Welcome to Week 13 of our 15 week countdown to retirement! (Simply click on over to HERE in case you missed the massive announcement.)
4 years in the past this month, we stated goodbye to our Katie. She was the inspiration for our weblog and for a few years, its sole voice. Glogirly wasn’t certain she’d ever discover the phrases for our weblog once more. However by the love of Waffles, she quickly realized it had by no means actually left her.
Only one week after Katie’s passing, we posted the next ideas of Waffles as he gazed out the window trying in the direction of the sky. He helped us all to smile once more, even when our eyes had been nonetheless leaky.
WAFFLES: Hi there, earth to Boss! Are you there, Boss? Are available in, Boss.
WAFFLES: Plenty of persons are actually unhappy that you simply’re not right here, Boss. Particularly Glogirly. We’re OK, however I am not likely certain what I am purported to do with out you. Like what if I would like recommendation about women and stuff.
And what about breakfast? I haven’t got anyone’s meals to steal besides my very own. And that is not as a lot enjoyable as stealing yours.
WAFFLES: Glogirly says you are not coming again, Boss. Are you certain?? What if I ship you instructions or one thing. Is there GPS the place you might be, Boss?
Don’t fret about your frog and your purple fuzzy coronary heart. I will deal with them till I see you once more.
One Week
Per week in the past Saturday, I stated my last goodbye to my candy Katie Woman. It took me just a few days to realize the braveness and power to learn by all the gorgeous feedback buddies left on our weblog and on Fb. I used to be scared to learn them. Lacking her a lot, I questioned if I might miss her much more. However once I began studying, I spotted how a lot my candy little woman meant to so many individuals. Individuals who’ve been following us because the starting “shoelace incident” to those who only recently stumbled onto us.
I’ve by no means actually written about severe subjects like diet, well being, coaching, and so on… It is at all times been about smiles and enjoyable, with some occasional heartfelt knowledge sprinkled in when Katie tried to elucidate the which means of affection, life, and loss to Waffles. I hadn’t realized what a distinction the foolish conversations between two cats had made within the lives of our buddies and readers. And the way the photographs enabled them to grow to be a part of so many households apart from our personal.
Figuring out that somebody began their day with Katie, and due to that it was a superb day, means absolutely the world to me. That her cheeky knowledge and sarcastic wit wiped somebody’s disappointment away is among the biggest items of my life.
I assume what I am attempting to say is thanks. Thanks for loving Katie. Thanks for loving Waffles. Thanks for loving me. I’ve learn by each single remark right here and on Fb and have all of them saved with my many recollections of Katie. I do not ever need to neglect a single one. You all have made this heartbreaking loss bearable. I’ve felt your love and luxury wrapped round me like a comfortable blanket.
I have been protecting Katie’s particular issues shut, the place I can see them, contact them, and bear in mind her. Her inexperienced frog that Gloman gave her 12 years in the past. Her purple MOM coronary heart she carried round in her mouth. Our photograph from her very first night time with us that I later utilized in our first weblog header. And my favourite, the purple ribbon and Completely satisfied Anniversary tag she was carrying when Gloman introduced her house to me.
Eternally missed.
Eternally beloved.
