((((Rhiannon))))
I've read this a couple times and just couldn't quite post yet because of the tears. Your tribute....amazing, beautiful, poignant. Shadow was gorgeous; thank you for sharing all those pictures and memories. Thank you for sharing her with us these past years. I know she knows and will forever know how lucky she is to have you as her momma. And I always speak present tense with our GAs because I know our love and theirs will last forever and ever whether we can hold them in our arms or not. None of us can heal your pain but she will live forever on in your heart until you see her again.
I've posted this poem before but if there was ever anyone it was meant for (besides us with our Gussie), it is you and your Shadow.
The Ridge by Carol Notermann
It’s been such a lovely summer, I’ve been napping in the sun.
This morning, other cats and I enjoyed a long long run.
We chased butterflies together. I climbed high into a tree.
And now I think what woke me up was that small bumble bee.
I’ve yawned and stretched, and still I feel that something has begun.
He’s standing there in robes of white, and telling me to come.
I always run to Him you know, when He comes across the bridge
To see if we’re all having fun and if we’ve checked the ridge.
He gives tummy rubs to all of us and pets and cuddles too
I’m glad to see Him every day, when He comes into view.
Each day He takes a different cat, and chats with them a while
Then off that kitty starts to run. I swear they seem to smile.
But now He’s stopped in front of me. He’s said a name I know.
He said to look out towards the ridge. The sun is setting low.
I start to walk out toward the ridge, and then what’s that I see.
IT’S YOU! IT’S YOU! It’s really you. You’ve come to be with me!
My goodness you are running and I am running too!
You stop to bend, but I can jump and now I am with you.
I feel your kisses on my head, as I did in long off days
You’re holding me and hugging me, and into your eyes I gaze.
And now He’s walking with us, as you carry me once more
We’ve crossed Rainbow Bridge together. We’re here at Heaven’s door.
And He has held it open, and told us to walk through
That from now on and forever, I can always be with you.
What an amazing tribute to such a pretty girl! I sure hope she sent you a sign that she made it to the bridge. You will always be in her heart and she in yours. Her gift to you now is memories and love. She will wait for you at the rainbow bridge.
