Remembering Oz & Phil

I was going through old pictures recently (the baby horse nostalgia started it). These are some I wanted to share...Had forgotten there was a time (before our last remodel) the kittehs liked to snooze like this...that's Oz on top and Willow underneath:

Oz always loved to show off the belly!

A fairly typical pose for Oz and Phil:

I got a call yesterday from a friend who had rather unexpectedly lost her boy kitty this week after a brief illness. While she's obviously very sad, we were able to share fond memories of her boy. Once again I was reminded of the fact that while the pain is great when we lose one of our furbabies after what always seems such a brief time, I wouldn't trade the love and joy they bring to my life for anything!!! All we have is today. As Sue says, go hug your hounds...and I will add your kittehs too! (Whether said kittehs want to be hugged or not :D )

In Memoriam

Oz

February 16, 2000 - July 1, 2012

You're never prepared. While Oz had been having some medical issues, we really thought medication and food adjustments were going to be enough. You're never prepared to lose a furbaby. As my friend told me: "They steal your heart on the first day and break it on the last." He's right.

Oz & Willow were such little kitties when we brought them home on LoML's birthday 12 years ago!

So hard to believe he's not with us any more...time will tell...so far Willow seems to be hanging in there okay, but it's weird. 

All of the pix in this post are courtesy of J. Frazz Photography. We're so glad that he was able to photograph all the kids when he was here! He got beautiful pix....and he captured cute moments like these:

 

Did you know their mouths would open that wide in a yawn?!?

I know folks who say they'll never "have another" after losing a pet...they'll "never go through that again". While I respect that that's a valid response for some people, I personally would never want to miss the joy and the love that animals give us so freely. Not one minute of it.