Tributes from Friends of Fluffy
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Thank You Lisa-too for this lovely present
Thank You Rev. Diane for making this for Fluffy...
Fluffy Angel,
Fluffy Sweetheart,
Fluffy Godchild, with love from Sheila your South African Godmother. -------------- WISHES by Kristen
We wish we could have told you
We wish somehow to tell you,
We wish we'd once more hear you,
We wish we had you back again, -- Hold on my friend Love Sheila --------------
Memories That Heal
I know about the tears you cry,
Portrait of the enemy
The sickness came in costume.
from Bev
Tributes and comments posted on the AcmePet Cat Bulletin Board:
Posted by A *sad* Mad Lyricist.. :I would like to dedicate this song, to Fluffy, and all strays that have found a home.
Fluffy the Snow Cat(sung to the tune of "Frosty the Snowman")
Fluffy the Snow cat,
Fluffy the Snow cat,
There must have been some magic,
Oh Fluffy the Snow cat,
Thumpety thump thump, thumpety thump, Hugs to you, Diane and Jeff, don't worry, Fluffy will be with you again someday. **TEARS** -------------- Posted by Codes: Although I'm not a regular here, Your loss has touched me greatly. I am so sorry for the loss of your wonderful kitty. What a beautiful cat Fluffy was. ((((((((((((HUGS)))))))))))))) I can feel how very much he is loved by you and the other folks on the board. ------------- Posted by georgia
Jeff and Di - But through your terrible experience, I believe Fluffy will save the lives of many many cats around the world. I know that I will never again have the blind trust I have had in veterinarians in the past. I will question them, resesarch their answers, and check their credentials before they touch my babies. And I believe that this is true of everyone who will ever hear of Fluffy. So truly, even though he is no longer physically with you, many many other cats will live longer and healthier lives because of Fluffy. For that I say "Thank you sweet Fluffy." -------------- Posted by Momcat I read Fluffy's Tribute. He was a truely marvelous cat. I set the wallpaper of his face as my wallpaper. I want to be reminded of the senselessness of his death and of the need for us all to become advocates for the life, rights, and value of all animals. I think the thing that is most special about Fluffy to me is that, though most of his life was spent in some degree of pain, he loved life and loved his family. My Guinevere was in pain from pancreatitis for much of her life and I saw the same quality in her. Fluffy didn't know that he was a sick kitty. He took life the way it came and made the most of it. He will not be forgotten and his death WILL come to be a rallying point for the ethical treatment of all pet animals. God bless you all. -------------- Posted by cat slave
How beautiful, How sweet and Oh How we will miss him!! -------------- Posted by Catlynn Diane, I've been away from the board for over 2 weeks now, but I tried to check up on posts when I had the chance....and I read about Fluffy's passing. Im so so sorry...there isn't anyway to express how much I hurt for you, and I am thinking of you everyday...hoping you'll be strong. There are two poems that I read when Im thinking of my Rainbow FurrAngel Scarlett..
"She's gone where all good kittens go Charlotte Abram
"Thou art the Great Cat, the avenger of the Gods, and the judge of the words, and the
president of the sovereign chiefs and the governor or the holy Circle." -------------- Posted by Lotus I just read went to the link and the tribute is beautiful but so, so sad (I'm glad he's back home now). I know we all talk about the spirit living on, which you know I also strongly believe, and so on and so forth but I also know that's it's little comfort right now when you're missing that physical presence that was such a part of your lives - but time will ease your pain. He does live - in our hearts and thoughts, and the memories. His fighting spirit, his strong will that has touched me - how he took care of his babies when the mom was brought inside - that has touched me. I've feel like I knew him, like I've touched him, like I've held him - poor Mr. Fluffy (*tears*) - I know your and Jeff's pain must be so great and I feel for both of you.
Love, Children - from the Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
Your children are not your children I read this to my sister when she lost her son and she said it gave her some comfort and asked me to read it at his funeral - it is in that spirit that I send it - hoping it brings you some measure of comfort -------------- Posted by Rev Di
My tribute to Fluffy..
E-Mails Received:
I shall walk in the Sun above, I saw the tribute on Fluffy, it was beautiful just like he was. Cathy -------------- I am so very sad for you both. I read Jeff's tribute page to Fluffy through a veil of tears. Perhaps these words from my mother's notebook which is over 60 years old, will be of some comfort to you. I do hope so.
Where the river of Life flows so soft and sweet
thinking of you with love, --------------
Lord take Fluffy into your world Clide -------------- Oh, Di - Here is my poem for your wonderful boy:
My words can't help you now, Fluff man,
But you've carved into my deepest heart
The love you brought to Jeff and Di
Good bye, Mr Fluffy, lovely boy,
I hope this little piece of my heart can help to heal yours a tiny bit. --------------
Dear Diane, To Diane and Jeff:
To my wonderful friends and family
I'm writing this from Heaven
Please do not be unhappy
The day I had to leave you
It's good to have you back again
I need you here so badly
Then God gave me a list of things
And I will be beside you
And when you lie in bed at night
When you think of my life on earth
But do not be afraid to cry
I wish I could tell you
But one thing is for certain
And to my very many friends
There are rocky roads ahead of you
It was my philosophy
If you can help somebody
And now I am contented
So if you meet somebody
When you are walking down the street
And when you feel that gentle breeze
And when it's time for you to go
And I will always love you (Courtesy Sue Atkinson) This is my tribute to Mr. Fluffy: When I read Diane's message that "We lost Fluffy" on the cat BB, my heart sank, my heart tore, and my eyes flooded. I know that he had been through so much and Diane and Jeff were trying to do EVERYTHING in their power to put him back in good health again. Later I was incensed when learning of the real cause of his untimely death. Poor Fluffy, you had suffered and finally succumbed because of an unforgivable, avoiable error committed by a stupid, highly incompetent, uncaring two-legged creature who calls himself a veterinarian. How has this sad event of life touched me? It inspired me that there's no other powerful force than love, human to human, or human to a feline soul. It showed me that the love to our fur babies may even be stronger than that to some human beings. It showed me that although love cannot save a life of a loved one, but love still exists and it is even more powerful and lasting. It taught me that we should enjoy every minute of the day with our loved ones since we don't know how long we could be with them. In some ways, Fluffy's passing made me decide to go back home (Bangkok, Thailand) this Friday. See, my mother had a stroke Dec. 30 and the left side of her body was paralyzed. One day later she started to regain her feeling on her left side. I had wanted to go home right away to see her but my family said that since it is going to be a long trip, I couldn't stay very long, and my mother is not in critical condition any more, my trip home may not be necessary and I may want to wait until May when I can stay longer. Fluffy's loss to Diane and Jeff somewhat told me that I can't really wait four months. Life doesn't wait. Every minute is precious and I don't want to lose those valuable times. Diane and Jeff: I pray for your strength in these bad times. Time will heal the wound although the scar will be there forever. You know you have all the love and support from the cat bb family. I wish I could have a magic power to erase all of this. My heartfelt condolences, Gee --------------
Heart Strings
A flutter races through my heart
An old familiar feeling
Four precious paws from heaven
The final breath was taken
This tug was but a message
As wings of angels whisper from Bev -------------- STRAY CAT
Oh, what unhappy twist of fate
He scratched the furniture and shed by Francis Witham I hope this doesn't make you too sad, Di. In 1991 when our Buggy died I found this poem, it made us both cry but it helped us somehow, maybe because no matter how much it hurt to lose him we would gladly do it all over again. I hope it helps you and Jeff too. Madlyn --------------
A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
As virtuous men pass mildly away,
And whisper to their souls to go,
Whilst some of their sad friends do say
"The breath goes now," and some say "No";
So let us melt, and make no noise,
No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move;
'Twere profanation of our joys
To tell the laity our love.
Moving of th' earth brings harms and fears;
Men reckon what it did and meant;
But trepidation of the spheres,
Though greater far, is innocent.
Dull sublunary lovers' love
(Whose soul is sense) cannot admit
Absence, because it doth remove
Those things which elemented it.
But we, by a love so much refined
That ourselves know not what it is,
Inter-assur�d of the mind,
Care less, eyes, lips, and hands to miss.
Our two souls, therefore, which are one,
Though I must go, endure not yet
A breach, but an expansion
Like gold to airy thinness beat.
If they be two, they are two so
As stiff twin compasses are two:
Thy soul, the fixed foot, makes no show
To move, but doth, if th' other do.
And though it in the center sit,
Yet when the other far doth roam,
It leans, and hearkens after it,
And grows erect, as that comes home.
Such wilt thou be to me, who must
Like the other foot, obliquely run;
Thy firmness makes my circles just,
And makes me end, where I begun.
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I will always think of you and Jeff as the "fixed foot" in Fluffy's life, forever attached to him, and always guiding him. Cathy -------------- hihihihihihi!!! I seed yew comin up heer....we rainbow angels wuz giffin all dat we kud tew hep doze docturs sayf yur lyf, but dat badnasty doctur, TED (the evil doctor) incarnayt, well, he did tew much damach fur jus purrayers tew tayk kare uv. Sew, now yews at da brij. Its a nyc nyc place, Mistur Fluffy. Deres lots uf stuff tew dew. And lots uf frens, tew. Wow, yew iz a purrdy big kitty, my bruvver Bart is a big kittee, tew. Dew yew want tew play wif me? Ooh, luk, yew got ur boy parts bak!! Dats wun uf da best parts bowt beyun at da brij. We kin dew stuff dat we kudent dew befur. Oh, luk, Mistur Fluffy, yur meowmie an paw is awful sadsad. Deys waddurmonsturs on dere faces, deys kummin frum da eyes. Dew yew wanna go down wif me an gif um sum hedbutts? dey will no, beleef me. I givs em tew my meowmie an paw alla tyme. And sumtyms yew kin git wun uf da kiddees dats dere tew be speshully sweet. Yur hoomins will no itz cuz uf yew, dey ar ril smart dat way. Okay, lets go down. *Two long furred kiddees float down tew erf, into the hoam of very sad hoomins.* Okay, Mistur Fluffy, hoo yoo wanna dew furst? Meowmie? Kay. *Kitty Angels headbutt Diane-Hollywood nuzzles her hair and Fluffy puts his face to hers, looking into her eyes, wiping at the tears with a soft paw* Oh, Meowmie, Iym still heer wif yew, doan cry. I feel lotz beddur now. Wanna see me pee? Its feels furry nyc. I luf yew meowmie and I will be dare tew smurgle in yur dreems. *The lovely lady sighs, she can hear the soft purrs coming from the two cat angels and something rough on her cheeks, wiping away her tears* Hollywood, lets go talk tew paw. Dats him, izunt he furry hansum? Hez a wunnerfur paw. *The faint fluttering of wings can be heard* hihihihihi paw!! its Fluffy!! *headbutt* I misses yew paw, I misses yew furry much. Yew wur so gudgud tew me an gentul, rocking da crystuls loos. But I doan haf no moor crystuls. Deys all gone!! An luk, I gotted my boy parts bak!! *turns around* See!?! *Proudly shows off his nether regions* Paw, we will all be tewgevver sumday. Me an yew an Meowmie an Binky, an even da kiddees I neffur haf node yet. An kiddees dat yew hafunt node yet. Ime not sayun Ime in a beddur playc, dere's no beddur playc den yur onetruhome, but Ize okay now. Now, yew gotta dew sumfin fur me. Get that evil doctur away frum animuls if yew can. Sayf uvver kiddees lifes sew dat myn woan be fur nuffin. Wif effurylyf yew sayf, I git strongur an can help uvver animals wif my heeling strength. Oh, Hollywood sez we gotta go bak up now. I get tew meet da Big Guy, tewday. I'll be bak an yew will no it. If sumfin feels a liddul stranj, dats me!! bye meowmie an paw, bye........ *Two fluffy cats spread their wings and fly heavenward*
[email protected] -------------- Di and Jeff I have thought about the two of you so often these last few days. I have read all the posts, although I have not made any responses. My heart is so broken from the loss of dear sweet Fluffy. During all of our emails back and forth when our two boys were not well, I came to feel as tho Fluffy was like one of my own. I would look at his picture and could literally feel the warmth of that big furry body. He was/is such a beautiful boy. I'm not a person who is clever with words, nor do I have poems to give that will ease your pain. I can only say my life has been touched by this wonderful, beautiful furboy that I shall never forget. Your Friend, Sallie -------------- The Fluffmeister... There's a gaping whole in my heart these days. A void that I despise because of the reason it's there. But, It's a void I also cherish because of the love I feel for a very special kitty. I often called him The Fluffmeister. I had the priviledge of scanning and editing many wonderful pictures of Mr. Fluffy for Jeff and Diane. I fell in love with this big beautiful boy in the process. My favorite picture being the one at the top of this page. What a doll...sitting there with that bandanna around his neck. How my heart aches to look at it now. Nothing I can say or do will reverse the tide of grief and anguish felt by Jeff and Diane. Nor, the anger and frustration that we all feel so strongly these days. I can only promise, with all my heart...to cherish Mr. Fluffy's memory, to think of him in some special way everyday and to always thank God for letting The Fluffmeister to be a part of my life, too. Though that time was much too short. Gone, maybe. Forgotten...NEVER! Lisa Perry |
