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We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals. -Immanual Kant.
11-18-2008 3:49 PM -- By: Judy Green, Critters.com memorial: Blossom Green Memorial There is an excellent count up timer on Blingy Blob..It has Year, Month and Days on it...I already added it to Blossom's Memorial..
11-18-2008 3:47 PM -- By: Cindy, Critters.com memorial: Patch Memorial Hello to everyone ! Today is my Patch's 5 month angel day so please toke a second to remember her as she was the one constant ray of sunshine I had for almost 18 years.
It is hard to believe she has been gone so long. Some days it seems like just yesterday and others it seems like years ago that she died. I've had other kitties and dogs that have also gonr to RB and loved each one dearly,b ut she was special and she knew it. She seemed almost human in her ways and how she really understood everything. Imiss her as much today as the dayt she left and the emotional pain is just as strong. I hope it eases up soon and I can start remembering with happiness instead of tears.
11-18-2008 8:30 AM -- By: dawnmarie, Critters.com memorial: Suzie Wong Memorial Hello everyone, today is Suzie Wong's one month anniversary and I am just not good today at all. I think I am just in shock and just so lonely. I miss her very much and sometimes I think the hurt is just too much and unbearable. Just wanted to share that with you. Suzie Wong, mommy misses you so much!
Dawn-Marie (Suzie's mommy)
11-17-2008 5:15 PM -- By: Karen, Critters.com memorial: Simon Bagley Memorial Hey Critter's family!! Today has been a very difficult day for me, it's Simon's 2 month "Angel Day" and I miss him sooooo much. I added a new page today after having to take Chloe' to the vet.
I've been to the Vet's office atleast 6 times since helping Simon to the bridge but today is the first time I've had to actually go back into the same room I had to say goodbye to him in. It brought back a flood of emotions and it being the 2 month mark on top of that has just hit me soooo hard.
Thank you all for listening, Karen
11-17-2008 4:49 PM -- By: Henry, Critters.com memorial: Gretchen and Bailey Bleichert Memorial I think it is possible that the one who left the nasty message may not even have a site here, as others can leave messages and if they know how to get the ID can do what was done also.
11-17-2008 12:20 PM -- By: Dan (Diana's Husband), Critters.com memorial: UNA Memorial My dear friends,
I'm extremely grateful to you, all, for all the love and concern you show for Una and Diana and me. Richard's gesture was absolutely extraordinary, it is something that you see once in a lifetime, if you're lucky. I was wrong twice in front of you, all, in front of Una and in front of my wife, and I bag for your forgiveness . First, I wanted to abandon Una's Memorial because Diana's condition and because of my weakness: I just cannot see the pictures of my two girls, knowing that Una is dead and Diana is so ill. I'm maybe too weak, too selfish. But Richard gave me an extraordinary lesson: I've learned that, even if Diana is ill, Una don't deserve to be abandoned. He teaches me what love, pure love means. I've wrote a message on Dollie's guest book but I don't know why it wasn't post. I don't know the rules of the site, so please let Richard know how I feel. I also let him this mail address and ask him kindly to write me and let me know how can I pay my debt to him. And I also give him, and I want to give you all, Una's Memorial ID and password: dmorarasu (ID) and unameadraga(password). I bag you all to be Una's Memorial friends and guardians until Diana will return. Please feel free to made there pages with Una and all her friends there, on critters.
My second mistake: I was too selfish thinking all by my head to buy a puppy for Diana. When I asked her, she laugh sadly and she said no, she don't want a pup. She is still grieving for Una and, besides, a puppy need a stable and happy environment we cannot offer for the moment. I have to stay here for at least 3 month, she said, you are on the road all the time between Vienna and Romania, what can we offer to a puppy. She is right, of course, but I was too stupid and selfish and I did not think of all the consequences. I just wanted to do something for her to be happy and a puppy it seems to me a good idea. Apparently, it was not such a good one.
But I manage to correct somehow my mistake, thanks to you, our friends on critter.You gave me the idea to look for dog shelters. I found one here, in Vienna, I go there, made a donation and arrange with a very nice lady who is so dedicated to all animals, to came once two or three days and visit Diana with a dog she choose. I also spoke to the doctors, at the beginning they were not so flexible, but finally they accepted, because I've explain them how important is for Diana's state of mind and emotional comfort to play from time to time, even for 10 minutes, with a dog. It will be also a good opportunity for a abandon dog to be seen by people and, who knows, maybe we can find a home for him among the medical staff or the patients here, at the hospital.
So, thanks to you, all, and to Richard and his beautiful Dollie, I've learn two important lessons. Thank you so much for stopping me to do a big mistake, to buy a dog on my own and not to be able to take good care of him after.
I've left for the end the most important and bad news: Diana is not good at all, she is not taking very well the treatment and, last night, she left the bad and she tried to open the window, to see the stars, she said. She fall down and she hit her head. She have to do another series of tests because it was a pretty serious hit and her head hurts so much. As you can see, God is not to good with us those days.
Thank you so much for everything, I will write to you next week, when I'll have news about Diana's condition. I hope it will be good news. Until then, please be the guardian's angels and friends of Una's Memorial and feel free to use the password I gave you.
For Carole, Shabba and Ebony's mom: Stay strong, Carole, may God give you strength to fight. It is very difficult, I know, but you are in my thoughts and prayers and when Diana will be a little bit better, I will let her know about you and maybe you will encourage one to another. For the moment she is still not allowed to read, she have no access to PC, Tv, books or something like that, head problems are too serious and the smaller effort can damage her. God bless you, take good care of you and, who knows, maybe one day we'll meet together, and you and Diana will be healthy and happy both.
God bless you all, Gratefully yours, Dan
11-17-2008 9:05 AM -- By: Lauvern, Critters.com memorial: Luke Memorial Hello Everyone. In regards to the post below about someone leaving derogatory messages in someone elses memorial tributes and especially using someone else's pet ID # . It saddens me to know that someone can be as heartless as that. I have always believed we were all here to help each other through the grieving of losing our precious fur babies..I don't know much about computers but have been told the Critters staff are able to find out who's computer these unbelieveable acts of hurtful feelings are coming from as well as who is using other's ID numbers.. I believe people that are here to hurt others should be asked to leave as this is not the place to hurt others. I am so sorry that this kind of thing happens here at Critters. I don't believe i have hurt anyone's feelings by posting this,except the guilty party MAYBE,and that is ok. Please friends ,lets use this site for what it was intended for. We are all hurting here ,so lets try and comfort each other and not add more hurt then we already have in our lives. Hugs to you all Lauvern
11-16-2008 10:56 PM -- By: , Pet's name: His name was Pepsi, a male half Chow Chow and Shihtzu. This is the dog that meant a lot to my family, specially me who was his closest human friend. He was with me through all my difficult childhood. He was a true friend. Out of all of my dogs, only Pepsi knew how to play hide and seek with me (sounds a little odd, i know).
I regret so much that I wasn't with him when he died (he was about 14 years old when he die and i was abroad then). My dad told me that Pepsi didn't play with anybody when i wasn't there. He seemed quite and always waited at the door, even in the last days of his life before he's gone. Thank you Pepsi. I hope we will be seeing each other again in many many lives to come. You will always be remembered.
Now, i have a new dog call Dikoro. He's real pain in the ass. Always want to eat, always wants to go out and always wanting.:mad:
(I have put my Pepsi and Dikoro photo up at my own site myfunnypet.com which was built because of them as a pet memorial and funny pet photo posting to forget all the sadness, you are all welcome too) :)
11-16-2008 7:41 PM -- By: Charles, Critters.com memorial: Sammy Memorial Dearest Friends ... I had to come to visit Critters and let you all know that my surgery went well ... Now it is time for healing. Though I am in a brace from my ankle to my groin ... and on crutches ... I know I will recovery slowly. I have to tell you .. that when I was given the anesthesia .. I was told I was asking Sammy to watch over me. The doctors and nurses wanted to know about Sammy .. so I told them while in recovery.
I want to Thank All of You who left your postings on Sammy's memorial for my speedy recovery. It means the world to me that YOU are my family ... and to know that so many take time from their busy day to visit Sammy's memorial and to leave a kind words. I cannot tell each and every one of you .. how much I truly appreciate your thoughtfulness and kind words. I will sign off now .. and head back to bed where I have to be on a CPM machine .. that exercises my left leg so it will not get stiff. Hugs to All of You .... Charles
11-16-2008 5:15 PM -- By: Ann, Critters.com memorial: Wor Noops(Snoopy) Memorial In reply to the person below, im sorry you have experienced this. Anybody can see a memorials id when you click on the memorial and the page opens with the address but i think the staff at this site can see or rule out who actually posts messages. I think thats what the security code is for. This does happen occasionally, very rarely and i am sorry you have experienced this.
11-16-2008 4:39 PM -- By: , Pet's name: Can anybody tell me how this can happen, last week i was left a message from a little girls mommy asking me why i left a derogatory message,on her baby's guess book, To say the least i was so shocked and upset, i know iv not been on this little girls memorial never mind leave a nasty message, The memorial in question have email Sharron who has said iv not left this message but someone has been able to use my little boys ID to leave this message,how can this be done and why,
I love the comfort this site has given me and i thought we are all here to help each other through the pain and sadness of losing our babies, so why would anybody want to hurt anybody by leaving not nice messages,but how can anybody else get our babies ID ?,
Iv chose not to say who the little girl memorial that got the nasty message and the little boys ID,that was used to send this nasty message because enough sadness has been cause, I feel so sick inside that someone has use my baby ID to do this, I would never write any thing to hurt anybody.WHY WOULD WE,
LOVE AND HUGS TO YOU ALL, \\\BUT NOT TO THE PERSON WHO DID THIS //
11-15-2008 9:20 PM -- By: Bobby Foster, Critters.com memorial: Oscar Memorial Thank you from the bottom of my heart for those who visited In Memory of Miles this week. After losing Oscar and then replacing him with my sweet Miles and to have lost him as well all in the same year has been very hard. The kind words said, the hugs , the prayes and just knowing someone out there feels my pain has been helpful. Oscar meant the world to me and when I got Miles, he helped me heal from losing Oscar. My Sweet Miles to suddenly get killed by a car hit me very hard. I decided to use Oscar's memorial and create a page in Memory of Miles as they both were some how linked together in fate. I hurt , I feel like my heart has been ripped from my chest. I know all of you who read this can relate. But with love from my new found friends here who share the same pain I know that I can somehow get over this tragedy. Although the death of Miles has been just a few days old , the words of comfort , the hugs and the heart felt feelings have giving me some strength to cope. Thank you and keep me in your thoughts as I heal and mend my broken heart yet again.
11-14-2008 9:54 PM -- By: Nadine (Luna's mom), Critters.com memorial: Ebony Turner Memorial Hello everyone, as you might know Ebony will be celebrating her birthday tomorrow 11/15/08. This will be the second birthday Carole had to celebrate without her precious girl. Please stop by and let her know that we're here for her and she will always be in our thoughts. Carole, we love you and appreciate all the kindness you so freely share with all of us, and yur constant support. Your precious Ebony will always be beside you the way she has always been. Hugs always, and one day we will all be together again! Your friends, Nadine & Luna
11-14-2008 9:13 PM -- By: Cheri (Coco's Mommy), Critters.com memorial: Coco Memorial Tomorrow is my little girl's one year Angel Day. I still miss her terribly and I've been struggling through my days, reliving last year and how horrible it was to lose her. My heart still breaks, but she continues to bring blessings into my life. I've made wonderful friendships here at Critters that will last for the rest of my life. Even though we lose our little ones, isn't it wonderful how they continue to bring us love and comfort and strength through the friends that they bring into our lives? Someday we will be with our babies again and we will all meet each other in a beautiful, blissful place where there is no more illness, pain, or sadness. I look forward to meeting each one of you there and I will give everyone a great big hug......of course, that will be after all my girls have greeted me with kisses and I have given them the hugs that they have waited so patiently for. I'm sure you all understand. Please visit my girls when you get a chance. They will celebrating Coco's big day tomorrow....the day when she found her peace and received her rewards for being such a sweet, precious blessing in my life. Her love still gives me strength.
11-14-2008 4:42 PM -- By: Stacy, Minn-Minn's Mom, Critters.com memorial: Minnie Memorial Please keep good thoughts for my seven month old male kitten, Stimpy. He is at the vet's office right now getting pumped full of fluids so they can check his urine. He must probably stay there overnight . The doctors are unsure why Stimpy pees so much (sometimes in my bed!). They need to rule out any physical problems. I am worried that he may have something wrong with him and I will have to make difficult decisions at some point. I am also upset that he has to spend the night away from me. I did not want to hand him over to the technician. I recognized him as the man who gave my Minnie her final shot that sent her to be in Heaven. If, on the other hand, it is not physical, they then told me it is a behavioral issue. If it is a habit that I need to break him of, I am unsure how to do that. I have never had a cat just choose not to use their litterbox! Any suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks! Stacy
11-14-2008 11:15 AM -- By: Nadine (Luna's Mom), Critters.com memorial: Luna Memorial Today is Luna's 7 Month Angel Day at 10pm tonight... HAPPY ANGEL DAY SWEETHEART!!! I can't believe it's been 7 months already, although time is moving it seems as if I'm standing still, still in the day when we were separated. It's going to be hard because I miss her so much. I have many wishes and prayers ... I hope God hears me. Please stop by and play with Luna today, she loved all her friends so, I know she will never be forgotten because she will live in my heart forever, All my Mom
11-14-2008 9:06 AM -- By: Lauvern, Critters.com memorial: Luke Memorial Hello to all my friends at Critters. I just wanted to say Thankyou for all the email ,cards and well wishes. I am so sorry i have not had time to answer you all as of yet. Know that i will be answering you all very shortly as i now have a computer at the shelter and am waiting on getting it hooked up..I have also started on working on "My space" and will share all my pictures of the building of the shelter with you there. Again Thankyou ever so much and i am truely sorry,t have not been able to answer you personally but i surely will real soon..Sending hugs all around. Lauvern
11-13-2008 3:34 PM -- By: , Critters.com memorial: UNA Memorial Please don't forget about sweet Una or her mother, Diana, who is facing major, major obstacles in her personal life right now. And also please remember Dan, who is also dealing with these events as best he can. May God bless them all..;)
11-13-2008 2:31 PM -- By: Dian, Pet's name: It's been four months since my dog died. I miss him.
I chose not to be with him at the time of his euthinasia and now I regret it.
11-12-2008 5:04 AM -- By: Bobby Foster, Critters.com memorial: Oscar Memorial To my family here @ Critters, I had a tragedy today as I lost my replacement pup Miles to being hit by a car. I lost my dog Oscar In March and Miles replaced him . He brrought me things I needed to have from missing Oscar. He was everything I wanted in a dog ,It was like having Oscar again. But he now is gone, I burried him at midnite next to My boy oscar. My heart as you well know is again broken and I am afraid I am about to loose it to have to bear this loss again. Please vist the Miles page I added to share the memories of the short 7 months I spent with him. I am trying to understand but I am not doing very well at it. I don;t knwo if I can bear this. I am thankful for my freinds here that help each other in times of sorrow and pain
11-09-2008 3:15 PM -- By: Karen tomczak, Critters.com memorial: Rameses Memorial
11-09-2008 9:56 AM -- By: Charles -- Sammy's Dad, Critters.com memorial: Sammy Memorial Friends .... The portrait of my baby girl Cupcake that is on my son Sammy's memorial is posted on the internet at: "www.canineartguild.com/gallery/" ... Should you wish, you could "vote" for her portrait .. or any other portrait you feel you want to vote for. Thank You ... Charles
11-09-2008 9:52 AM -- By: Charles, Critters.com memorial: Sammy Memorial To All My Friends Here at Critters .... I just wanted to let you know that I will be having "ACL" surgery on my left knee this Tuesday, November 11th ... so needless to say, I probably will not be on the computer visiting all the babies memorials .... New or Old .... for a few weeks. I will try after a few days to "hobble" on crutches to get online ... but if you do not see any posts from me .... that is why.
Thank You to ALL of you who have visited my son Sammy's memorial and have posted such kind words. Though I only know YOU from postings and/or e-mails, I feel all of YOU are my family and I just want to let you know that.
Keep me in your thoughts and prayers as I recover .... because I know my son Sammy will be right beside me as he always was ... Cupcake is already used to being right next to me as her big brother Sammy is "teaching" her ....... I Love You All ..... Charles
11-08-2008 3:22 PM -- By: , Critters.com memorial: UNA Memorial Hi Everyone. This is Lauvern {Luke's mommy}. I thought i would keep you updated on Diana's {Una's mom} condition. I have received this email fro her hubby Dan...............
Dear friends, god is unfair. It is cancer, primary CNS lymphoma, an non-Hodgkin lymphoma extremely rare at persons as young and with no immunosuppression as Diana is. (is the same non-Hodgkin lymphoma as Una had, but in other location, Diana pray to feel the same pain that Una did and God was so cruel to listening her prayers)) There are two lesions in her brain, one very small and one like a small egg, not one, as we thought, deep, in the white matter. It explain her night fever episodes, the weigh loss, her headaches Surgical resection is ineffective because of the depth of the lesions. So she already started radiotherapy and chemotherapy. The prognosis is not good, the doctors give her about 4 years, if she's lucky, they said. Myself I'm like under anesthesia, I don't know if it is not a bad dream or not. I just know I have to be here for her, to be strong Maybe I've been incoherent, I'm sorry, I know you will forgive me Diana is always asking about you all, she don't take very well the cure and I don't know what to tell her, to keep her happy and alive. In few days, when I'll be myself better, I will need your advice I will write to you as soon as I'll be able to. Dan
11-06-2008 10:07 AM -- By: Stacy, Critters.com memorial: Minnie Memorial It just hit me--today, my precious Minnie has been gone from me for nine months. I miss her so very much! I miss her now as much as the day when I had to say goodbye. I know she is surrounded by many new friends, and believe me, I am thankful for that. I don't know what I would have done if I did not find this website. I guess I would still be lost in my grief, unable to talk to anyone. I am not allowed to speak of Minnie to my family and friends, since they just don't understand where I am coming from. I am just supposed to accept, "out of sight, out of mind." Everyone here treats their animals like family, and not just the dreaded "pets" that many others seem to do. I don't have human children, my furbabies mean absolutely everything to me. For the last week, I have been fighting off flu symptoms and problems at home, so I feel this has contributed to my grief coming back to the surface with such a vengence. I can't stop crying, I just want to hold my "groundhog" again! Thanks for taking the time to listen and please stop by and say hi to Minnie. She absolutely loves hearing from all of her friends. STACY
11-06-2008 7:02 AM -- By: Lynn, Critters.com memorial: Bubbles Memorial I would like to give you all a big Thank You for helping me with the loss of my beautiful Bubbles. Words could never express how much your kind words have helped me. I know every one of you feel my pain. Please know that if you ever need anything I am here. My e mail address is disturbedmistrez@verizon.net
Also, on Bubble's page I have added a new page called Guilt... Does what I said on that page make sense?
11-05-2008 9:05 PM -- By: dawnmarie, Critters.com memorial: Suzie Wong Memorial Hello friends, I am Dawn Marie and I have just lost my little girl Suzie Wong on October 21, 2008. I just wanted to thank you all so much for your kind and thoughful words, prayers, poems and signing Suzie's guest book.
I am having a very difficult time with losing her and can not seem to stop crying. I try to be strong in front of others who do not udnerstand and be strong in front of my little daughter because then she starts crying as well and I don't want her to be so sad. I am just completely devasted, shocked and miss my little Suzie so much. I feel so alone and empty. I come home to an empty home when I am by myself. I know she is not at that window waiting for me and coming to my feet as soon as I come in the door. It is very lonely and I am very, very drepressed. I just do not feel like getting up each morning to start the day without my little baby with me, but I have to. I try but I just don't know what to do. My heart is breaking.
I miss her so much, I really just hurt all over. I don't know what to do. Thank you for listening to me and I thank you all for your beautiful words to me.
Dawn-marie (Suzie's mommy)
11-05-2008 2:55 PM -- By: Samantha, Pet's name: Morgan I Have a pug right now and its awesome.()But I feel about the other animals.I look at this web site every-dAY.and i can't stand it looking at these pets.I just keep thinking what would happen to my pug.I love my pug.She was my first dog EVER!!!!! Its just to to look at these.Right now i'm praying to ever pet in the world and my pug morgan to stay safe.When my Morgan dies I will make a story on here to tell the bad news about her.A girl I know hates pets.I never liked her.She always laughs when a pet dies.I hate her .Her name is Tabitha, and why would anyone never like a pet.I just wish dogs could live realy long as humans.I just Can't Stand it.!!!
11-03-2008 9:27 PM -- By: Cheri (Coco's Mommy), Critters.com memorial: Coco Memorial I want to apologize for not visiting the babies much lately. I'm struggling with life right now.....health, finances, Coco's first Angel Day is near, and the death of my dear, sweet mother-in-law. Marriages end, but the love for those dear to us doesn't and she was very dear to me. I try to keep my chin up, but sometimes life becomes a deep valley that's hard to climb out of. I have to remember that it's in the valleys that I grow. So keep me in your prayers and I will get through this difficult time. Please forgive me for not visiting as much as I should right now. My heart breaks for each one of you who are suffering a loss and please know that I am there with you in spirit and I keep you in my prayers. My friends at Critters have been such a blessing in my life and I love all of you.
11-03-2008 12:18 PM -- By: KC Bear's Mama, Critters.com memorial: Lucky Memorial For those that I have met, you'll see a different link...I lost my beloved Lucky last night, and buried him this morning beside his sisters. Please remember me in your prayers. Thanks
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