Sara was adopted from our local animal shelter in 1986. She was probably about 5 weeks old (too young, really, to be separated from her mother), so we've estimated her date of birth around July 1986. We had to euthanize her on May 5, 1995, a loss I still feel very deeply and painfully when I look at her picture.
Simply put, I loved Sara with all my heart. She was so kind, sweet, loving. She was everything and more that a human could ask for in a companion. When we took that final ride to the vet's that May day, her wise eyes looked at me in full comprehension of this final act of kindness. Sara was dying. She knew it; I knew it. She crossed over to the Rainbow Bridge peacefully...like the true lady she was in life.
Well, Susie, the tears are rolling as I write this. I can't believe after all these years that I can still feel so vividly the loss of Sara in our lives. Will I ever have another like her? Only God knows. I doubt it, though. Sara and I had a special connection that will be hard to duplicate.
Kacey ~ Born August, 1986 Became an AngelKitty August, 1996
Kacey was adopted from our local animal shelter in August, 1986. She disappeared from our lives in August, 1996 without a trace. She was wearing her collar and tag, along with a special sensor that activated a pet doorbell at our front door. We tried for several months to locate her, putting up hundreds of flyers in the neighborhood. Not one person had spotted her. I fear that some evil befell her. I pray to God I'm wrong and that she chose to live somewhere else, but I doubt it. Not after ten years.
Kacey was a rebel in life. Sort of the square peg/round hole theory. We understood her, though, and it brought out the best in her, despite herself. We loved her and still, to this day, keep the batteries fresh in that pet doorbell, hoping it will ring to let us know our Kacey has come home.
