OT - A Happy Holiday Hello!!

[Donna and Flame]

Ho Ho Ho L & L Land!!

I have been thinking about the folks here a lot this past year and just wanted to stop by to wish all of you a wonderful, beautiful Holiday Season filled with many blessings and healthy, happy furbabies!!

Some of the new people don't know me, but hopefully some of the older timers remember me and my sweetest boy Flame. On March 2nd, it will be a year already that he left this earth.

It's been a bit of a challenging year losing Mom last December and Flame in March and having my 91 year old dad to care for and a demanding job to boot... but, despite it all, I am blessed. I have a roof over my head, food on my table, a terrific son, wonderful family and great friends... AND... two new furry additions!!

I'm going to try to attach a picture, I hope I remember how to do it!! Their names are Grayson and Finnegan. Grayson is an orinch boy with white and Finn is a black and white boy. They were sitting at the shelter where I volunteer for months with no interest. Our shelter director asked me to foster them shortly after Flame passed but I wasn't ready yet... my heart was still hurting. But, after months of seeing them time and time again... still at the shelter, I started to think... maybe they're supposed to be mine.

They had a couple strikes against them... they were a bonded pair (survived on the streets together for some time) and they are both FIV+, so I knew their chances of getting adopted were not good... so I decided that they needed a good home and I needed to feel the presence of soft paw pads across my floors and purrs in my ears again. So, in July, the week after my birthday... Grayson and Finnegan came HOME!

They are young... 2 - 2 1/2 years old. Lots of energy and they keep me on my toes, but they are good boys and lots of fun. I don't think they had ever really been in a home before because everything terrified them. Grayson was terrified of the TV and ceiling fan for the longest time. Finnegan just jumped at everything. But, with loads of love and patience, they are turning into confident kitties. They still have a way to go, but they've come leaps and bounds since July!

I will ALWAYS miss my Flamie... he was my heart kitty... my soul kitty. I miss him every day.

I hope all of the L&L kitties and beans are doing well!! Sending you all my love and gratitude for being the wonderful people you are! Purrs and whisker kisses from Grayson and Finn!

 

[Amy&TrixieCat]

It's wonderful to see you, Donna! Grayson and Finn are gorgeous, and so very lucky to have you. I agree - it is fate, they are meant to be yours! Prayers for a peaceful holiday season!

 

[Stacy & Asia]

They are adorable! I'm so glad you were able to open your heart and your home to these two cats who were obviously meant to be yours! It's nice to have crazy young ones around, isn't it? I hope they continue to open up and become the confident cats they were meant to be.

 

[Chris & China (GA)]

Of course I remember you and Flame!! Great to hear from you!!

How wonderful that Finn and Grayson are home for the holidays and helping to heal your heart. Nobody will ever replace Flame's place in your heart, but that's the cool thing about hearts....they always have room for more love!!

Hope you and the entire family have a blessed holiday! Grayson and Finn already got the best gift that Santa Claws could have given them....a safe and loving home!!

 

[Barbara & Uncle (GA)]

Hi Donna, it's great to get an update. I will always remember the special bond between you and Flame

Your boys are SO cute. How wonderful to have a bonded pair of kitties to fill the house with more love and some crazy mischief.
I'm glad your heart was ready.

 

[Wendy&Neko]

Hi Donna - great to hear from you. LOVE the new kitty update. Those boys are so lucky. Perhaps Flame had a paw in them finding you.

 

[Marje and Gracie]

It’s so great to see you, Donna. We miss you and Flame. I can’t believe it’s been almost a year

Congrats on your new boys...they are so beautiful and so lucky. I’m very happy for you all. I knowmthey are in a wonderful and loving home and will have long, healthy lives.

Have a wonderful Christmas. Thanks for letting us know how you are and about your new babies.

 

[carfurby (GA)]

Donna it's great to see an update. I know Flame was very special to you, but as you found out there is always room for more love. Grayson and Finnegan are lucky to have you. They are so cute. I hope you and your family have a peaceful Christmas.

 

[Bobbie And Bubba]

((((Donna))))) so good to hear from you! And what wonderful news about your two additions to your home! Wishing you the best of luck with them and wishing you and yours a Blessed Christmas and New Year.


And love the names of the kitties!

 

[Sienne and Gabby (GA)]

Great to hear from you, Donna. It sounds like it's been an emotionally tough year and finally a time to open your home and heart to kitties.

Awww....What a great photo. As much as they love each other, I hope Grayson and Finnegan share their bond with you. I suspect they realize just how lucky they are.

Have a wonderful holiday season. Please keep us posted on the two new additions.

 

[Dyana]

Happy Holidays to you, too, Donna
Your love and bond to Flame will always be remembered and cherished.
Thanks for giving Finnegan and Grayson a new and wonderful home. Blessings to you.

 

[MyTitan (GA)]

Nice to meet you Donna, Paula and I always say that the kitties find us. Grayson and Finnegan are lucky boys.

 

[Doodles & Karen]

(((Donna))) Both our special heart and soul kitties went to the bridge just 5 days apart Flame is always with you and happy there are two little beautiful boys bringing some joy back into your home. They are super lucky to have you! I hope you have a wonderful holiday season and give some scritches to Grayson and Finnegan for me.

 

[Kathy and TiTi]

Ho Ho Ho L & L Land!!

I have been thinking about the folks here a lot this past year and just wanted to stop by to wish all of you a wonderful, beautiful Holiday Season filled with many blessings and healthy, happy furbabies!!

Thank you, and I wish you the same!

I'm going to try to attach a picture, I hope I remember how to do it!! Their names are Grayson and Finnegan. Grayson is an orinch boy with white and Finn is a black and white boy. They were sitting at the shelter where I volunteer for months with no interest. Our shelter director asked me to foster them shortly after Flame passed but I wasn't ready yet... my heart was still hurting. But, after months of seeing them time and time again... still at the shelter, I started to think... maybe they're supposed to be mine.

They had a couple strikes against them... they were a bonded pair (survived on the streets together for some time) and they are both FIV+, so I knew their chances of getting adopted were not good... so I decided that they needed a good home and I needed to feel the presence of soft paw pads across my floors and purrs in my ears again. So, in July, the week after my birthday... Grayson and Finnegan came HOME!

They are young... 2 - 2 1/2 years old. Lots of energy and they keep me on my toes, but they are good boys and lots of fun. I don't think they had ever really been in a home before because everything terrified them. Grayson was terrified of the TV and ceiling fan for the longest time. Finnegan just jumped at everything. But, with loads of love and patience, they are turning into confident kitties. They still have a way to go, but they've come leaps and bounds since July!

They are only adorable, and clearly they were both meant for you.!

I will ALWAYS miss my Flamie... he was my heart kitty... my soul kitty. I miss him every day.

Of course you do, we never stop loving them.

 

[Donna and Flame]

It's wonderful to see you, Donna! Grayson and Finn are gorgeous, and so very lucky to have you. I agree - it is fate, they are meant to be yours! Prayers for a peaceful holiday season!

Hi Amy!! So good to "see" you!! I hope you are well!!

 

[Donna and Flame]

They are adorable! I'm so glad you were able to open your heart and your home to these two cats who were obviously meant to be yours! It's nice to have crazy young ones around, isn't it? I hope they continue to open up and become the confident cats they were meant to be.

Hi Stacy! Thank you... I think so too! They make me laugh! Especially when they get a case of the zoomies!!

 

[Donna and Flame]

Of course I remember you and Flame!! Great to hear from you!!

How wonderful that Finn and Grayson are home for the holidays and helping to heal your heart. Nobody will ever replace Flame's place in your heart, but that's the cool thing about hearts....they always have room for more love!!

Hope you and the entire family have a blessed holiday! Grayson and Finn already got the best gift that Santa Claws could have given them....a safe and loving home!!

Awwww.... thank you so much Chris! So true... always room for more love!! Hope you're well! Happy Holidays!

 

[Donna and Flame]

Hi Donna, it's great to get an update. I will always remember the special bond between you and Flame

Your boys are SO cute. How wonderful to have a bonded pair of kitties to fill the house with more love and some crazy mischief.
I'm glad your heart was ready.

Hi Barb!! So good to "see" you! Yes, Flame and I surely did share a special bond... thank you for remembering my boy. Happy Holidays!!

 

[Donna and Flame]

Hi Donna - great to hear from you. LOVE the new kitty update. Those boys are so lucky. Perhaps Flame had a paw in them finding you.

Hi Wendy! I'm pretty sure you're right!! As usual, because he was such a wise old soul, I think Flame knew I was ready before I even did! I'm sure he had a paw in this!! Happy Holidays to you and yours Wendy!!

 

[Donna and Flame]

It’s so great to see you, Donna. We miss you and Flame. I can’t believe it’s been almost a year

Congrats on your new boys...they are so beautiful and so lucky. I’m very happy for you all. I knowmthey are in a wonderful and loving home and will have long, healthy lives.

Have a wonderful Christmas. Thanks for letting us know how you are and about your new babies.

Hi Marje! I can never thank you enough for all the help you gave me with Flame. I hope you are well... I miss all of you too. Wishing you and yours a blessed, joyful Holiday season!!

 

[Donna and Flame]

Donna it's great to see an update. I know Flame was very special to you, but as you found out there is always room for more love. Grayson and Finnegan are lucky to have you. They are so cute. I hope you and your family have a peaceful Christmas.

Thank you Carla!! They are pretty cute, huh? Thank you for always checking in on Flame and I every, single day. Have a wonderful Christmas!!

 

[Donna and Flame]

((((Donna))))) so good to hear from you! And what wonderful news about your two additions to your home! Wishing you the best of luck with them and wishing you and yours a Blessed Christmas and New Year.


And love the names of the kitties!

Oh! Hi Bobbie and Bubbs!! So good to see you and hear from you!! Did I see that Bubbs is back on the juice? I was skimming condos last nite.
Oh Bubba!!
Can never thank you enough for holding my hand thru the last months of Flame's life.
Wishing you and yours a joyful Christmas and all the very best in the New Year!!

 

[Donna and Flame]

Great to hear from you, Donna. It sounds like it's been an emotionally tough year and finally a time to open your home and heart to kitties.

Awww....What a great photo. As much as they love each other, I hope Grayson and Finnegan share their bond with you. I suspect they realize just how lucky they are.

Have a wonderful holiday season. Please keep us posted on the two new additions.

Hey Sienne!! It's funny cause sometimes they snuggle like that and 2 minutes later they're chasing each other around the house, tumbling and "fighting"!! They are comical!!
Hope you're well! Happy Holidays to you and yours!!

 

[Donna and Flame]

Happy Holidays to you, too, Donna
Your love and bond to Flame will always be remembered and cherished.
Thanks for giving Finnegan and Grayson a new and wonderful home. Blessings to you.

Hi Dyana!! Thank you for remembering that bond between Flame and I. He was a special boy. Hope you're well!! Blessings to you as well!

 

[Donna and Flame]

Nice to meet you Donna, Paula and I always say that the kitties find us. Grayson and Finnegan are lucky boys.

Hi! Nice to meet you too!! You probably already know this... but the people here are the BEST!! Happy holidays!!

 

[Donna and Flame]

(((Donna))) Both our special heart and soul kitties went to the bridge just 5 days apart Flame is always with you and happy there are two little beautiful boys bringing some joy back into your home. They are super lucky to have you! I hope you have a wonderful holiday season and give some scritches to Grayson and Finnegan for me.

Oh (((Karen)))... your Doodlebug will ALWAYS have a special place in my heart. I always hoped that somehow, Flame and Doodles found each other up there and are getting into mischief together. I'll never be able to thank you enough for holding my hand, being there for me and Flame during the hardest days, even while you were contending with so much with Doodles . Doodles and Flame had so many similar health issues and it was so comforting to have you there for support and advice. I hope all is well with you.

Wishing you and yours the happiest of Holidays! I will absolutely deliver those scritches for you!!

 

[Donna and Flame]

Hi @Kathy and TiTi ,
Thanks so much!! Happy Holidays to you and yours!

 

[Marje and Gracie]

Hi Marje! I can never thank you enough for all the help you gave me with Flame. I hope you are well... I miss all of you too. Wishing you and yours a blessed, joyful Holiday season!!

Awww, sweetie, thank you. It was my honor to help you with your darling boy.

Yes, we are well; always always missing Gracie but Tobey and Livia are doing fantastic as are Mike and I. Have a blessed holiday season and 2018.

 

[Bobbie And Bubba]

Oh! Hi Bobbie and Bubbs!! So good to see you and hear from you!! Did I see that Bubbs is back on the juice? I was skimming condos last nite.
Oh Bubba!!
Can never thank you enough for holding my hand thru the last months of Flame's life.
Wishing you and yours a joyful Christmas and all the very best in the New Year!!

Yes, Bubba went back on the juice 8/16 after I had his teeth cleaned and we had company for 4 nights on top of that. (Stress!!) His numbers didn't come back down and so 6 days after the vet cleaning, I started him back on insulin. Then the following month, he vomited up a 6 inch tape worm so I think the GI distress that worms cause helped knock him out too.......sigh. Trying hard for 4 times.

I am so glad that you posted as I was thinking about you the other day and wondering how you were doing. Your new babies are so lucky! And I hope your son is doing well too. I remember how sweet and helpful he was with you and Flame!

 

[Squalliesmom]

Hi Donna, I didn't know you and Flame as well as some others, but I remember what a special boy he was to you and what a wonderful bond of love you shared. I am so glad to hear that those handsome youngsters Grayson and Finnegan (love their names!) have come into your heart and home. They seem like pretty special boys, too. I'm sure Flame had something to do with bringing them to your life!

Best wishes for a Christmas filled with love and joy, and the bright promise of the New Year to come!

 

[Doodles & Karen]

Flame and Doodles found each other up there and are getting into mischief together.

Absolutely Donna, I'm sure they are great buddies cating around, eating what they want, sleeping many hours without being woken up and their hearts are purrfect. I think of you often and so happy to see your condo.

 

[Osha]

Hi Donna! It is great to hear from you!

Grayson and Finn are so adorable! They are so lucky to have you!

 

[CatMamaG]

I am not sure if we were on the boards at the same time, but I am happy for your two new family members. The loss of Flame will always be there, but thanks for opening your home to those beautiful two who may not have gotten a home otherwise.

 

[Donna and Flame]

Trying hard for 4 times.

Fingers crossed for the Bubbs!! C'mon Bubba... you can do it! 4th time is the charm!!

 

[Donna and Flame]

Hi Donna! It is great to hear from you!

Grayson and Finn are so adorable! They are so lucky to have you!

Hi Amanda!! Great to hear from you too!! Hope you and Osha are doing well!! Happy Holidays!!

 

[Donna and Flame]

Absolutely Donna, I'm sure they are great buddies cating around, eating what they want, sleeping many hours without being woken up and their hearts are purrfect. I think of you often and so happy to see your condo.

I think of you often too Karen! This post made me smile... to think of Flamie and Doodles like that!! Thanks for the smile!!

 

[Donna and Flame]

Hi Donna, I didn't know you and Flame as well as some others, but I remember what a special boy he was to you and what a wonderful bond of love you shared. I am so glad to hear that those handsome youngsters Grayson and Finnegan (love their names!) have come into your heart and home. They seem like pretty special boys, too. I'm sure Flame had something to do with bringing them to your life!

Best wishes for a Christmas filled with love and joy, and the bright promise of the New Year to come!

Hi Lucy!! Awww...thank you for remembering me and my sweet boy so fondly. Of course, I remember you. I sent you some of Flame's Lantus after he passed. Made me feel good to help some other kitties. Oh, I have a very strong suspicion that Flamie definitely had a paw in this!!

Hope you're well! Have a joyous Holiday season!!

 

[Squalliesmom]

Hi Lucy!! Awww...thank you for remembering me and my sweet boy so fondly. Of course, I remember you. I sent you some of Flame's Lantus after he passed. Made me feel good to help some other kitties. Oh, I have a very strong suspicion that Flamie definitely had a paw in this!!

Hope you're well! Have a joyous Holiday season!!

I wasn't sure you'd remember me, lol! I will always remember you and Flame. He was such a beautiful, special boy, and no one could mistake how deeply you loved and cared for him. You were very kind and helpful to Squallie and me, passing Flamie's Lantus on to us!