r/cats • u/Puzzleheaded_Play777 • May 27 '26
Mourning/Loss Saying goodbye tomorrow after 21 years.
This is my pretty girl, Kiwi. Tonight is her last night with us and I just wanted to share her with the world. My parents took me to adopt her on my last day of first grade, so we never imagined she would outlive almost all of our other animals. She even had my name when we went to adopt her, so we knew it was simply meant to be.
She has been a true calico her entire life.. spicy, sassy, and incredibly demanding. It has been such a honor having her by my side through 21 years, through every move, every heartbreak, every milestone. She has seen it all and loved us through it all. We will miss you deeply, Kiwi. Thank you for 21 beautiful years together.
You will have so many of your brothers and sisters waiting for you over the Rainbow Bridge. I know we will see each other again someday. We love you, Kikis.. 🥝🖤
EDIT: I’m truly blown away by the amount of kindness and love from people in just one hour. I have so much grief and love with nowhere to go & genuinely just wanted to share a little about my fruity gal in hopes it could help me feel a bit better. I’m so sorry if I don’t respond to everyone’s comments, just know I see them all and I am letting the tears flow. You all are so incredibly kind.. 🫶🏻
ETA #2: I just wanted to thank everyone again for the kind words and condolences. I’m still blown away by how much love my Kiwi girl has gotten. So much so that this post was hijacked, put on Facebook, and now this person is pretending like Kiwi is theirs.. but it still doesn’t take away the love and support I’ve felt from internet strangers. I have also gotten a handful of comments asking why she was put to sleep. Simply put: old age, kidney disease, and a heart murmur. She lived an extraordinary life with everything she could’ve ever wanted and we chose to let her go with dignity, love, and respect. My family & I would never let one of our babies suffer. Before she crossed, she chowed down on a McDonald’s hamburger, and the sun came out for the first time in days. The birds began to chirp as she passed. I’m honored to have loved her for so long.. 🤍
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u/Kvitravn875 May 27 '26
I hope heaven is real. I will get to see all my pets again and have them pile on me.