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carolynandlatte

carolynandlatte

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... and I still love you Latte!
7/17/2010
 
How could any of us forget... Never ever will I be able to forget your girl. She was special, as is her bean.

Your current work with the fosters is so wonderful to see. I wish you success in your endeavors. Latte would be so proud.
 
I don't remember as I hadn't been on here that long when she passed on, so please forgive me. However, {{{{{HUGS}}}}} I think she IS very proud of you, and what you're doing to help those that need it. :smile: We're ALL very proud of you, Carolyn. :smile:
 
(((Carolyn)))) I remember Latte first from the CRF group and then here. What an amazing girl she was and all that you accomplished in her name to save other kitties. What a poignant tribute to her today.
Thank you, Latte.
 
Thank you for the kind words. And Im sorry it was so short. I was trying to write something, but it was too hard so I stopped and stepped away. I did not expect this day to be different than any other. I was caught off guard. I am moving this week, and putting her photos and other miscl things into a bin has probably exacerbated my sadness a bit. I know in my brain Im not leaving her behind, but my heart gets confused sometimes. As much as I do not like where I currently live, this was the last place we were together. Im having a lot of memories of the many moves we did together, tho. Those memories are making me smile.

Anyway, I found a poem I thought I would share:

When you lose someone you love,
Your life becomes strange,
The ground beneath you becomes fragile,
Your thoughts make your eyes unsure;
And some dead echo drags your voice down
Where words have no confidence
Your heart has grown heavy with loss;
And though this loss has wounded others too,
No one knows what has been taken from you
When the silence of absence deepens.

Flickers of guilt kindle regret
For all that was left unsaid or undone.

There are days when you wake up happy;
Again inside the fullness of life,
Until the moment breaks
And you are thrown back
Onto the black tide of loss.
Days when you have your heart back,
You are able to function well
Until in the middle of work or encounter,
Suddenly with no warning,
You are ambushed by grief.

It becomes hard to trust yourself.
All you can depend on now is that
Sorrow will remain faithful to itself.
More than you, it knows its way
And will find the right time
To pull and pull the rope of grief
Until that coiled hill of tears
Has reduced to its last drop.

Gradually, you will learn acquaintance
With the invisible form of your departed;
And when the work of grief is done,
The wound of loss will heal
And you will have learned
To wean your eyes
From that gap in the air
And be able to enter the hearth
In your soul where your loved one
Has awaited your return
All the time.
John O’Donohue
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i remember you two sooo well...posting in the CRF group....

i think of you often and of course of Latte.....i always loved her name...i remember mentioning it to you back then....

((((Carolyn)))).....you are doing a great job with the fosters and in no way they're replacing Latte...but it is a good deed you are doing and she would be very proud of you!!!! be certain of that!
 
Zener and I are too new to have known Latte, but we know that every cat on this list and their bean have helped us along the way we travel now. All our best as you remember your special kitty.
 
Latte touched so many of us and we wished very much to alleviate just a tiny bit of your heartache. Yet we knew it wasn't possible; you have to heal in your own time and in your own way.
But I hope you felt comfort that you had so many friends that cared about you and your sweet Latte.

I think of you both almost every day.
When BigMac climbs high on my desk and his big tail gently brushes against the white doves -
I smile as I hear the soft tinkling of chimes that are a remembrance of you and Latte... [Carolyn knows what I mean]
 
What a gorgeous picture. I'm sad I didn't get to know Latte but I can tell he was very well loved.

Hugs to you!
 
WCF sent this to me around the time that both Cyn's Cosmo and Latte crossed the Bridge. It is a bittersweet fable and beautifully written. It's titled, "The Loving Ones." Sometimes we choose Tears because in our hearts, we know what the rainbows mean.
 
(((((Carolyn))))) Thank you for sharing....that was a beautiful poem....and YOU are a beautiful Mama!
Sending hugs to you across the miles today. :YMHUG:
 
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I didn't think I could read the poems.. but I did.
((((((((((Carolyn)))))))))) big tears. I will never forget Latte. I hope she sends you lots of signs, and snuggles with you when you're asleep
 
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