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Thursday, November 30, 2017
Tee-Hee Thursday
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
Bardo
Can Chucky really be gone a week already? It just doesn't seem possible.
The Hubby and I have chosen to observe the Tibetan or Buddhist tradition of bardo, for Chuck. In a nutshell, while a soul is in transition between the physical and spirit worlds after death, the family shows great love by leaving everything as that soul knew it in life. Beds, bowls, favorite toys, pile of woolie socks...all remain and are not put away.
We created a Chuck shrine, which consists of a framed photo, and we talk out loud to Chuck. The presumption is that he will visit 'home' during the 49 days after his passing, to observe us and recall his life. We honor him with our loving words and this allows him to remember everything, and will help him move on to his next life. After the bardo period, we will rearrange things to suit living with Angel alone, such as removing a couple of litter pans, uncovering the chairs that are draped with blankets under which he loved to sleep, and dispose of his medicines.
I suggest that you search the interwebs under author David Michie, where you can read about bardo in his blog dated August 5, 2017. Mr. Michie has written many books, but we cat people may know his "The Dalai Lama's Cat" series most of all.
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| Chuck loved this beddy! |
We created a Chuck shrine, which consists of a framed photo, and we talk out loud to Chuck. The presumption is that he will visit 'home' during the 49 days after his passing, to observe us and recall his life. We honor him with our loving words and this allows him to remember everything, and will help him move on to his next life. After the bardo period, we will rearrange things to suit living with Angel alone, such as removing a couple of litter pans, uncovering the chairs that are draped with blankets under which he loved to sleep, and dispose of his medicines.
I suggest that you search the interwebs under author David Michie, where you can read about bardo in his blog dated August 5, 2017. Mr. Michie has written many books, but we cat people may know his "The Dalai Lama's Cat" series most of all.
Again, thank you for the kind thoughts and prayers.
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Monday, November 27, 2017
Outside Scratchers
Sweetie and The PO'M have enjoyed using the awning wood support as a scratching post, and I finally caught some live action!
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| The post |
(Excuse my noggin: I was trying to catch a selfie with The PO'M smacking me in the face with his tail!)
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| The front edge is almost whittled away! |
The PO'M likes to scratch horizontally too, thus he expresses his creativity on the feed station edge.
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