THERE ARE PLACES I REMEMBER....

There are places I remember
All my life though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them all

But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more

Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more
In my life I love you more

Thank you for your friendship and your love.

However life may turn, this gift will be

A mountain that has made my river bend,

Nor will it flow the same way to the sea.

Knowing you is something I'm made of.

Years will not this part of me remove.

One lives for just a brief eternity,

Understanding truths that never end.

Nicholas Gordon

Dear kitties...it is with a very sad heart that I tell you my best friend has gone to the rainbow bridge. He was a most kind and shy little cat named Normie. He was as tiny as I am but had a heart of gold. Normie was a white & black Turkish Van kitty about my age. An accident with a car stole his tail when he was young but that never dampened his zest for the good things in life. He loved to eat nice treats and drink some of his daddies milky breakfast drink. Most of the day he spent sleeping in his cassita. When he woke, he would retire to his music room. He had such a passion for music of all kind. Each day he would send me his favorite selections for me to enjoy. Yesterday...I asked him to do me the honor of being my ring bearer at my wedding to Mickey. I told him he could wear a top hat, white tie and a tail coat like Fred Astaire. He would have a tail again of a different kind.... I was a little bit worried that he might be sad that I am going to marry Mickey. He always told me that he loved me but respected my love to Mickey as the gentleman that he was. I told him true friendship never goes away no matter what happens. Now Normie is gone to the bridge and I am so heart broken I can barely see to write....how do you go on when your best friend is no longer here for you to talk to? Kitties I implore you to love and live with all your might for tomorrow may not come for any of us. Do today what you want to put off until the next. Tell those you love that you do or you may not get the chance again. Though gentle Normie did not have a blog, he followed many of yours and loved Parker in particular. Normie was always bidding on my auctions to help out kitties in need and donating to their cause...Normie was a quiet hero who stole a part of my heart. His mommy and daddy are sad beyond words and my mommy has cried her eyes out. Please leave your kindest words of comfort for them here today...Life is as fragile as a cherry blossom...my forced branches bloomed today. Now they will always remind me of a small white & black cat with a giant heart who sent me the most wonderful cards...

"I love you forever Normie...your special tiny friend Miss Peach"