Poem For A Dead Cat - Ode to Mitze

Poem For My Dead Cat & Musing and Tribute To A Cat Legend

"Good bye to this form sweet Mitz.

Hello to a new world of magic and mystery.

Blessings on your new journey.

Until we meet again.

We will always recognize each other eventually.

Always changing, ever evolving, always expanding.

All our love." - Beckie and Toby Hemmerling - your forever buddies

Grey cat curled up on a green couch looking directly at the camera with pink nose.

My Dead Cat is Off Topic - I know....

I know I run a recipe site and this is off topic but I don't care :). Our cat died and this is my tribute to her because she was a legend.

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Grey cat yawning big. Close up of head and tongue and looking directly at the camera.

Goodbye For Now Ms. Pretty

Ms. Pretty - DBA (doing business as): Daisy Mae, Mietze Katze, Mitza, Mellie, Tiga, Mietze Legend, Mellie 4 Legs, Mellie Marsh Cat, Mellie Night Eyes, The Mitz

Gray cat balancing laying down on an outdoor handrail looking directly at the camera.

How hard it's been to say goodbye to our buddy and shadow for the last 18 years. Alas, your death teaches us that nothing stays the same.

Grey cat layered between shadow and light stripes sitting up on a white couch.

We took care of you the best we could. You lived all these wild places and experienced all our ups and downs.

Grey cat looking at the camera laying down with head up. Cat is alert on a bed in a purple bedroom.

And you didn't care about anything but being wild, free, and fed. Well, you downright demanded everything but nothing at the same time.

Grey cat in a cardboard box surrounded by brown crinkled paper. Big eyes and whiskers and head.

I barely remember life without you in it. You have been with us our entire marriage. You were the child when we didn't have kids. You were the reason we didn't go on vacations in the end.

Grey cat looking into a door of glass with the reflection of a human on a rocking chair.

Thank you For Everything Sweet Mietze Cat

Thank you for taking care of us and blessing us with your rascalness and curiosity and company for 17 + years. We have sure loved you a long time with all of our hearts, sweet legend.

Young gray cat covered in a white comforter with head and two paws peeking out. Close up.

There were many days that you laid with us when we were sick or comforted us when we were sad. There were many days that you provided endless entertainment and mystery. Mostly, you were our family and best friend.

Grey cat yawning and showing her teeth while laying outstretched in a cardboard box.

Thank you for hanging out so long. You could have died from mischief or health scares many times and you always showed us what survival and fight look like. You were a great teacher.

Grey cat close up looking directly into the camera with paws outstretched.

Resisting Goodbyes To Our Cat

But what a way to blow it out and die like you did. The stroke took your movement and function but it did not take your will to live. And for that, I have tears of sadness and joy.

Grey cat yawning on a messy desk and laying on a notebook.

And I play out your last moments... BAH! Wishing there could be one last good breath, one last cuddle and snuggle with all your wits. One last breathing pet with your mind and function straight.

Gray cat with orange collar posing for the camera on a glass and brass table. Portrait full body shot.

But I hear you - a little. I felt you breathing as you laid invisible on the bed by my head. I heard paw paws walking to the litter box. I saw your shadow by the door but it was just a kettlebell or a pair of shoes in the middle of the night.

Gray cat on a white couch edge looking down on the floor. Orange pillows in the background and pencil cactus in the foreground.

I heard you grooming yourself, although it could have just been the oysters popping in the marsh or the wind.

Grey cat with red collar laying over the edge of a brown bean bag. Paws outstretched. Orange pillows in the background.

Letting Go

What a hole your death has left in our lives. Thank you for all the living magic. Safe and fun adventures and travels. All of your molecules in the air, with God, in the Universe.

Grey cat with pink paws sleeping on blue sweatshirt and grey socks. Feet hanging over bed edge.

I breathe you in darling, I try to breathe you out. I breathe in life and breathe out death. I breathe in death and breath out life. Thank you little fierce kitty cat.