his promise,
always seeking glee.
His pow'ful smile and
flippy tail made many friends, did he.

Puff the Oscar kitty...........
lived as could be.
Loved by all who knew him well
even those who could not see.
ut a doubt...
The Oscar dude was he.

He lived up to his promise,
always seeking glee.
His pow'ful smile and\
flippy tail made many friends, did he.

Puff the Oscar kitty...........
lived as could be.
And made us glad..
As glad as he could be.
Loved by all who knew him well
even those who could not see.

One gray day it happend.......
Little Oscar came no more.
And Lori, Mark, and all their friends
had a loss th3e could not ignore.

Their heads were bent in sorrow,
Not a word it could be said,
andd then they gently laid
Down that kitties' head.

He has no more our sorrows.
He has no more our pain.
Has nothing left to gain.
No more fears, no more tears.
And had no piece of pain.



Puff the Oscar kitty...........
lived as could be.
Loved by all who knew him well
even those who could not see.
ut a doubt...
The Oscar dude was he.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster