06/06/2023 - We love Poof. He was the softest and silliest grey and white Scottish Fold around. He was very big, so we called him a Gros Chat. Se ne pas un petit chat, il y a un gros chat. It was so easy to make him purr. He had such round fea tures and was so soft. His last two years were difficult. He survived a rough illness in April-May 2021. The vet said he wasn't going to make it, but he did, and ended up living another comfortable 2 years. At his peak, he was 17 pounds, but went all the way down to 7 pounds during his illness. During his last 2 years, he maintained a weight of 10-12 pounds.

He loved basking in the sun, rolling around in catnip, eating temptations treats, and eating grass.

His last words were "eeeeee."

From Jennifer, Al, Brendan and Brianna.

06/09/2023 - It's been one week since you left us. Seeing your sweet round face makes me sad and wanting to see you in person again, but it also makes me grateful you were here with us in the first place. We are so lucky to have adopted you after your previous owners gave you up for 2 boxer dogs. You are special and we would never have given you up.

06/12/2023 - It's over a week now Mario. I'm growing sadder with the realization that you are gone from us forever. It's painful, but at least you're not suffering anymore. Miss my sweet Poof. xoxo.

06/18/2023 - It's over 2 weeks now Mario. Feeling sad all the time. Miss you so much. We have your tree and other plants, even a palm tree, ready to go for your memorial. I bought you a small cat statue with wings, not sure if I'll put it outside at your tree or keep it in the house with your other stuff. But we miss you terribly. Hope you are well and happy and playing and eating with new friends, maybe even your mom and siblings. Hopefully xoxo

06/16/2023 - Today is 2 weeks Mario. Somehow we have to move on, but it's hard. Missing you more and more each day. I think reality is setting in after the schock. Not a good feeling. Rest well sweet Poof. xoxo

06/13/2023 - Miss you so much Mario, my Poofy cat. Needing to bring you "home" soon. Feeling sad. xoxo
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06/14/2023 - Missing you Poof. It will never be the same here without you. Thank goodness for Rainbow Bridge. xox

06/14/2023 - Miss you sweet kitty. Your ashes came home today. Feeling so very sad. But at least youre here with us again, just in a different way. Miss and love you sweet Poof. xoxo. Goodnight.

06/20/2023 - Miss you sweet Mario. It's almost 3 whole weeks. I can't believe it. It is not the same in our house without you. I don't know how to move forward without you. We will be planting your tree soon. Your memorial tree. My sweet Poof. Miss you so much. We will continue the Monday night vigils. Goodnight sweet kitty. xoxo

06/21/2023 - We planted your tree tonight Mario. A pussy willow tree. It's very sweet, like you. A memorial for you. We miss you so much sweet Pooof.

06/23/2023 - It's been 3 weeks today Poof. Feeling so sad without you. Miss you so much. It's raining today, you must have sent that to us since it's a sad 3-week day. You're always with us though. Always. Miss you sweet Poof. Love you and hope Rainbow Bridge gives you health and happiness. xoxo.

06/25/2023 - Miss you so much Mario. My sweet Poof. Your memorial tree looks so nice. We're not done yet though. It's a weeping pussy willow tree. There's white stone around it and other plants. We also hung your framed paw prints in our living room. I just miss you so much Poof. Love you.

06/30/2023 - Well today is 4 weeks since we saw you last Mario. Each day I miss you more, I miss petting you, feeding you, listening to your purr, brushing you. But I am glad you're not suffering with your arthritis, hard of hearing, laboured breathing, inability to eat properly and without medication in it, your inability to sit properly or jump and run. But we all miss you so very much. Love you Poof. We'll continue the Monday night vigils and we have your tree outside which helps us cope. Please be well and happy. xoxo

07/01/2023 - Happy Canada Day Poof in Rainbow Bridge! Hope there are many nice things to celebrate. We will be here missing you on our first holiday without you. Love you Mario. xoxo

07/01/2024 - Happy Canada Day to my sweet Pines, Poof, and Mango. Ty for taking care of each other while we were gone this weekend. And all of the pets here. You watched over us all, thank you. I saw you in the fireworks my friends. I'm so tired, I can't even cry for you tonight. Please send me signs friends, I need them. Pines, my earring, please. It's so hard to accept. Please watch over us next weekend in Toronto friends, and always bring us home safe. Please watch over Brendan on his Quebec trip friends, sleep well, miss & love you all so much. xoxo

07/02/2024 - O my Pines, I miss you so much. Why did this happen to you, to us? I just don't understand, and here I am, crying again at night for you, for all of you. Please help me figure this out someday Pines. And poor Mango, i miss you sweet bird. We learned so much from you mango, what not to do. I'm so sorry sweet bird. So sorry, I hope you know that. and Poofy, my friend and companion, I miss you terribly, you were my comfort. I felt at ease when you were with me. Now all three of you are gone, my life has changed so much, Please watch over us friends, especially our Toronto trip, Brendan's Quebec trip, and all of the friends here. Sleep well friends, miss & love you all so much, xoxo

07/03/2024 - Will this ever get easier my friends, I don't think so. It's been over a year Poofy, and I still remember everything about you, about that last week, your last seconds with us. and Mango, I remember your last words, where's mango? the night before, and the frozen blueberries you ate on your last day, and Pines, o my Pines, what is not to remember? Kisses, you were always ready to give a kiss. I miss you so much friends, please watch over us, Brendan's trip to Quebec, our trip to toronto, please let us be safe. Sleep well my friends, love & miss you all so much xoxo Mi

07/04/2024 - Goodnight my sweet sweet angels, I don't feel like crying tonight, I've had a hard heart day, blood pressure up, just don't know what to do. Please watch over us my friends, our Toronto trip, and Brendan's Quebec trip, please bring us all home safely. O my Pines, Poof, and Mango, you're forever in my broken heart. I love you all so much and miss you all terribly. Sleep well my friends, love & miss you all so much, stay together, comfort, love you xo

07/05/2024 - Yes I just want my Pines, Poof, and Mango back home, where you all belong. It's not getting easier, it's getting harder for me friends. Especially with my Pines and Mango, since I really don't understand where things went wrong. Mango, we could have saved you but we failed. And Pines, if it wasn't Christmas time I think we could have done more with a vet. But it was so busy. Mango, did you fall down the hole? What happened sweet bird?
Please send me a sign so I know. O my sweet pines and Poofy, please watch over us all friends and bring us home safe, always. Goodnight sweet friends, miss & Love you all so much xo

07/06/2024 - Goodnight sweet angels, and yes, I need to learn to reflect on you. I can't keep doing this, I have to learn to live with our fate. I don't know if I can, but I need your help trying. If you would all send me signs that would help a lot. Pines, what happened? Mango, what happened? And Poof, I just miss you so much. All of you. Please watch over us friends, and bring us home safely, and watch over Brendan's Quebec trip that he comes home safely. Thank you friends, sleep well, miss & love you all so much, pls help me reflect on you, I'm not ready to move forward, but I just want to feel you all with me at least, where I am not so sad or seeing the bad things near the end, the flashbacks. Goodnight sweet angels, xoxo

07/07/2024 -What can I say friends, I miss you all so much. I've been struggling so bad with all of you, I don't even know what to do. When I feel happy, my thoughts always go to you three and I just end up feeling sad. I need to learn to reflect on you, hoping you are in my heart and we are still connected, all three of you. I don't want to cry tonight, I' too tired, and I've had a terrible tachy, hard heart day. Please watch over us friends, Toronto is this weekend, bring us home safe, and Brendan's Quebec trip as well, please. Sleep well friends, goodnight my sweet angels, love and miss you all so much, xoxo

07/08/2024 - Goodnight my sweet angels, what more can I say, I miss you all so much. I hate that we are here, what happened to our Pines and Mango? My two sweet birds, you were too young and should still be here. Pines, what happened? why did you get so sick? It's so painful. I Know I have PTSD over you, all of you. My thoughts always go to the negative flashbacks. Help me friends, I want to feel at peace some day. Please watch over us all, bring us home safe this weekend, and Brendan's Quebec trip a well. Goodnight sweet friends, sleep well, miss & love you all so much, xoxo

07/09/2024 - Goodnight sweet friends, my angels, what more can I say or do? You are gone, I have to hold you all deep in my heart, my broken heart. I've had a terrible heart day, I hope you will help me. O my Pines, my baby bird, my Poofy, my comfort, and my Mango, my dear sweet first bird. I miss you all so much. Please watch over us friends, let us all come home safe, Brendan's Quebec trip, our Toronto trip, please watch over us. Stay dry tonight sweet friends, stay together please. O my Pines, Poof, and Mango. Sleep well, miss & love you all so much xoxo

07/10/2024 - Feeling so sad tonight my friends I know that I will never get over any of you, but I need to learn to cope. I'm just so sad all the time about you three, and I just want to be able to feel neutral, knowing you are never coming back but having each one of you deep in my heart. I cry every night, sometimes even in the daytime. Pines, I miss you so much, Mango, my first sweet bird, I'm forever sorry, and Poofy, my dear Poof, my friend, my comfort. The flashbacks are hard on me, help me my friends. Please watch over us, Brendan and his Quebec trip, our Toronto trip, and please send signs my sweet friends, so I know you're ok. Goodnight sweet angels, sleep well, love & miss you all so much, xoxo

07/11/2024 - Missing my sweet angels, as always, o my Pines, Poof, and Mango. We leave for TO tomorrow friends, please watch over us that we arrive back home safely. I won't be able to update your residency for a few days my friends, but Sunday night I will be back for you. Watch over us all, Brendan's Quebec trip too, and please watch over our three birds Pines & Mango, and Poofy, the 3 cats, please watch over them friends. Sleep well my angels, miss & love you all so much, xoxo

07/14/2024 - Thank you my sweet friends for watching over us, and bringing us home safely tonight. You are all my angels, and I miss each of you so much. Toronto is too busy, glad to be home. Pines, we always left you with those 3. I hope they were kind to you. I'm sorry sweet bird, my Piney. Poofy, please watch over Brendan when he travels to Quebec. I just don't feel good about it, but not much I can do, so please be his angel and bring him home safely. And Mango, my Mango-Bird, we would leave you alone for days when we went away, it hurt me to do it and we didn't know what else to do, so sorry sweet bird. Goodnight sweet friends, sleep well, love and miss you all so much, xoxo

07/15/2024 - O my Pines, Poof, and Mango. I miss you all so much, I can barely stand it. I just wish I knew what happened PInes. My beautiful pineapple conure, my baby rescue bird, healthy and happy, and suddenly so sick, dying within 2 weeks. You got symptoms on the Monday, and two Mondays later, xmas day, you left us. I'm so sorry we didn't do anything else Pines. I miss you so much. And my comfort Poof, these cats will never hold a candle to you. And Mango, my first sweet bird, we were so negligent, but we didn't know any better. But we should have brought you to a vet. I'm so sorry sweet Mango-bird. Please watch over Brendan with the Quebec trip Poof, bring him home safe please, please. Goodnight sweet friends, sleep well together, miss & love you all so much, xoxo

07/16/2024 - I'm so afraid of moving forward Pines, Poof, and Mango, I don't want to, I'm also so afraid of not forgetting you, but of not missing you, which will never happen. Pines, it feels like a bad dream still and that you will come back. I just can't accept that you are gone forever. Are you ok? Please send me my earring so I know you're ok, please. don't let distance make me forget you, I can't handle that. I haven't forgotten Mango, but I've accepted he is gone, but I am filled with regret sweet bird. And Poof, you're the only one that I'm at peace with, but I will never ever forget you, you are always with me, forever. But Pines, I am struggling so bad. I just cant accept that you are gone. Help me friends, please. Please watch over us for our safety, and Poof, bring Brendan home safe from Quebec, please. Goodnight my angels, sleep well, help me, and Pines, I just don't know what to do without you. Love & miss you all, xoxo

07/17/2024 - Goodnight sweet angels, I don't want to cry tonight. It takes so much out of me. O my Pines, it's been 7 months almost, I can barely believe that. And Mango, over 2 years, and Poofy, over a year. My heart is so heavy and sad for you all, I don't want to forget you, I know I would never, but I need this connection. Don't ever stop sending signs, I need them and I need the connection. It would help if I could just have signs from you all. Mango, what happened sweet bird? You were a happy healthy bird until the rat attack. None of this would be happening if we were just more vigilent, but I wouldn't have Pines, or maybe we would have, who knows? But I miss you all so much. O my Poofy, my comfort. I miss you so much. Please watch over us friends, and Poofy, please bring Brendan home safely from Quebec. I'm so scared of that trip. Goodnight sweet friends, sleep well together, miss & love you all so much, xoxo

07/18/2024 - Help me friends, I have such a hard time with your losses, I can't seem to cope, I don't know if you're ok, I keep replaying the bad things that have happened, I can't cherish the good. Pines, at least I know that if we didn't rescue you who knows where you would have ended up, and if you got sick, would you have had as much love and support through that tragic illness? But I know that we gave you so much love. What happened, to your foot? The blood loss, what happened? I'm so sorry Pines, I miss you so much. Poofy, I need you beside me, I really miss you, and Mango, where's Mango, what happened sweet bird? What happened to you? Why? So many unanswered questions. Please watch over us friends, and with all of Brendan's travels and the Quebec trip, always make sure he comes home safe, please, Poof. Sleep well friends, o my Pines, miss & love you all so much xoxo

07/19/2024 - Goodnight my precious friends, i miss you all so much. I think of you all day long, and the flashbacks of all of you are difficult. I just hope you all enjoyed your time with us, even though it was too short. Please watch over us friends, and Poofy, please watch over Brendan when he goes to Quebec, i am so scared. Please watch over him and bring him home safe, please. O my Pines, Poofy, and Mango-Bird,love and miss you so much, xoxo, sleep well xo

07/20/2024 - O my Pines, I'm having awful flashbacks of the night we cremated you. omg, how did we manage to do that? It was all out of love Pines. We didn't want you to just be tossed away, and who knows who's ashes we would have received? It was so hard to do, but he did it, and I give him the most respect to be able to do something so selfless. Our baby Pines. You'll always be here with us. We don't have any feathers though, but we have your ashes and your leg band. And so many pictures. I miss you so much Pines, my Pine-needle, Pine tree. Poofy, Mango, you are so missed also, always. My comfort kitty, and my first bird-love. Feeling so sad. Always. Please watch over us friends, and bring us all home safely and healthy. Poofy, please watch over Brendan and bring him home safely from his Quebec trip, please. Goodnight friends, sleep well, miss & love you all so much, xoxo

07/21/2024 - O my Pines, Poof, and Mango, I miss you all so much. Please be well my friends, I miss & love you all so much. The memories are flashbacks of bad times, and any good times I remember make me feel sad because none of us knew you would no longer be here with me. Just know that I love each one of you so much and always will. Please watch over us all, bring us home safely, and Poofy, please bring Brendan home safely after his Quebec trip, please. Thank you Poof. Sleep well friends, goodnight, miss & love you all so much, please send me signs so I know you're alright, xoxo

07/22/2024 - Goodnight sweet friends, o how I miss you all so much, My Pines, Poof, and Mango. Mango, I don't ever want to forget your sweet voice, Mango-bird, Where's Mango? over and over and over the night before you left us forever. These thoughts haunt me. O my Pines, and Poofy. These horrible thoughts. I'm sure thats why my anxiety is through the roof. These intrusive thoughts of you all. I am not at peace. I've had terrible heart issues and chest discomfort. i'm so scared friends. Please let everything be ok, send me signs. Please watch over us all in our travels, me tomorrow with Bri to Sarnia and Brendan on his Quebec trip, please bring us home safe, please friends. goodnight sweet angels, sleep well, miss & love you so much, xoxo

07/23/2024 - Well my angels, I'm missing you all so much, but thank you for the big sign from you all - a full rainbow right from Rainbow Bridge - sent from all of you. I know it was you because we usually only see a half rainbow, but this one was full. I had a terrible heart day again, please help me with that friends, everyone here needs me and I need to function. Please watch over us all friends, my Chatham trip tomorrow and Brendan's Quebec trip next weekend, please help bring him home safe, please. Feel so sad always, miss you all, O my Pines, Poof, and Mango-Bird, I'm so sorry friends, sleep well, goodnight, love & miss you all so much, xoxo

07/24/2024 - O my Pines, Poofy, and Mango, how I miss you all so much. I'm not ready for acceptance Pines. I just want you back with us, I'd even bring you back in our kitchen. Remember when we first got you, you stayed in Mango's cage in Breezy's room, covered up, you were so scared, but we wanted you safe and secure. Everything we did was good intentions for you pines, and now you are gone. I miss you so much. I still feel like you are here, with the other 3. I'm just so sad. And Mango, I would do anything to bring you back too. I'm so sorry sweet bird. Frozen blueberries. And my Poofy, just keep watching over things, I will forever miss you my sweet friend. Please watch over Brendan and his Quebec trip, bring him home safe please Poofy and friends. Please, I beg of you all. Goodnight sweet friends, sleep well together, miss & love you all so much, xoxo

07/25/2024 - Pines, it's been exactly 7 months since we saw you with us. I'm so sad without you. I found your P bead today in the fishroom. I tried not to cry. I'm so tired of crying, but I am now. I miss my sweet baby bird. The bird we rescued and nursed to health. I really need you Pines, to hold you. My heart has been so bad lately, I even went to the hospital tonight Pines. I really need help. It's those flashbacks, the memories, my inability to accept the situation. I don't want to accept that you're gone. And my other sweet bird, Mango-bird, I miss you so much too, and live in guilt and regret every. single. day. My tears will never end I feel. And I need my comfort friend, my Poofy, o how I need you Poof. Please watch over Brendan next week, he leaves for Quebec next Friday, and I know there's no stopping him, just please bring him home safe, please Poof. Watch over us, help my heart, love & miss you all, goodnight & sleep well, xoxo

07/26/2024 - o my Pines, Poof and Mango, not an hour goes by where I don't feel sad about my sweet friends, it's so hard, I know I have PTSD over the three of you, my heart breaks and longs to hold you three. These cats will never ever measure up to what I had with you three. I got them way too soon, I'm still not ready, and I should have just got one rescue cat, knowing that I gave a sweet older cat a home that needed it. Instead Poof I jumped into it and got three kittens. Brianna and Brendan love them, so for that reason, it was worth it, but I cannot accept them yet. Help me friends with my daily struggle. And Poof, please please watch over Brendan on his trip to Quebec, bring him home on that Sunday night safely, please sweet poofy. Goodnight sweet friends, sleep well together, miss & love you all so much, xoxo