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Memories of Arielle

5/12/09 ~ It is so hard to believe that today marks the SECOND Anniversary of your death! Funny how time slips away! I still miss you....and I still say "goodbye" to you every morning! Sometimes, I even feel your paws on my back. Is that wierd? People would say that I need to move on...and I have...but I still miss you! Wherever you are...one thing is for certain...death is but an horizin, and an horizon is nothing but the limit of my vision. I carry you always! 1/27/08 ~ Arielle, I'm so sorry that it has taken me so long to post this Memorial...but you knew I'd be late didn't you? :) I haven't even been able to look at your photographs until recently, but I can do this now. I do it not only for you and for me, but even more so, for the countless others out there who have experienced the same loss. Alley (CQuinns Alley)got to Rainbow Bridge just before you did. At least CQuinn and I had each other just like you and Alley do. To all of you out there who have experienced this kind of loss, I hope you will find that though the pain may seem unbearable at times, it does change...so much so that we eventually reach the point where memories become greater than the pain and we begin to understand that each time we remember, THEY are still alive! Arielle was 6 weeks old when we met. It was 1988 and I had just moved to Europe with my "then" fiancé. I didn't speak the language(Greek)nor had I yet made any friends. One afternoon I walked into our living room to find that my fiancé had left a box for me. When I openend the box, there I found the smallest, cutest, almost white, kitten who looked as if she had stepped into a puddle of chocolate (Seal point Siamese are born much lighter than they actually become). I immediately fell in love with her. From that day on, we were never too far from each other. Our lives together spanned nearly 20 years!!! Who would have ever thought that the most constant presence in my life would turn out to be a cat? Through break-ups and make-ups, new jobs and unemployment, beach houses and city apartments, happiness and grief, Arielle always met me at the end of the day. She'd crawl into my arms, lick my face and purr to her hearts content. Her purring always told me, that no matter what, everything was going to be alright! Arielle taught me how deep love can really be. When she died, I literally felt my heart break. For all the years I had lived "alone," I realized that I really never HAD lived "alone" for she had always been there. It has only been 6 months since she died, but I still hear her paws as they cross the floor and sometimes, I'll imagine her sitting in the sun. I've learned that because I carry her in my heart...I know that she will never be too far away! Grieve not, nor speak of me with tears, but laugh and talk of me as if I were beside you... I loved you so - 'twas Heaven here with you.

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