Pet Loss

Sue Flavel

Feb 13

6 min read

Updated: Feb 17

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"I Visited You Today… One More Time" 

 

~ From Your Forever Love, Waiting Beyond the Rainbow Bridge 🌈🐾 

 

You didn’t see me, but I was there. 

I curled in the patch of sunlight that fell just like it used to on our favourite napping spot. I brushed against your leg when you stood still—just a whisper, like the ghost of a purr you used to feel. Did you shiver when I passed? That was me. 

 

I watched you today. You picked up my old toy from under the couch and held it a little too long. (I knew you kept it. Sentimental human.) I tried to tell you: It’s okay. I’m still here. So I sent the breeze to rustle the curtains—the way I always did when I wanted you to open them for me. 

 

I visited because: 

- Your tears taste like love, and I wanted to lick them away like I used to. (But now, I let the wind dry them instead.) 

- The house is too quiet, so I knocked over your pen when you weren’t looking. Old habits. 

- You whispered my name, and oh—how my heart leapt. I remember. I always will. 

I stayed until you smiled at my photo on your desk. That’s when I knew you felt me. Cats are excellent at goodbyes… but even better at never really leaving. 

So tonight, if your blankets tuck themselves around you a little cozier than usual? If you dream of rumbling purrs and soft fur? That’s me. 

I’m just loving you from further away now. 

Wait for me in the sunbeams, my favourite human. 

—Your Cat, Always Yours ❤️ 

🐾 P.S. The butterfly that landed on your hand earlier? That was absolutely me. Stop crying. (Okay, fine… cry a little. Then go eat tuna in my honor.)

 

Not by me. Just saw this and thought it may comfort some 🖤

 

Eternal Pawprints......🤍💗💞

 

Though you have gone beyond my reach,

Soft pawprints linger on my heart.

In dreams, I see you close once more,

A quiet ghost who will not part.

You perch beside me as I sleep,

Your silent purr a gentle balm.

In whispered shadows, still you keep

A watchful eye, serene and calm.

Through every day, in every breeze,

I feel your spirit near and strong—

A friend who left yet never left,

A love that lingers, soft and long.

No longer flesh, yet here you stay,

A flicker in the fading light.

My heart holds close the joy we knew—

My sweet companion, warm and bright.

By #patzmeow

 

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I heard your purr in the evening light,

A gentle hum, so soft, so bright.

But when I reached to stroke your fur,

Only memories lingered there.

Nine lives you danced through, bold and free,

A shadow, a spirit, a mystery.

Leaps of grace and emerald eyes,

Now chasing dreams in endless skies.

The final nap, so deep, so wide,

Carried you to the other side.

Where sunbeams stretch and soft winds call,

And endless love awaits you all.

No cage, no pain, just fields to roam,

A warm embrace, a loving home.

And though you're gone, you’re always near,

A whisper, a purr—I’ll always hear.

ANON

 

A Letter from the Rainbow Bridge

 

Hi, Mum, Dad,

 

Now that I’ve been across The Rainbow Bridge for a couple weeks, they said I should write a letter home. Sorry, Mum but I’m so busy ‘across the bridge’ that I haven’t thought of home much. They said it’s okay and that you would understand. I hope you do. (I think you will.)

 

Remember that night when I wasn’t feeling very well and we were all crying? I don’t remember much, but I do remember seeing and hearing all of you and feeling your touches and hugs…I remember hearing “we love you” and that one last command of “Go through”. I didn’t know what you meant, so I turned around and walked through the fog that was in front of me. I saw the biggest bridge I’ve ever seen! And so many friends on the other side of it! They were all playing with toys and balls! You were right to tell me to go there!

 

My feet kept moving forward, but my heart kept pulling me back. Your touches became lighter and lighter and I wanted to come back and nudge your hands for more love, but I was overcome by this feeling of curiosity for the happy place over the bridge! My feet started moving on their own, like a gentle breeze was moving them forward for me! I can’t explain it, but I had no doubt that it was the right thing to do!

 

So, I walked across that big, huge bridge by myself! I looked for you, because you’re always by my side, walking with me, but this was different. I didn’t have a collar around my neck or a leash connecting me to you ~ I was ‘free’! Even though you weren’t there with me, I never felt alone! I actually felt like I had a huge cape of love wrapped around my body and the more I walked, the easier it was to breathe! So, I kept walking! And I would feel more warmth in the big hug, so I kept on walking! I eventually made it over the big bridge – I did it by myself, mom. When I got here, all of my new friends greeted me and helped me walk off the bridge ~ it was so cool! They gave me a pair of wings and said that I was now a Guardian Angel!

 

What I’ve learned over these past few weeks has been amazing and nothing like I’ve seen before! We’re all the same up here ~ we all have wings and we all have Forever People to watch over ~ that’s YOU, mum !You’re my Forever Person and I’m your Forever Dog! We had such a great life together and I do miss you a LOT, but please know that I am so happy in my new home across The Bridge!

 

I’ll send you another Earth Angel so you won’t be alone. Give them your whole heart, like you gave it to me. I’ll check in every so often to make sure they treasure your love ~ I always did! When you miss me, think of a rainbow and know I’m on the other side of it, waiting to walk with you again. I’ll always be in your heart. I love you, mom!

Time for me to go play...

 

Credit: Charles Putney   

 

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You trusted me with your life…Anon

 

You trusted me with your life…and I had to choose when to let you rest.

That’s a kind of pain words can’t fully heal 🌈I carry the weight of that choice every day. The quiet moments replay themselves—the prayers whispered through tears, the hope that stayed a little longer than it should, the love that refused to let go 🕊️

I didn’t want to say goodbye. I wanted more time. More ordinary days. More familiar routines. More moments where your presence made everything feel okay 🤍

Letting you rest wasn’t giving up. It was the last act of love I could give you, even though it shattered me. held your pain so you wouldn’t have to anymore, and that decision will forever live inside my heart 🐾Some people will never understand this kind of grief.

The kind that comes from loving so deeply that your heart breaks twice—once when you lose them, and again when you remember you had to be the one to say it was time 🌙I miss you in ways that surprise me. In the quiet of the house. In habits I still catch myself doing. In moments when my heart reaches for you before my mind remembers you’re gone 🍃But even now, I feel you. Not just as a memory, but as a presence that walks beside me. In every breath I take. In every tear that falls. In every moment I choose love over bitterness ✨You walked that rainbow path, but you didn’t leave me behind. You took a piece of my heart with you and left your love behind to guide me home 🌈🤍If love alone could have saved you, you would have lived forever. And if love could bring you back, I would run that road without hesitation.

Until we meet again, rest softly. You were my greatest responsibility, my deepest love, and my forever friend 🐾🤍