Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Farewell Dear Friends

We lost two dear friends from the Cat Blogosphere.
It was with great sadness I found out today that both
Fat Eric and Luxor had each gone off to the Rainbow Bridge.
~~~~~
Our thoughts and prayers and purrs
are with both of their families.

God looked around his Garden and found an empty place.
He then looked down upon his earth and saw your loving face.

He put his arms around you and lifted you to rest.
His Garden must be beautiful, he always takes the best.

He knew that you were suffering, he knew you were in pain.
And knew that you would never get well on earth again.

He saw your path was difficult, he closed your tired eyes,
He whispered to you "Peace be Thine" and gave you wings to fly.

When we saw you sleeping so calm and free of pain,
We would not wish you back to earth to suffer once again.

You’ve left us precious memories, your love will be our guide,
You live on through your children, you’re always by our side.

It broke our hearts to lose you, but you did not go alone.
For part of us went with you on the day God called you home.

- Author Unknown

13 comments:

Teri and her Stylish Adventure Cats said...

This is lovely, both the picture and the poem...we are very sniffy today...

Sabrina, Sam and Simon said...

What a beautiful yet bittersweet poem China Cat, it brought a new flood of tears to our eyes. We are all missing Luxie and Eric soooo much ...
Hugs, purrs and headbutts,
Sabrina, Sam, Simon and Momma Jan

Angel, Kirby and Max said...

Mom is so sad and does not know how she will get through all the blogs that are crying with us

Jans Funny Farm said...

Beautiful graphic and poem. We have leaky eyes.

m.q said...

rip dear eric and luxor
go chasing the beautiful rainbow

Elaine said...

Thank you, dear China Cat.

MomElaina

Gemini and Ichiro said...

That was beautiful! Thank you China Cat for posting this.

The Island Cats said...

What a lovely poem, China! We are so sad to hear about Eric and Luxor. We will miss them both.

Unknown said...

We have lost too many of our furry goodest kitties. Momma says that maybe Heaven wanted the best of the best so the angels came down and took them home...

Cat-toure Cat Clothing said...

Beautiful poem. RIP Eric and Luxor.

Mark's Mews (Marley, Lori, Loki, and Binq) said...

That was a lovely tribute to 2 dearly missed friends...

cats of wildcat woods said...

Lovely tribute to Eric and Luxor - we will miss them both.

Laila and Angel Minchie said...

They say it's your birthday. Happy Birthday China Cat!

We are still missing our dear friends.