I got Raven as a tiny kitten just before Easter when my other black cat, Elf, died suddenly. She was part of a colony of semi-feral cats a neighbor of the friend i had at the time took care of. I loved this tiny black force of nature the second i saw her that cold, blustery day in March. Ill never forget how she looked...tiny, shivering and helpless, a green and yellow ribbon tied around her neck. Her little back foot had two white tips on the toes. I called it her personality. When the "friend" and I had a falling-out, I almost gave the kitten back. But God stayed my hand and I kept her, realizing that it wasn't Raven's fault. In fact, that cat was the only thing keeping me going at times. She was there for me through friendships disintegrating, my Grandma's passing, when my depression was at its worst, and so much more. When she developed kidney failure and a tumor on her liver I was devastated and swore I'd help her live as comfortably as possible. Up until then she'd always taken care of me (I often wasn't sure who rescued who) But just before Easter she took a turn for the worse. I knew it was time. She looked so ready. So I made her a promise that evening and in the morning I called the vet. Our last morning together she even came out of the closet she'd slept in, struggled onto the bed, and gave me a look like "Come on, Mom, you made a promise last night. Call the vet." I took her out to the yard one last time, she got up on my lap and have me one last nose kiss ("eewww kisses" I called them.) Before we left, I took her through the house to say goodbye to the other pets and see each room one last time. Then we left, and her journey to Rainbow Bridge was made. Raven, just know that I did this for you. You were always there for me even when the rest of the world wasn't. I did it not because I didn't love you, but because I loved you too much to make you stay. I love you, I'll always love you, with a love that was more than love. Take care, my beautiful black angel!🐱💔 7/19/17-the 21st will be my Moms bday, Raven! Will you be celebrating with her? Keep the signs coming to me. You know how bad my anxiety and depression have been. Please tell me my friends and I will all be ok! When you see my Mom, give her these...🎂🎈🎁 Be good up there, my girl! Tell Snoopy his Mum misses him and tell Jazz the newt and Jimmy, Marilyn and the rest of the snailies hi from us all. I love you! 7/24/17-did you visit me last night in my dreams, girl? I saw you twice. Once you ran up to me and blinked at me like you always did, then made that little chirp of yours and ran off before I could touch you-right through a closed door! The second time you were on the bed beside me, purring,and I was hugging you and kissing your side and haunches like I did. Those were the only part of my dreams that made sense. Most of the time my dreams are like a drunken mashup of Salvador Dali and Heironymus Bosch! Thank you for visiting me and letting me hold you one last time. My nerves have been so bad lately. I hope you've made lots of new friends at the Bridge but please my sweet girl don't forget me! I'll never forget you. Take care now and I'll write to you again soon. 🐱 7/30/17- My precious girl, in less than 3 weeks I'll be turning 43! How I wish you were here to celebrate with me! Do you remember when your Aunt Lil Rhonda got me the cotton candy maker for my birthday because she made the cotton candy at the stores snack bar and I always joked that it reminded me of the white tuft on your belly? Maybe I'll get some supplies and we'll make some again. August 17 is also Black Cat Appreciation Day! Isn't that a weird coincidence? I'd like to do something special for black kitties everywhere that day. You gave me so much joy I want to give some back. Please give me a sign if you have any ideas. Tell everyone I love them. I'll write to you again very soon my beautiful Angel! I love and miss you so much! ♥ 8/4/17-The Cuddle Clone of you arrived the other day! It's not an exact match to you, of course, but nothing ever will be, as beautiful as you are. You were in my dream last night again too. I was hugging you and telling you "I love you so much!" I know it was the plush of you I was hugging but I also know it was you, if that makes any sense. Keep the good signs coming! The other day my friend and I saw a rainbow and I just knew you and the others were looking down on us from it. Tell Frank the snail I hope his shell is all better and not twisted and brittle like it was before he crossed. Danielle, Mike and the other snails miss him. And tell Snoopy hi from his Mum and sister. I love you all so much! Take care of one another 🌈 8/8/17-My sweet girl, it's been 4 months today since you made your journey to Rainbow Bridge. It's odd but it feels like forever and yesterday at the same time. I've been missing you so much lately! I confess, I'm hoping in a way my friends will forget my birthday so I can just stay here, think of you and cry. I'm sorry, I know you wouldn't want me to be so upset, but there's days when I just can't help it. You were such a huge part of my life and in a way you still are. It's in little reminders, like when a package comes and you're not here to yank all the packing material out of the box and claim it for your own, or when I make the bed and you're not here to crawl under the clean sheets and swat at me. I hope there's lots of those things where you are now, little one!I love you so much Raven. Please watch over us all every day. I hope you're having a great summer. I'll write to you again very soon my beautiful girl! Love, Mummy 🐱 P.S- I just found out that today is World Cat Day! I'll be thinking of you and all the other kitties at the Bridge, and praying for all the ones here who are sick, homeless or unwanted. I love you, girl!🐺🐱 8/15/17-Darling Raven, I can't believe my Grandma has been gone 8 years today! I hope you are giving her lots of purrs and cuddles. I love you all very much and I promise I won't forget to leave you an extra treat Thursday on my birthday, but more importantly for Black Cat Appreciation Day! Everyone here will be getting toys and treats, so I can't leave you out! Take care now, my beautiful angel! 🐱❤ 8-17-17-Happy Black Cat Appreciation Day, my wonderful beautiful girl! I'm going to make a donation to a black cat rescue today in your honor. So many black cats just as wonderful as you are out there in need of love and forever homes that I want to give some of the joy you gave me back! Today is also my birthday, and I wouldn't dream of leaving you out, so here's some extra treats, and a pretty box to play in. You always loved jumping on the gifts no matter what the occasion. It's going to be so hard not having you here with me today! But I know you're watching from the Bridge, and maybe you'll even come for a visit. I know that you could never leave my heart! Just know I love you so very very much. Please give me strength to get through, I've been so depressed and nervous. For your sake I'll try to have a good day, because I know you'd hate to see me sad. I miss you and love you SO MUCH!!!! I'll talk to you again really soon, ok? I love you, Raven!🐱🐾 8/20/17-Will you be watching the eclipse tomorrow, my sweet girl? I know you and the others will have a front-row seat at the Bridge and you won't even need those glasses! Took me forever to track a pair down, but your Aunt came through and found some! I've been so jittery and depressed I kept forgetting to get them. I made it through my birthday ok. I almost felt like you were there, making sure I didn't cry too much. Thank you, that was the best gift of all. I hope the other black cats out there get a chance at a loving home with the donation I made in your name. You gave me so much, including a reason to live, I want to pay it forward. Please watch over us and ask God to keep us all safe. Your brothers and sisters, Aunts, Uncle and cousins all love you very much! Have fun with the other babies watching the eclipse! I'll write to you again really soon, ok? I love you! ☀🐱 8/21/17-Happy Eclipse Day, my beautiful girl! I know you and the others will be watching at the Bridge. Think of our love as you gaze at the sight...it eclipses all else, and it's once in a lifetime! Please tell the other cats to settle down. I think whole thing's messing them up. I know I've been a nervous wreck! They say there's nothing to the bit about moon phases and planets affecting you moods, but that's bunk. I hope we all calm down after it's over. I love you, girl. Watch over us always and I'll continue to love you. I'll write again soon! Hugs, Mum! 🐱❤☀ 8/25/17-Did you enjoy the eclipse, my sweet girl? It truly was cool and a bit scary at the same time! I know you enjoyed the tuna and gift box, but I'm guessing you'd like your other items again now, so here they are! Thank you for visiting me again. I love you so much. Please watch over us all, and tell me it will be ok! Take care, my precious girl! Hugs! 🐱 8/29/17-Just wanted to check in and say hello, my girl! I can't believe August is almost over. What a sad, fast summer this has been! I made it through my birthday ok, thanks to you coming to say hi. Do you remember when the girls and I went camping for my birthday and Becky babysat you guys? And Sara and your Aunt Lil Rhonda got me the scary movie and we all watched it when we got home? I miss those days so much! I hope you're doing well and showing all the new arrivals at the Bridge what a wonderful place it is. Let them know that their Mums and Dads will never forget them or stop loving them. I know I never will with you. Until next time, all my love, darling baby kitty! 🐱❤ 9/3/17-Sweet girl,I hope you're doing well and staying high and dry! I feel so bad for all the kitties, horses, cows and wildlife down in Texas and Louisiana. It breaks my heart! May all of them be reunited with their families. It's almost our favorite holiday, too! I wasn't going to bother with the Halloween party this year but your Aunt and cousins out-voted me. You wouldn't want us to be sad, I know, but things are just so hard and so different without you. I'll make the cake to look like you this time, ok? I'll try to post a picture too so you can see it. I love you so much, girl! Until next time, take care, little one! 🐱🌈 8/8/17-It's been 5 months since you made your Rainbow Bridge journey, girl, and I still feel it like it was an hour ago. I guess it will never stop hurting me. Tell My Grandma Happy Birthday for me today, my baby kitty! Do you remember when i brought you to her house when you were little to see her and her friend? You ran all over the place, chirping! They loved you so much! Tell them I love them, and when you see Grandma please give her these-🌹🎁🎂 I love you, my little girl, and I'll talk to you again very soon! 🐱 9/12/17- I got my tattoo of you finished today, my beautiful black girl! I hope you can see it and love it as much as I do. Billy is such a super artist and so nice I know you'd like him. We even put my favorite Poe quote on it. "We loved with a love that was more than love." That's from Annabel Lee, remember? It's perfect for us.I hope you're having fun, my girl. I love and miss you, and I'll write to you again soon!🐱🌹 9/19/17-Hi,girl! Just wanted to check in and say hi to my baby kitty. I hope Houdini is settling in ok. Tell him Amaryllis and I miss him. I can't believe fall starts tomorrow! Spring and summer went so fast and just weren't the same without you. Please watch over us all, and keep the signs coming. We love you so much, girl!❤🐱 9/29/17-Hi, my darling! Its so hard to write on here, the keys on my phone stick so bad. I wish they'd get it fixed lol! Please give my friends and I strength and help us to be happy! I'm so upset these days. Please ask God to send us His love. Things have been awful here. Let these dark clouds pass. I love you so much, girl! 🐱❤ 10/08/17-My sweet girl, I can't believe it's been 6 months today! It feels like yesterday and forever at the same time! I feel so lost without you. Please help me get the energy to put the party together for my friends. I'm not even interested in Halloween this year. Its not the same without you. I hope you got the jack-o-lantern I sent you. Please send me your love, as you always do. I'll try to make you proud! I love you so much and I'll write to you again very soon my beautiful girl! 🎃🐱👻 10/21/17-Hi, sweet girl! I'm sorry I haven't been to see you for a bit. Just wanted to check in and tell you I love you! It's been so empty here without you. I hope you come to see me again soon. I love you baby kitty!🐱💔 10/31/17-Happy Halloween beautiful black kitty! I know that you're ready for tricks and lots of treats just for kitties! I know you were at the party Sunday night. I felt you there, watching over us and making sure your Uncle Chuck and Cousin Emoly didn't set the yard on fire! Pyromaniacs! Thank you for being there to get me through! Please continue to send your love down the Rainbow to us. I'll never stop loving you. Happy Halloween, sweet girl! 🐱👻🎃 11/08/17-Dearest Raven,it's been 7 months since you had to go.I wonder if this pain will ever go away. It's so nice to see the beautiful colors on the trees though! I think you had a paw in that, didn't you? You know how sad I've been so I know you did. You always know what's best, don't you? Thank you for this gift! We all love and miss you so much, girl! I'll visit you again soon,ok? 🐱🍁🍂 11/18/17-Wonderful Raven, today your brother Geronimo joined you at the Bridge. Please make him welcome and tell him I'm sorry I didn't have much time for him and the rest lately. I know you two had grown apart as you got older but I hope you have lots of fun now, free and happy together. We love you guys! 🐱🐺❤ 11/23/17-Happy Thanksgiving wonderful girl! I know that you and all the rest will be sitting down to a big feast just for you! I'll be thinking of you all day and how lucky I was to have you all in my life,and now at the Bridge to watch over us as our very own angels. We love you so much! 🐱🐺🍊🦃 12/5/17-Raven, you and the rest truly are my Guardian Angels! Thank you! Thank you all!🐱🐺🎄 12/8/17-It's been 8 months since you had to leave me, sweet girl. I miss you and the others so much! I hope you're all enjoying the holiday season at the Bridge with the rest of the babies. Please give me the strength to get through each day and bless us with health and happiness. We love you so very much! 🐺🐱🎅 12/25/17-Raven, on this holiest of days, know that I love and miss you and the others so very much! I've lit your candle and hope you can see it. I know that Santa found you all and left you all sorts of wonderful goodies! Gaze at the tree, enjoy a holiday feast, but please, darling girl, don't forget our Christmases together. I know I won't. Merry Christmas my wonderful girl, to you, Mo and all the rest! 🐱🐺🎄🎅 1/1/18-I love to watch my Raven baby run around the house. She would like some Flutter Balls and a catnip mouse. Raven you have no idea just how much I love you! Merry Christmas, everyone, Happy New Year too! 🎶🎉🎊 1/8/18-9 months, my sweet girl. I can't believe it. And yet with the start of a new year I miss you more than ever. It's as if I'm back to the first weeks all over again. I hope you all are nice and warm at the Bridge. It's been so cold here! I love you guys so very much. Please keep the signs coming. I miss you! 🐱🐺❤ 1/30/18-Hi, sweetheart!I just wanted to take a moment and say hi to you and your brother. I hope it's spring at the Bridge already. You always had so much fun on those wonderful warm days! I know that your birthday is coming up on the 4th, and I promise to send you something special and celebrate what a wonderful girl you are. I love you all so very much! Take care my darling! 🐱🌱⚘ 2/04/18-Happy birthday to my wonderful girl! I hope you get lots of toys and treats today! But please, my darling, don't forget about the fun we had together. I loved buying you those goodies and toys. Be sure to share with Mo, Snoopy and all the other babies at the Bridge. I love you so very very much! Happy Birthday,Raven!!!🎉🍨🎂🎈 2/08/18-Dearest Raven, I hope you enjoyed your birthday! It's been 10 months since you had to leave. Almost a year. It feels like forever and yesterday at the same time. I just wish I could hold you one more time. I love you so much! Take care of the others now, and give them my love too. I miss you! 🐱💚⚘ 2/14/18-Happy Valentine's Day my dear girl! I hope you and the rest get lots of goodies and love today! Think of the love we shared, and still do. I'll never stop loving you or the others, please know that. Tell Mom I love her. She's been gone 20 years today. Be good my girl. Happy Valentine's Day! 🐱💟💋 2/25/18-Raven I know you and Geronimo have made many new friends now, and today I ask that you welcome two newcomers at the Bridge. One is Phoebe, a beautiful little calico cat. You've met her brother Chandler already. She's very shy,I hear, so please be kind to her. The other is Kenzi, a 6yo Asian elephant calf, who passed away at our zoo from a terrible disease. Please make these two wonderful souls welcome and show them what a beautiful place Rainbow Bridge is. I know my mom will be excited to meet them! I love you guys and I'll visit again soon!🐱🐺🐘 3/8/18-Dearest girl, it's been 11 months now. Almost a year. I still miss you so much! I still can't believe you're gone, at least physically. I know you come to see me. Is it spring at the Bridge now? How we both loved those first warm days! Have fun, my darling, but please don't forget about me! I love you and the others so much! Take care now my girl!🐱🐺🌷 3/20/18-Happy first day of spring to my wonderful girl! It's still cold here, but I know that it's warm and beautiful at the Bridge. Are you and the rest ready for the Easter bunny? How we both loved that holiday! Do you remember those crazy baskets we always made? And when we got up early one Easter because Sara took Rhonda and I to see the Piasa Bird? I miss those days, but I miss you even more! Enjoy this beautiful time of year, and I'll be keeping you in my heart. I love you Raven!🐱🐺🌱🌸 4/1/18-Happy Easter, Raven and the rest! I know the Easter bunny found you and left all sorts of treats and surprises! I love you all so very much. This is a time of renewal, so enjoy every beautiful thing that comes your way today! Please, though, don't forget our special times together. I know I won't. Easter blessings, wonderful girl! 🐱🐺🌷🐰🐣 4/8/18-Twas many and many a year ago, in a kingdom far from the sea, that a little black kitten came into my life, as an Easter present to me. She came into my life with no other thought than to love and be loved by me, and we loved with a love that was more than love, my wonderful Raven and me. It's been a year, sweet girl. Where has the time gone? So much has changed, but one thing that hasn't is how much I love and miss you. I promise I'll always try to make you proud, to be for others what you are for me. I'll write to you always, and hold you in my heart until I hold you in heaven. I love you, Raven. Please don't forget our love. I know I never will! 🐱🌈🎈⚘ 4/19/18-Hi, Raven and Geronimo! I just wanted to check in and say hello to you all. Today your bunny cousin Snoopy has been gone a year. I know that his Mom misses him and so do I. Please tell him we love him and we're thinking about him on this day. Did you see the flowers I got for each of you? I'll plant them when it's warmer, ok? Just know we're all thinking of you and miss you so much. I'll be back soon, ok? I love you!🐰🐺🐱 5/6/18-Hello, my beautiful girl! I hope you're enjoying your spring. I just wanted to stop by and say hello. I hope Danielle is settling in ok. Did you see your flowers? I'll take good care of them. Anyway I just wanted to check in. I love you, girl! 🐱🐺⚘🌼 5/10/18-Bright eyes,burning like fire, bright eyes, how can you close and fail? How can the light that burned so brightly suddenly burn so pale? Oh, is it a dream? 🐱⚘🐺 5/13/18-Love you forever, like you for always, as long as I'm living, your Mommy I'll be! 🐺❤🐱 5/28/18-Happy Memorial Day to my own little hometown heroes! Thank you for just being the ones who always loved me. Enjoy your summer my darlings, but please don't forget about the time we shared! We'll always be together in my heart, and one day we'll be together in heaven. I love you! 🐺🐱🌹 6/21/18-Happy first day of summer, beautiful Raven! I know that all of you are getting ready for fireworks and bbq. Have a great time, my special girl, but please, don't forget me! Thank you for sending Freddy and Curtis. They make me laugh! I love you, girl! Please watch over us all! 🎆🎇❤ 7/4/18-Happy 4th of July to all my Bridge kids! May this day be one of laughter fun and remembrance. Make sure to give an extra big hello to those who gave their lives for our freedom. And just know that even the fireworks you'll see tonight will never outshine the love I have in my heart for you all! 🐱🎇🎆🐺 8/2/18-Hi, Raven! Here it is August already! I hope you and the others are having a great summer but please don't forget the special times we shared. The 17th will be Black Cat Appreciation Day, and also my birthday, so I'll be celebrating you all day! I love you, girl! Please keep the signs coming!I'll visit again soon, ok? Hugs!🐱💝❣ 8/17/18-Happy Black Cat Appreciation Day to you, wonderful Raven! I hope you know just how loved and appreciated you are on this special day! As it's also my birthday, here's a cake and some beautiful balloons for you and the others to enjoy together! (Keep a balloon for yourself, I won't tell!) I love you, girl! Please continue to watch over us and I'll visit again soon! 🐱🎂🎈🎉 9/18/18-Hi there, beautiful girl! I can't believe its almost fall! Are you ready for Halloween? That was our special day wasn't it? It's just not the same anymore for me. Please give me the strength and inspiration to make it a good one, for you and my friends both. I love you so much and I'll visit again soon, ok?🐱❤🍁🍊 10/1/18-A jack-o-lantern for you, my girl, to make you smile and light your way on long fall evenings. Just remember that you are and always will be my light as well. I love you so much, Raven!🐱🎃🍂 10/6/18-I got a new phone, girl! Hopefully I'll get the hang of it pretty quick but now it'll be easier to write to you. I love you so much! Have fun getting ready for Halloween ok? Be good and I'll visit again soon! 🐱💖💞 10/8/18-Raven, it's been a year and a half since you had to go. Every day without you is a sad struggle, one that nobody understands. Life goes on for everyone else, but I'm still frozen in time at the moment you left. I miss you and the others, and that's something I'll never be able to get past. Just know that you were my favorite hello, and my hardest goodbye. The hardest I've ever made. I love you so very much. Missing you girl, today, tomorrow and always 💕🐱💖 10/23/18-I miss you, girl. I miss you so very much 😿🌈💔 10/31/18-Happy Halloween to my gorgeous black cat and all the rest! I know you'll be getting up to all kinds of tricks and getting lots of treats today! Have fun and keep everyone safe tonight. I felt you I nearby at the party. I just wish I could hold you in my arms again. Tell Vincent Price, Poe, HP Lovecraft and all the other people who always made this time of year special hello for me. I know they're taking good care of you until we can be together again. Have fun, girl,but please don't forget about me! Until next time, I love you, Raven! 👻🎃🍬🍫 11/14/18-Raven, please watch over all the animals and people who are affected by the terrible wildfires in California. I saw a clip of some beautiful wild rabbits cowering in terror as the blaze destroyed their home and it broke my heart into a million pieces. Please be their angel, as you've always been to me, and guide them and the rest to safety. I can't even imagine the fear and hopelessness they're feeling. Please, girl, share your loving spirit with them and ask our Creator to bring them all safely home. I love you all so much and miss you terribly. Tell everyone I love them, ok? I'll talk to you again soon 😸🐰🐌💖 11/22/18-Happy Thanksgiving, beautiful black kitty! How I miss you all on this special day. I know you'll be having a delicious feast and playing all sorts of games today, with friends old and new. Please make sure Mo doesn't eat everything! And be sure to welcome all the new faces to the table. I'm so very thankful that I had you in my life,and I'm thankful for my new friends as well. But nothing will ever fill the hole in my heart from having to say goodbye to you. Sometimes the memories aren't enough and I just want to hold you in my arms, even if you didn't always appreciate it! Most of all, don't forget me, and all our time together. I know I'll never forget you. Happy Thanksgiving to all of you. I love you so much! 🦃🍁🍂🍰 12/05/18-I miss you, girl. I miss you so much. I wish I could hold you. Christmas is so sad without you! 😿🎅🎄 12/22/18-Raven, as Christmas approaches I miss you more than ever. I try to stay busy, focus on the good, but deep down the pain is worse than ever before. I hope Ashton is settling in ok and has someone to love him now. He's such a beautiful rabbit! Please give him a warm welcome at the festivities this year. I love you all so much! Soon Santa will arrive with all sorts of surprises for you all, and how I wish I could get the one thing I wish for the most, to have you all here again. Be good, now, sweet girl. I'll be back soon. I love you! 🎅🎄⛄ 12/25/18-Merry Christmas, my little black kitty, to you and all the rest! How I wish I could hold you in my arms today, not just my heart. You're all so very loved, so very missed, not just today but always. Enjoy the goodies Santa brought you, sing carols, and play all day. But if you've got time, please come and visit me. I miss you so much. Tell Jesus Happy Birthday and give Him one of your nose kisses for sending me Curtis and Freddy, but most of all for sending you into my life that cold, dreary March day. I love you all, and will be thinking of you today. Merry Christmas, beautiful girl, to you and all the other sweet ones! ✝🎁🎄⛄🎅✝ 01/01/19-Happy New Year, girl. I miss you so much🎊😭🎉 01/12/19-Oh, Raven! This New Year has just been a mess so far! I'm asking you today, PLEASE help your cousin Tabby come home safe and sound! PLEASE!!!!! I love you, girl, so much! Please bring him home to your Aunt! 💔💔 Later- THANK YOU, BEAUTIFUL GIRL!!! Tabby is now home safe and sound! Go and tell God thank you so very much! I love you, girl! 🎈🎈🎉🎊 02/04/19-Happy Birthday, Raven! You're 17 years young today! I know that there's a party going on, with cake, presents, and everything you could ever ask for, but I hope you'll remember the great times we had together too. I love you, sweet girl, and I always will. You taught me do much about love, and how important it is to be compassionate, and those are lessons I'll use every day, to keep you near me, until we meet again. On that day, I promise you, I'll never let go of you again. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GORGEOUS RAVEN!!!!!🎈🎂🎉🎁💐🌷 02/14/19-Hi, Raven! Happy Valentine's Day! I just wanted to stop by and thank you for being such a big part of my heart. Remember all the love we shared, and share it with the others, especially the ones who never had anyone to love them here on Earth. And tell my Mum hello today too, I know she's taking good care of you. I miss you, girl, and today I'll try to show others the love you've always shown me. Thank you for Curtis. He's been such a source of laughter for me. Give all the rest an extra big hug for me today, ok? I love you, Raven, and I always will! 💞😻💌💘 04/08/19-Today you've been gone for 2 years, beautiful girl. Where has the time gone? Things have changed here, but one thing hasn't, and that's how much I love you and miss you. I know that you're showing all the new arrivals around and letting them know what a beautiful place Heaven is. Please be sure to spend a little extra time with the ones who never had loving homes, or were lost, abused, or neglected. Tell the little bunny I found on the road and buried that I care and hope she/he settles in ok. I couldn't just leave him there. Spring just isn't the same without you, Raven. The sights, sounds and smells just don't hold the same anticipation. Spring was OUR season. But I'll continue to try to do my best, to help others the way you helped me, and to be a good person. Thank you for sending me Curtis, and for leading me to the rescue. He fills the sad moments with joy, replaces tears with laughter. Don't worry that anyone else will replace you in my heart though. You're still in it, and will never leave the special place you've got there. Anytime I help another animal, or do something I'm proud of, you're the first one I think of, and thank you for giving me the willingness to do it. Be good, sweet black angel. Come and see me in my dreams, or send me one of your special signs, and let me know you're near. I love you, always and ever 🖤💔❤🌈🌉 04/21/19-I know the Easter Bunny found you and the others and left you all kinds of wonderful goodies! It's not the same here now, girl, without you to celebrate spring with. I miss you, and always will. I'm trying to make you proud, and I hope that you know how loved you are. Happy Easter to you, Snoopy, Mo and all the rest. Others may come into my life, but they've got their own places in my heart, and will never take yours. I love you, girl, and will always love you. Sending Easter wishes to you and all the others on this special day! 🐰🐤🐣🌷🌹🌺🌻 05/12/19-Love you forever, like you for always, as long as I'm living, your Mommy I'll be! 💐🌸🌷❤💚💜💙 06/22/19- Happy Summer, sweet Raven! I hope you and the others are celebrating with BBQ, fireworks and ice cream! I just want you to know that I miss you every day, so very much, and that summer just isn't the same without you. I'm sorry our last one together was so lousy. Please don't hate me for that. I love you, girl, and I'll be back to write again soon, ok? In the meantime, please watch over us all and send those little signs. They mean so much to me. Hugs and kisses from Mummy, your brothers and sisters, aunts, uncle and cousins 🇺🇸🎆🎇❤❤ 06/39/19-Oh, Raven, will summer ever be fun again? Here it is almost July and I'm just a mess. The house needs cleaning and de-junking. Everyone is fighting. I love my friends but they're about as supportive as a set of jello crutches. I can't stop thinking about Pat and his family, especially the kids. How's little Pat doing? Are you showing him how beautiful it is where you're at? How about Tardar Sauce? Is she really as grumpy as she always looked? Somehow I doubt it.I know that you're helping them feel at home, and showing them how to send signs to the people they loved who miss them with all their hearts. Keep the signs coming, sweet girl! I hope you and the others have a great 4th of July, with lots of goodies and fireworks! I'll be back soon, ok? I love you so much 🎆🎇🇺🇸❤ 07/04/19- Happy 4th, Sweetheart! I hope you're having a great day with lots of goodies and fun. And I know tonight there's going to be fireworks for all of you at the Bridge! I really wanted to go with your aunt and uncle today, but I was tired and didn't want to leave your brothers and sisters alone, especially at night. I'm sad but they come first. And to be honest I really didn't feel like being around a bunch of people today. I hope you're having more fun than I am! I love you, sweet kitty. Don't ever forget that, ok? Have a wonderful time tonight and I'll be back soon, ok? Love you and miss you so much! 🇺🇸🎆🇺🇸🎇🇺🇸🍉🍦🍔🍗 08/11/19-Hi, sweet girl! I'm sorry I haven't visited sooner but I just had to stop by and share some goodies for my birthday next Saturday! I know what I'd love more than anything and that's to have you back in my arms. You lit up my life more than any candles ever could. I miss you, sweetheart. Please come and visit me in my dreams soon, ok? Enjoy the cake and balloons. I'll be back soon. I love you, girl! 💕💜💙 08/17/19-Hello, pretty girl! Happy Black Cat Appreciation Day! I hope you know just how very much loved, missed and appreciated you are, and always will be. I hope that many more black kitties get the homes they deserve in the days to come. Also on this day, I'm 45 years old. My one wish would be to have you here by my side, and in my arms. But for now, holding you in my ❤ will have to do. Enjoy the cake and balloons, and be sure to share some, especially with the sweet angels who didn't have anyone to love them here on earth. You get to hang out with Tardar and Pat, so be sure to tell them their humans love them. Enjoy the day, sweet girl, and come visit us later at your aunt's house! I love you, Raven, so very, VERY much! 😻🎉🎊🎈🍧🎂 8/24/19-Did you enjoy the week, girl? Thank you for keeping us safe on our adventures. I wish you would thump some sense into these other cats. They're about to drive me insane and I don't know how much more I can handle. Please have a talk with them. They're not you and they never will be. I miss you so much, more so now that summer is drawing to a close. The dark nights just make it worse. You'll always be my Termite, my WeedSeed, my Raven. I love you, girl, so very very much 💖💗💞 9/24/19-Hi, Raven! I just wanted to stop in and say hi to my beautiful kidden. Here it is autumn already. I remember how much fun we had every year. I'm trying to keep the tradition but it's just not the same with you gone. I hope you'll join us for the party! Tell Sid Haig hi for me, and all the other cool people there. I bet you guys are going to have a great celebration, with Vincent Price, Poe, Lovecraft and all the rest! Be sure and share your treats with the other babies there, especially the ones like Ashton who never knew a loving family. I hope to talk to you again, and I'll keep you posted on how the Halloween prep is going here. I miss you, girl. Sending you hugs 🍁🎃👻🍂 10/31/19- HAPPY HALLOWEEN, GORGEOUS RAVEN!!!! I know you're spooking around tonight having a blast. I felt you near at the party, making sure your uncle and cousins didn't set the yard on fire. Don't ever leave my heart, sweet girl. You will always be my guiding light. Enjoy the treats, have fun with all of your friends, but please don't forget me. I could never forget you. Happy Halloween, beautiful Raven 🕸🕷🍫🍬🍭🎃👻 11/28/19-Happy Thanksgiving, little Raven! I'm so thankful I've got you in my heart, if not in my arms. I hope you're enjoying a delicious feast of all your favorites with the other little ones. Tell Lois hi for us. I feel bad not knowing she had left us. I remember showing her a picture of you as a tiny kitten and oh how she loved you! Did you finally show her how to make the little chirping sound you always made? I remember how she'd try to mimic that 😅 I miss you, sweetheart. Always will. And just know that of all the things I'm most thankful for, you're always at the top of my list. I LOVE YOU, RAVEN!!! 🦃🍰🍗🥖🎃 12/24/19-Hi, Raven and MERRY CHRISTMAS to you my wonderful girl! I just wanted to stop in and tell you how much I miss you and the rest. I hope that Logan is settled in ok now. I know that Grandma is taking good care of you all. And Mum too. Did you get your letters to Santa sent on time? I know you've been good and he'll be bringing you all lots of gifts for Christmas morning! And so much delicious food to eat beside a huge sparkling tree! Please don't ever forget about the good times we shared, though. You were, and still are, my everything, my heart, my world. Merry Christmas, my wonderful Raven! ❄⛄🎄🎅🎁❄ 01/01/20- Happy New Year, Raven! I hope all of you had fun last night and had a big party. Where does the time go? One thing I do know is that I still love and miss you very much. No amount of time will ever change that. I wish I could hold you in my arms, but for now, I will hold you in my heart. Give the rest my love as well. We've lost a lot of good folks this past year so you'd best get started! I love you, girl. Just please remember that. Happy New Year, sweet Raven 🎊🎉🎊🎉 02/04/20- HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAVEN!!!! I love you so much and always will! I wish I had you here in my arms so I could give you a big birthday hug. I miss you, little kitty, each and every day. Be sure and share some cake and ice cream with the other babies, especially the ones who never had a home here on earth. Tell Logan hello, and Snoopy, and little Ashton. And don't forget to show Kobe Bryant and his daughter around. Enjoy your day, sweet girl, but please don't forget about the fun we had together. I love you, my wonderful Raven. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! 💐🎉🎈🎈🎁🎁🎁🎂🍧🍬 02/14/20-Happy Valentine's Day, my beautiful black kitty! I hope you got lots of treats and pretty flowers today. Sending you and all the rest my love. Do you remember all the silly things we used to do for holidays? I miss those days, even if I don't miss all the people from our past. I miss you, girl, and nothing will ever change that, anymore than time could ever change how much I love you. Until next time, my wonderful angel. I LOVE YOU!!! 🌹💝💘🌹💌🌹 03/30/20- Raven, with everything going on now, I need your strength more than ever. Spring is here, but sadness is everywhere. Please help us all find the good in things as this new chapter unfolds. One thing will never change, and that's my love for you. I miss you, girl. Please watch over us all and send your love, and protect the ones who have nobody at this time. Love to you and the others. I'll be back soon, ok? Love always to my beautiful girl 🌷🌸🐇🌸🌷 04/08/20-It's been 3 years, girl. 3 years since you told me you had to leave. One thing that will never change is how much I love you and miss you. Easter is coming, but it's not going to be quite like usual with what's going on right now. I know that with your help we'll still be able to enjoy it though. I'm trying to be positive today, and do something fun for you. I just wanted to let you know I love you, and think of you every day. Please watch over us in the days to come, and keep us safe. Love you, my beautiful kitty! 🌷🌹🙏🌹🌷 04/12/20- HAPPY EASTER, RAVEN!!!! I know that the Easter Bunny found you and left all kinds of wonderful treats today. We didn't quite have the holiday we wanted but it was still a good one. Better than what others had for sure. Your Aunt brought me some dinner so that was wonderful. Enjoy your goodies, beautiful girl, and just know that I'm thinking of you,not just today, but always. You're still the one and only Raven and always will be. Happy Easter, wonderful black kitty 🐇💐🌸🌷🐣🐥🐰 05/10/20-Raven, I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always. As long as I'm living, your Mommy I'll be. Of everything I've ever done, having you as my baby kitty was the best. Miss you, girl. Love you always 🌹💕🌹💕🌹 07/04/20-Happy 4th of July beautiful Raven! I hope you're enjoying all sorts of delicious food and beautiful fireworks! And I know my Mom is helping to keep things running smoothly. We're keeping it quiet here for your brothers and sisters but we're still celebrating in our own way. The country has lost its mind and sometimes the only thing that holds me together is the love we shared. Thank you for sending me Curtis. He's been such an amazing friend. So good with all the racket tonight. Have fun, sweet girl, but please don't ever forget me. I'll always love you beyond words 🎆🇺🇸🎇 08/07/20-Where has the time gone girl? In 10 days I'll be turning 46! I hope that you'll come to celebrate with me. Things are so crazy right now I don't know what to think anymore. If only everyone could be like you. The world wouldn't be in the mess it is right now. I hope you enjoy the cupcake and balloons sweetheart. I'll be back again to celebrate with you but for now I just wanted to tell you that I love you so very much. Love always my sweet girl. I miss you 🎂🎉🎈🎈 08/17/20-Happy Black Cat Appreciation Day, little Raven! What a happy coincidence that it's on my birthday. I thought of you all day, girl. All the stuff going on right now and I still can't go a moment without you on my mind. I know there are many more at the Bridge now. Please show them around and make them feel at home. For many, it's probably the first time they've known love. Others are just confused. But I know that you and the others will make them feel better. I love you, my girl. Thank you for the "tuft" as I was driving home this evening. That was the best gift I could have gotten! I'll be back soon and change your goodies around again this weekend. I LOVE YOU RAVEN 🎂🎈🎁🎉🍨🎈 10/1/20-Good morning, Raven! I just wanted to stop by and say happy first day of October! It's just not the same this year, though. Just so much going on. I've got a feeling October will be the worst month yet with the election coming and the country divided. I'm just going to stay out of it. Not much I can do otherwise. Tell Tabby we miss him. I know he's there too. Please send your love and strength to me. I could sure use it! I love you, girl. I'll talk to you again soon, ok? I love you 🎃👻🧛‍♀️🧙‍♀️ 10/31/20-TRICK OR TREAT RAVEN! I bet you got lots of goodies today! Please, girl, help the people in Greece and Turkey right now. They just had a terrible earthquake. We've lost a lot of good people this year too. Enjoy your treats, my sweet girl, and be sure to share with the others who didn't have much when they were here on earth. I miss you so much, but I know you're here with me, and that will never change. Thank you for the signs, they mean a lot. Now have a good rest after your trick or treating, and I'll be back soon. Happy Halloween, my sweet little girl 🍭🎃🍬👻🕷🍫 11/26/20-HAPPY THANKSGIVING RAVEN!!!! I know you all had a wonderful meal and all sorts of fun and games. Please tell Daisy, the 4 little baby bunnies and all the others that they're so very loved and missed here. We've lost so many people,both 2 and 4 legged this year. What are RBG,Sean Connery and Eddie van Halen like? You've got so many new friends. But please, girl, don't forget me. I'm so very thankful that you will always be my kitty. I miss you with all my heart, and love you with all my soul. Take care, my beautiful girl, and I'll be back again soon. Until then, I LOVE YOU RAVEN 🍂❤🦃🍂 12/25/20-MERRY CHRISTMAS RAVEN!!! I hope Santa brought you and all the other little ones everything you've ever wanted! I just had to come and say hello to my sweet kitty today. I miss you so much. I wish you could be here with me on this holiest of days. You'll always be a piece of my heart, dear girl, and I'll hold you in my thoughts until I hold you in Heaven. Merry Christmas, little Raven. LOVE ALWAYS 🎄🎁🌟❄🎅☃️ 01/01/21-HAPPY NEW YEAR RAVEN! What a mess 2020 was! Let's just hope this one is better for us, although to be honest I'm skeptical. Time may pass, but I want you to know that one thing will never change and that's the fact that I love you so much. Please continue to guide me throughout the new year, and just know that my love for you grows, and will never fade. Happy New Year, little Raven!🎉😸🥳 02/04/21-TODAY IS YOUR SPECIAL DAY, GIRL! Happy Birthday Raven! I hope you and the others have a wonderful time today with lots of games, goodies and gifts! But just remember, you are a gift yourself. I'm so very lucky to have you, first in my home, and now in my heart. I miss you, each and every day. But I know you're waiting for me, and one day we'll be together again. Happy Birthday, Raven! I love you so much 🥳🎉🎈🎂 02/14/21-Happy Valentine's Day to my number one love, my beautiful Raven! I hope you got lots of heart shaped treats and all the love today! Just know that you're in my heart forever and always. I love you, beautiful wonderful Raven 💘💟💝💖💕 04/04/21-Happy HOPPY EASTER Raven! I just know you got a beautiful basket filled with your favorite goodies today! I know it's been almost 4 years, but I'll never forget you and the love I feel whenever I think of you will never go away. Thank you for being my angel, on earth and now in Heaven. I miss you, girl, but I'll hold you in my heart until one day I hold you in my arms again. Easter blessings, my beautiful black kitty 🐈‍⬛🌷🐰🙏🍬 04/08/21-Hi, Raven! I can't believe its been 4 years since you had to leave. I wish I could say it gets better but it doesn't, it's more like I've learned to live with it. Just remember, I did it for you. It wasn't fair to keep you here when you were so ill. I love you, girl, don't forget that. And one day we'll be together again, and I promise, I'll never let you go. I miss you, girl. Love always 💖 🐈‍⬛🌷 07/04/21-Happy 4th of July my beautiful girl! I bet you're all enjoying fireworks and a delicious BBQ! It's noisy here but I didn't buy any fireworks because the babies here on earth don't always like them. Have a great time, but please don't forget how much you're still loved here. Time may pass, but my love for you will never change. You are, and always will be, my wonderful black cat. Happy 4th, beautiful Raven 🐈‍⬛🇺🇲💥✨🎇🇺🇲 08/23/21-Hi, girl! Just a little hello to remind you that I love you. Thank you for coming to see me on my birthday. I just know those little tufts are from you! Please help all the babies who have joined you at the Bridge feel at home, we've lost so many these past few months. But I know that you'll take care of them until their Moms and Dads can be with them again. Love you forever, sweet kitty 🐈‍⬛💜🐈‍⬛ 09/30/21-Hi, sweetheart! I just wanted to stop in and say I love you. I hope you like the flowers and Jack-o-lantern that I left for you. It's your time of year, little Raven! Have fun and I'll talk to you again soon. I love you, girl 🍂🎃🧙‍♀️🧛‍♂️ 10/31/21-Trick or Treat, Raven! Did you get lots of goodies tonight? I remember how much fun we had on Halloween! You were always in costume and the most beautiful decoration anyone could ask for. I hope you had a great time with all the others. I love you, little Raven. Happy Halloween 🎃 🐈‍⬛👻 11/25/21-Happy Thanksgiving, girl! I hope you had a wonderful feast today of all your favorite foods! We're doing ours Saturday so today wasn't much fun, especially because nobody was interested in the TV show I was excited to tell them about. So yeah, today was a letdown for me. I miss you, sweetheart, so much more than you'll ever know. Please tell everyone I love them, and that I hope they had a good day. I love you, Raven, so very much. Happy Thanksgiving 🦃🍂🙏 12/25/21- Merry Christmas to my wonderful Raven! I know Santa found you and the rest and left you all kinds of wonderful gifts. How is Sandy settling in? I hope she knows how much we all miss her. You wouldn't happen to know where my new earrings are, would you, girl? I know you guys like to hide stuff! Just know that of all the gifts I've ever gotten you were the best one of all. Merry Christmas to you, gorgeous kitty 🐈‍⬛🎄🎅🎁☃️ 01/01/22- I love to watch my Raven baby run around the house, she would like some flutter balls and a catnip mouse! Raven you have no idea just how much I love you! Merry Christmas little cat, Happy New Year Too 🎉 💖 🐈‍⬛ 02/02/21-Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday, dear Raven, Happy Birthday to you! I love you, girl! I hope your day is filled with wonderful surprises and lots of treats! But please don't forget me. I know I wasn't always the best person, but just know that my love for you will never change. Thank you for being my light in the darkness, and always loving me. Happy Birthday Raven 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🐈‍⬛ 02/14/22-Happy Valentine's Day, sweetheart Raven! You'll always be my love! Not an easy day for me but I tried to stay strong for you. Hugs and kisses to you, my forever love ❤ 💘💟 04/08/22- Where has the time gone, Raven? It's been 5 years since you went to the Bridge and I still can't believe you're gone! As spring approaches, please don't forget about all the fun we had at Easter, even when things were tough. Please watch over the animals in Ukraine and guide them to safety. The world is a cold, evil place sometimes and having the love we shared in my heart keeps me going! I love you, girl, and I always will. Fly high,little kitty 🐈‍⬛ 04/17/22- HAPPY EASTER, happy Spring! Happy happy everything, little Raven! Sorry I'm a bit late but I know you're always there. Enjoy the yummy treats from the Easter Bunny, and know that of all the gifts this wonderful season has to offer, you are always the first one I think of. Love you, beautiful girl 🌷🐈‍⬛⚘ 05/28/22- Happy Memorial Day Weekend, Raven! If anyone deserves to be loved and remembered, it's YOU!!! I love you, sweet girl 🐈‍⬛❤🤍💙 07/04/22-Happy 4th of July Raven! I hope you're enjoying some delicious food and getting ready to watch the fireworks! The little ones down here don't really like them, so we try to keep it quiet. But just know that I love you, on this special day and always. Have fun, but don't forget about me, ok? I love you, girl 🇺🇲💥🧨🎆🎇 08/17/2022-Happy Black Cat Appreciation Day, Raven! You will always be so very loved and appreciated. I had an ok birthday too, but I miss you no matter what day it is. I love you, girl, forever and always 🖤🐈‍⬛🖤 09/18/22-Don't listen to that idiot from the other day girl! You're not just a stupid cat! He's just a stupid human.I love you so much 💗 10/31/22-Happy Halloween Raven! I hope you had fun trick or treating and got lots of your favorite goodies! Do you remember how you loved to try and steal my teriyaki chicken? I hope you got some! You were always my little Halloween kitty! Miss you, girl, and I love you so much 🐈‍⬛🎃👻 11/24/22-Happy Thanksgiving, beautiful Raven! I hope you all had a wonderful day! All the food and fun you could ask for! And if there's one thing I'm thankful for, it's having you in my life! You are in my heart to stay, remember that. Love you forever 🦃🐿🍂 12/25/22-Merry Christmas, girl. Please send us a miracle 🙏 🎄 01/01/23-Happy New Year, girl! Thank you so much for the miracle! I love you 🎊❤🎉 02/04/23-HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAVEN!!!!I hope you're having a wonderful day with all your friends, especially our dear Michael. I just wanted to say hello and that love and miss you. Please give me a sign soon. You know how hard this month is for me. Take care sweetheart, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎂🎈🎉 02/14/23-Happy Valentine's Day to the most amazing kitty I've ever known! I hope you know that you are, and always will be, a huge part of my heart. I love you, Raven! Don't ever forget that, sweet girl 💘💖💗 04/09/23-HAPPY HOPPY EASTER, Raven! I know the Easter Bunny found you and brought you all sorts of fantastic treats and toys! It's also been 6 years yesterday since you had to leave me. I'll never our first Easter together, and how you bit Paula and I was so embarrassed!I should have let you bite all of her fingers, knowing what I do now. I love you, girl. Please don't ever forget me. Wishing you a beautiful spring 💜🌷🐈‍⬛ 07/04/23-Happy 4th of July, sweet girl! I hope you're having a better day than I am. Love you, girl, and I miss you so much 💓 🇺🇲 08/12/23-Next Thursday is Black Cat Appreciation Day, Raven! It's also my 49th birthday so let's celebrate it together! I love you, my dear girl, and I'll be back again on Thursday 🐈‍⬛ 08/17/23-Happy Black Cat Appreciation Day, girl! I'm so fortunate to be sharing my birthday with a day dedicated to some of the most beautiful, loving creatures on the planet! Thank you for making everything even more special, even though you're no longer physically by my side. I love you, Raven 🐈‍⬛ 10/31/23- Trick or Treat, Raven! I just know that you and dear Argento had a great time tonight! I hope that he's doing ok. I just feel horrible about what happened. But just know that no matter what, you'll all be so very very loved and cherished,forever and always. Happy Halloween precious Raven ✨ 🐈‍⬛🎃 11/23/23-I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving darling girl, along with Argento and the others. Don't listen to those horrible people who say there's no Rainbow Bridge. We know better, don't we? And I'm forever thankful for having you in my life, and always in my heart. Sending you love, my precious girl 🍗🥧🐈‍⬛ 12/25/23-Merry Christmas to you, dear Raven! I hope you and Argento, along with all the others, are having a wonderful holiday! I just know that Santa brought you so many goodies! I just wanted you to know that you're still the best gift I could ever have asked for. Love you forever, and Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 ❤ 01/01/24-Happy New Year, Raven! I couldn't forget to check in with you and the others and let you know how much you still mean to me. The years may go by, but my love for you will never diminish. I hope spring comes soon, it's so cold and nasty here. But Mt love and memories of you will always warm my heart. Here's to 2024, darling girl 🐈‍⬛🎉 02/04/24-Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday dear Raven, Happy Birthday to YOU!!! I LOVE YOU, GIRL, more than you'll ever know! Enjoy your special day and know that I'll never forget you 😘💓 02/14/24-Happy Valentine's Day Raven! And happy birthday to darling Argento as well! I love you so much and hope you had lots of fun today. Love you always, my heavenly Valentine's ❤ 03/17/24-Happy St Patrick's Day, pretty kitty! You'll always be the reason I was one of the luckiest people on earth! And I hope you know that you're always in my heart and on my mind, my beautiful lucky charm 🍀🌈🐈‍⬛ 03/31/24-Happy Easter my darling! I hope yours is going better than mine is. I love you so much, girl. My heart is in a million pieces today just like for every holiday lately. Please help us 🌸🙏 04/08/24-It's been 7 years now, girl. Where has the time gone? And it still feels like it just happened. I hope you, Argento and the others enjoyed the eclipse today. How odd that there was one the summer after you left, and now one today. We had fun watching it but I couldn't get you off my mind. I love you so much! We'll forever miss you, Raven 💕

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