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Crewleader

(17,005 posts)
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 10:48 PM Mar 2015

My oldest Cat Reverend has passed away.



I found him in 1998, a stray baby kitten hiding in my tin shed in the backyard.

All these years he has given so much love and joy to my family and I. He will be missed!

Rest in Peace Sweet Revy, I love you.
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My oldest Cat Reverend has passed away. (Original Post) Crewleader Mar 2015 OP
I'm so sorry for your loss. marym625 Mar 2015 #1
oh, Crew, KMOD Mar 2015 #2
What a beauty. progressoid Mar 2015 #3
I'm so sorry, Crewleader. femmocrat Mar 2015 #4
Sorry to hear it. kwassa Mar 2015 #5
What a handsome dude! You did something wonderful for Revy, and liberalla Mar 2015 #6
Aww, sorry! RIP, Rev.... The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2015 #7
oh my gosh, I got my solid black cat from the pound in 1998 Skittles Mar 2015 #8
Cat Heaven shenmue Mar 2015 #9
So sorry for your loss HeiressofBickworth Mar 2015 #10
I'm so sorry LoveMyCali Mar 2015 #11
Oh, so sorry TuxedoKat Mar 2015 #12
Awwwww. R.I.P. dear Revy Triana Mar 2015 #13
A beautiful cat. oldandhappy Mar 2015 #14
All of my sympathies to you, Crewleader. countryjake Mar 2015 #15
i'm so sorry. orleans Mar 2015 #16
Beautiful and lovely kitteh. Laffy Kat Mar 2015 #17
I am so sorry, Crewleader MissDeeds Mar 2015 #18
A peaceful crossing over the Rainbow Bridge.... alittlelark Mar 2015 #19
rest easy, sweet boy fizzgig Mar 2015 #20
sorry to hear it, Crewleader. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2015 #21
black kitties are my fave. I am so sorry for this. roguevalley Mar 2015 #22
Happy paws over the Rainbow Bridge, sweet Reverend. raven mad Mar 2015 #23
I always wish I could put what I want to say into words... BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2015 #24
You Have My Deepest Sympathies Wolf Frankula Mar 2015 #25
Enjoy your days playing in the sun just over the Rainbow Bridge, Revy. In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #26
I'm so sorry, Crewleader. mnhtnbb Mar 2015 #27
godspeed Revy... magical thyme Mar 2015 #28
It always hurts no matter how prepared we may be... Phentex Mar 2015 #29
My sympathy for your loss, Crewleader Number9Dream Mar 2015 #30
Rest in peace, Reverend. brer cat Mar 2015 #31
Thank You For All Your Kind Words Crewleader Mar 2015 #32
My deepest condolences. Coventina Mar 2015 #33
Aww, he was awesome. Arugula Latte Mar 2015 #34
I am so sorry for your loss. may Lady Bast hold this little one gently in Her loving arms. niyad Mar 2015 #35
This song comforts me. roody Mar 2015 #36
Thank You roody Crewleader Mar 2015 #40
RIP for your handsome boy. avebury Mar 2015 #37
So sorry, Reverend was one gorgeous cat. Archae Mar 2015 #38
Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth, Xipe Totec Mar 2015 #39
Thank You Xipe Totec Crewleader Mar 2015 #41
So sorry for your loss Crewleader Tripper11 Mar 2015 #42
Sorry for your loss. N/T polihood Mar 2015 #43
I'm so sorry for your loss. sinkingfeeling Mar 2015 #44
Reverend, aka Revy... Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #45
I'm sorry, Crewleader. I know how hard that is. I have a seventeen year old cat who 1monster Mar 2015 #46
I am so sorry irisblue Mar 2015 #47

kwassa

(23,340 posts)
5. Sorry to hear it.
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 11:11 PM
Mar 2015

Cats live such shorter lives than we do, that now I am on my third round of aged cats.

One of mine is wasting away before my eyes. I can only give her love, and comfort, as she passes.

liberalla

(9,234 posts)
6. What a handsome dude! You did something wonderful for Revy, and
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 11:14 PM
Mar 2015

you have 16-17 years of memories to cherish. No doubt you feel he did wonderful things in and enhanced your life. I wish cats had longer life spans. It's so difficult to lose them.

I'm very sorry for your loss.

Skittles

(153,142 posts)
8. oh my gosh, I got my solid black cat from the pound in 1998
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 11:33 PM
Mar 2015

(he is still with me)....they take a piece of our heart with them when they go....it's the price of love, my grandma would say

HeiressofBickworth

(2,682 posts)
10. So sorry for your loss
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 11:38 PM
Mar 2015

We lost our 19-year old girl kitty a couple of weeks ago. It's not fair that they have such short lives.

TuxedoKat

(3,818 posts)
12. Oh, so sorry
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 11:41 PM
Mar 2015

for the loss of your beloved kitty Revy. I lost two cats last year so my heart is with you. (((HUGS)))

 

Triana

(22,666 posts)
13. Awwwww. R.I.P. dear Revy
Tue Mar 3, 2015, 12:51 AM
Mar 2015

You obviously gave him a great life Crewleader! He went loved. And lives forever in your hearts.

countryjake

(8,554 posts)
15. All of my sympathies to you, Crewleader.
Tue Mar 3, 2015, 01:35 AM
Mar 2015

I am mourning over the loss of our own dear old black kitty...it is always so very hard to see them go.



Sometimes it happens that a black cat lets you pass in front of it. ~ Author Unknown

fizzgig

(24,146 posts)
20. rest easy, sweet boy
Tue Mar 3, 2015, 02:04 AM
Mar 2015

we had a big, black boy, sweetest cat you could ever want.

i know the heartbreak of saying goodbye to an old friend. i saw today that it is my old lady's time. i will take her for that last ride on wednesday.

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)
21. sorry to hear it, Crewleader.
Tue Mar 3, 2015, 02:17 AM
Mar 2015

Revy looks a lot like my Sissy Girl.

Safe passage, Revy.

<---- for you Crewleader, I know how hard it can be to let go.

roguevalley

(40,656 posts)
22. black kitties are my fave. I am so sorry for this.
Tue Mar 3, 2015, 02:32 AM
Mar 2015

what a glorious old kitteh. Take care and know you all are loved.

raven mad

(4,940 posts)
23. Happy paws over the Rainbow Bridge, sweet Reverend.
Tue Mar 3, 2015, 02:34 AM
Mar 2015

Crewleader, I know your heart is breaking, and I hope my tears of empathy will help.

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
24. I always wish I could put what I want to say into words...
Tue Mar 3, 2015, 02:45 AM
Mar 2015

Crewleader, this is what I want to say...raven put it into words.

......my heart goes out to you.

Wolf Frankula

(3,600 posts)
25. You Have My Deepest Sympathies
Tue Mar 3, 2015, 03:03 AM
Mar 2015

I know what it is life to lose a beloved purrson. They really do become members of the family.


Wolf

Crewleader

(17,005 posts)
32. Thank You For All Your Kind Words
Tue Mar 3, 2015, 10:51 AM
Mar 2015

It's given me comfort at this time and my heart goes out to all of you
that have loss their loved member of the family too.

And for those of you watching yours getting close to passing, I know it's the hardest thing to do,
giving care, trying to comfort and express your love till they leave us. Yes, a big part of my heart goes with them.

We miss them so...



Thank You My Friends




Coventina

(27,093 posts)
33. My deepest condolences.
Tue Mar 3, 2015, 11:48 AM
Mar 2015


The day I had to put my old kitty down (after she suffered a massive stroke) was one of the worst days of my life.

It's my belief that she and Revy are frolicking together in the catnip garden beyond the Rainbow Bridge.

 

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
34. Aww, he was awesome.
Tue Mar 3, 2015, 12:13 PM
Mar 2015

I'm very sorry.

Black kitties are wonderful. I've never met one that wasn't a big lovebug.

Xipe Totec

(43,889 posts)
39. Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
Tue Mar 3, 2015, 11:15 PM
Mar 2015

And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun-split clouds -
and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of -
wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence.
Hovering there I've chased the shouting wind along
and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.
"Up, up the long delirious burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace,
where never lark, or even eagle, flew;
and, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
the high untrespassed sanctity of space,
put out my hand and touched the face of God.

1monster

(11,012 posts)
46. I'm sorry, Crewleader. I know how hard that is. I have a seventeen year old cat who
Wed Mar 4, 2015, 06:07 PM
Mar 2015

won't be with us much longer. Strange how these little furry purr boxes entwine themselves in our hearts.

If your are open to it, in your quiet moments, Reverend will come back to visit with you...

irisblue

(32,961 posts)
47. I am so sorry
Wed Mar 4, 2015, 06:17 PM
Mar 2015

I rember feeling angry at Squirty, how can you leave us? And then as I held her as she slipped over to the summerfield at this side of the bridge, whow could you stay so long with us?
























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