My dear Precious

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    Rachelfosters
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    For the past week I have been away from home for a family crisis. A few days before my trip I got two adorable foster kittens Mya and Precious. They were about 3 weeks old. Mya is an explorer, always wanting to play with the “big kids” and trying to run around even though her legs are still a bit shaky. Precious was the opposite, she was a cuddle bug. She always wanted to be held and carried around.

    When I left for my trip I took them back to the shelter to go to a new foster home while I was away and I would be able to take them back home when I returned. A couple days after I left I got a call that Precious passed away. I had noticed that she was more lethargic than her sister, and didn’t eat as much and I had informed the shelter about this when i brought her back. They told me that they think she was sick before I had gotten her and that there was nothing they could do.

    She is my third loss this kitten season and it breaks my heart. I know that these kittens felt my love before they went, but knowing that they wont grow up to be all that they can be is hard to accept. All of them hold a special place in my hart, and I will never forget them. In the end I was their furever home, and now their furever home is in my heart.

    My dear Precious, your time on this earth was short, but the few weeks that you were here were amazing. I only knew you for a couple days, but in those days you were loved and you loved back in full. You will always hold a special place in my heart, and you will always be missed. Love, your foster mommy.

    #819324
    ecbrown
    Participant

    What a little sweetheart. I’m so sorry. RIP, Precious.

    #819326
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Oh Rachel you are such a loving and gentle soul. You are so right that wee Precious felt your love and now she’s across the Rainbow Bridge. She may not grow up here with us but she is growing into a big girl in the Meadow.

    #819330
    Moonshadow_NZ
    Moderator

    RIP Precious, over the bridge in the Meadow telling all the other kits about her wonderful Meowmy.

    #819333
    Jeankit
    Participant

    Aw, RIP pecial kit Precious. She has joined our furry family & friends in the Meadow. And will wait for you until heaven meets earth to be reunited with her special meowmy!

    #819334
    katzenjammer
    Participant

    I’m so very sorry Rachel. How you keep on doing the good work that you do, knowing that the odds will not always be in your favour amazes and humbles me. Your little princess Precious now plays in the Meadow, having known only love and caring in her all-too-brief life on this plane of existence.

    #819339
    Kittyzee
    Participant

    Trying to type through tears here. I’m so sorry Rachel for the loss of little Precious. I have not been a foster mom, because I would be a failure. Bless you for the love you show to these little ones before they move on to their furrever homes. Don’t lose heart, there are many more out there waiting to be loved, by someone as special as you. Godspeed Precious, tell my kitties how much I love and miss them….

    #819344
    Rachelfosters
    Participant

    Thank you guys so much for your encouragement. When I first started fostering I thought it would be all fun and cuddles, but I was wrong.

    This kitten season I have lost 3 and it is very hard. I was asked today why I continue to foster knowing that I could lose a kitten, and there was no hesitation when I replied. I am saving lives. Yes, it is hard to lose such a young soul, but through this kitten season I have saved 25 kittens. There is no question on whether I want to quit because I lose one, it is heart breaking, but I couldn’t imagine my life without knowing that I am doing something that matters. It is not about me, it is about them.

    Today I got a new litter of 5 four week old kittens. I have never seen fear like I see in these guys’ eyes. They have either never been around humans, or have never had a good experience with them. They are petrified of me, and it’s hard. But I see hope, they shake a little less each time I am near them, they are less petrified and are exploring more and more.

    That’s what gets me, seeing a kitten blossom into something beautiful. That’s why I do it, and that’s why I put myself in the difficult position, not knowing if the kitten will make it or not, but being there when they do and become something better, it’s priceless.

    #819396
    JerseyJoan
    Moderator

    Rachel, I am so sorry. Best of luck with the new litter.
    Will you do me the honor of sponsoring not only Precious, but Mya and whoever else, perhaps your current litter and/or previous litters for my hometown shelter holiday tree? You need only email their names (lv655b at yahoo dot com). I ask for an email so I can send you the program of this very special event as well as a picture of the tree.
    Thank you for all that you do.

    #819405
    pucca
    Participant

    Precious was beautiful. Thank you for loving her. She is happy and at peace and will wait for you.

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