A weekend in Silence & Remembrance

They say memories are golden
well maybe that is true.
I never wanted memories,
I only wanted you.A million times I needed you,
a million times I cried.
If love alone could have saved you
you never would have died.In life I loved you dearly,
In death I love you still.
In my heart you hold a place
no one could ever fill.If tears could build a stairway
and heartache make a lane,
I’d walk the path to heaven
and bring you back again.Our family chain is broken,
and nothing seems the same.
But as God calls us one by one,
the chain will link again.
Author unknown
It’s our duty to be host of WCB (Weekend Cat Blogging) this weekend and initially we planned to dedicate this WCB to Anastasia. But then we learned that Oscar the Puppy Cat and sweet little Ubee joined our furriends at the Rainbow Bridge.
This have been some sad weeks in the Cat Blogosphere with saying goodbye to many furriends. So we thought we’d all need some time in silence and peace…
So this is our plan for the coming weekend:
Please light the above candle with us on your blog on Friday, Saturday or Sunday in Remembrance of all our dear furriends we had to say goodbye lately and those who came before.
If you want to join us please leave a comment here or at our WCB entry which we will blog tomorrow at momma’s foodblog. Yous can also write to catboys AT paulchens DOT org and tell us your URL.
Peee Esss: Momma promised to photoshop us a better graphic wif a candle to use when she get home this evening.
To join simply grab this code for the picture and post it on your blog:

There is a smaller Version of the graphic too, if the other one is too big for you:

Some of our furriends have already lit their candle, so we’ll start with the sea of candles right away. We will add a candle for every blog entry you tell us, so if yous haf several posts please tell us.
Sea of Candles for our Furriends at the Rainbow Bridge











































































































In Remembrance of
Anastasia, Oscar the Puppy Cat, Ubee, Paul, Taboo, Sundance, Chatham, Suzanne, TeaCup Zephaniah, Biscuit Sinatra (still missing), Elijah Bob (still missing), Jack Skellington (still missing), Echo Baby, Captain Kitty, Abby, Jetta, Whiskers, Brendan, Moxie, Ariel, Buzzerbee, Mignon, Ariel, Murphy, Mia, Brandwyn, Celeste, Slinky, Haiku, Cricket, Gunther, unnamend woofie friend of Peach, Whiskers, Edith, Keiser, Ebony, Davidson, Lola, Stumpy, Scooter, Scrappy, sister Peanut the Ferret, sister Fiona Ferret, Uncle Tiger, Mama Kitty, Doggie Bonnie, and the Fish, woofie furrends Suzy and Pluto, Athena, Edloe, Piper, Krissie, Freda, Morris, Mao, Mao 2, Mao 3, Mao (Uncle Mao), Joonyer, Perl, Sadie Katie, Charlie, Samantha, little black kitten, one eyed kitten, Sweet Georgia, Holly Belle Asbell, Nezbine, Tiffy, Two Socks, Scruffy, Bigotes
Megan & Bad Kitty Cats wrote:
We wanted to mention the Shelter and Rescued and Abused and Hurt Alone Scared Kitty Cats. We often think of them, and our hearts break. Just remember… those kitty cats who were not so lucky to be loved as these we mention here now.
Purrayers needed for:
Jack also asked for some purrayers for beans: his OTW’s sister and his OTW’s Gotcha Moma and Dad have a rough time too being seriously ill.
So Please send some healing purrs towards thems as well, will you? Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrssss!
And he also has updated his Farewell friends friday post. So many new names to add :(
We have also added a candle for Paula’s doggie who was badly hit by a car of a drunken driver and now is at the v-e-t – not sure what his condition is yet….
Please send out some mighty purrrs for this brave woofie too dear furriends!!
Candles lit by
Cat Blogosphere | Tuxedo Gang Hideout | Beau | Jasper McKitten-Cat | House of the (Mostly) Black Cats | Karen Jo | Missy & KC | Samantha & Tigger | Pixel the Kitty | Grr, Midnight & Cocoa | Dragonheart | Eric & Flynn | Perfectly Parker | Bad Kitty Cats | Abby | The Zoo | Krasota Castle Cats | Latte the Meezer | Chase | Kaze | Alasandra | The last meow | The Meezers | Mickey (the Black Cat) | Caesar & Princess | the furry kids: Titus, Tazo, & Earl Grey | Cheysuli | Boy | Brandi (Catitude) | The Feline Sextet | Zevo calamari & boo | Yao-Lin | Simply Siamese | Jemima, Zeke, Sushi, Tiger Lily, & Ruckus | Merlin & Dobby | Benjamin Fuzz | Zippy, Sadie and Speedy | Luxor | Daisy the curly cat | Anastasia & Nancy | Peach, Simone and Scout | Fat Eric | Jack | Amar & Luna | DaisyMae Maus & the Feline Americans | The furry fighter | Mr. Hendrix | Katie & Puddy | Marilyn MonREOW | The Ballicai | Gretchen | whaleshaman | Munchkin, Missy & Monte | Tina T-P | SnotFace Mad | Sher & Upsie | Pippin & Turtle | Dragonheart | Emma | Bonnie Underfoot & Victor Tabbycat | Henry & Clyde | Beau & Angelica | Skeeter & LC | Adan & Michico | Yao-Lin | Jeter Harris | Mickey Mantle | Anne | Pumpkin | Kate | Forty Paws | Sweet Ariel | Angus Mhor | Kat’s Cat of the Day >^..^< | Derby, the Sassy Cat | meowers from missouri: xing lu, nels, nitro, ed | Jimmy Joe | The Morning Scratch | Fritz & Ernest | Mind of Mog | Purrchance to Dream | Fab Five | Skeezix | China Cat | Willow | Sammawow | Dinah & The Mites | Oliver Cat | Tara, Princess Meezer & Kavan | Ariel & Lemieux | Rosa, Fridolin & Maruschka | Scamperdude | Robert @ lamiacucina | maska-masak | Cats~Goats~Quotes | Frostin | Chat Katze | Beezer |

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Comments
That is a wonderful idea! We (my humans and I) will light ours on Saturday, since on Sept. 1st it will be a year since the one who came before me went to the Bridge.
Wonderful idea – we will also light ours on Saturday, as tomorrow (Friday) is China Cat’s 11th birthday.
Purrrrrs, China Cat & Willow
We will join you in the weekend of silence and remembrance. For Ana, Oscar, Ubee and all those who wait for us at the Rainbow Bridge. We miss all our friends but we are glad for them to be where they can be healthy, happy and without sadness or pain. Those things are left for us, those who miss them.
We Ballicai will light our candle on Saturday, too. Thankies so much fur doin’ this.
Kittyhugs and purrs from MaoMao!
I will light my candle on Saturday, also! Thank you so much for this gesture of love and friendship and remembrance of our dear friends at the Bridge.
Purrs and snuggles from Marilyn!
i’s modyfied tha grrreat grafik a bit ‘n postin it Furriday in ‘membrance of tha three grrreat furriends we losted this week.
Purrrs, KC
I will light my candle on Friday and leave it up with no other posts until Monday. One day for each of the dear ones who left us this week.
I too will post this picture,in remembrance of friends that have passed recently and in the not so distant past .
Purrs,Mickey
I will post this picture on my blog this weekend in honor and remembrance of the friends we have lost.
We’re posting Friday instead of Sunday like we thought at first.
http://catsnmom.blogspot.com/2007/08/furriends-friday.html
Fanks for doing this.
Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrs,
Gree (and a nosekissy for Othello too)
[...] they would like effurrybody to light a candle for our dear Bridge furriends, Ana, Oscar & Ubee. Go to Kashim & Othello’s bloggie and copy tha code an post it Friday, Saturday or Sunday. Or all three, like Karen Jo is doing, [...]
It is posted on our site for ALL weekend, and also on the New Tuxedo Gang Hideout for ALL weekend. The New TGH link is http://tuxedoganghideout.blogspot.com/
[...] you want to join us please leave a comment here or here. Yous can also write to catboys AT paulchens DOT org and tell us your [...]
We haf put the candle in our sidelinks today and will leave it there permanently. We will put anuvver candle in our main post tomorrow to remember all out furrends.
http://ericandflynns.blogspot.com
Thanks to alla you who saided the’d join in and to those who already did.
@cyclone cats: Of couse you can use the poem too.
We are keeping the candles at top all weekend… thank you. We are really at a loss for words, when I see five of these babies are part of my soul.
You know this, but we love you … thanks friends.
HUGS
PS we added Captain Kitty, he was one of our first kitty friends … hugs
Thank you again for making this possible.
Friday has just started an lock how many candles are burning already!
We are sure, that our furriends at the bridge will watch this in joy and happyness!
Please don’t get mad at us that we haven’t commented on your blogs yet. Momma promised to do this for us throughout the weekend but right now we just try to catch up with the new entries coming in and updating the post. She can’t do more during work…
I will light mines on Saturday on my blog, and put it on the side Monday mornings so it can always shine for the cats who have gone before.
We joined yo in lighting the canldes. This is beautiful and toughing ns very nice of you to do this.
What a sweet thing to do. I lit a candle at my blog for my cat Whiskers who died March 9, 2007 after eating Special Kitty Pouch cat food.
Our thoughts and prayers are with all of those who have friends at the Rainbow Bridge.
I have already posted the candle at Alasandra and will leave it up all weekend.
http://alasandra2003.blogspot.com/2007/08/weekend-in-silence-remembrance.html
I will also post it at the last meow, in memory of all the pets who died due to the pet food recall.
http://thelastmeow.blogspot.com/
we posted the candle today and won’t blog the rest of the weekend in rememberance our all our friends.
http://dazeyjesseconner.blogspot.com/2007/08/remembering.html
We’s lit da candle on our bloggie too, and it’s staying up, we’s gonna put one on the sidebar after da weekend too.
T.F.S.
Thank you for doing this. We just posted the candle and will probably not post again until next week because tomorrow is Mom’s and my Daddy’s anniversary.
Jemima, Zeke, Sushi, Tiger Lily, & Ruckus
Thank you so very much for this pretty graphic.
We will have it on our bloggie all week-end
purrrrs, Prinnie
this is super! we lit our candle. it’s under Simone’s birthday post. we lit for oscar our bud and Simone’s brother Gunther who died about a year ago and would also be 16.
We lit our candle! And we updated our Farewell Friends post form a couple months ago, with all the names since then. Wow, there were a lot… ::sad purr::
We have lit our candle. I hope this can help in the healing.
http://daisythecurlycat.blogspot.com/2007/08/in-remembrance.html
I have lit the candle with the lyrics for a song we feel is appropriate. We will leave this burning quietly all weekend to remember our friends. Thank you for doing this lovely graphic.
We have a candle lit all three days this weekend for Ubee, Anastasia, and Oscar. We’ve just heard about Brendan at Caturday so the candle is lit for him as well as our Abby and Jetta.
[...] weekend, WCB is being hosted by Kashim & Othello, and they are dedicating it to the memory of the animal friends we have lost to the Bridge. They [...]
I’ve lit the candle in memory of the dear pets we have lost. It is so saddening to hear of so many deaths recently, and we truly feel for the family and friends of those who have died, and those who are missing.
http://www.byootaful.com/?p=1099
Katie and Puddy
[...] to light a candle for our dear Bridge furriends, Ana, Oscar, & Ubee ( & now Brendan too). Go to Kashim & Othello’s bloggie and copy tha code an post it Friday, Saturday or Sunday. Or all three days, like Karen Jo is doing, [...]
I’ve lit my candle for our precious friends. Thank you so much for doing this.
Purrs and snuggles and love from Marilyn.
We Ballicai have lit our candle — we’ll be thinkin’ about and rememberin’ our purreshus furriends.
Thankies so much for the bee-yootiful graphic.
Kittyhugs and purrs from MaoMao!
Thank you for this loving tribute, and we’ve lit a candle, too. Here…
May all pussycats find their birthright of a loving home.
Thank you for providing the code for the Rememberance Candle. I have put it on my blog for the weekend – we are saddened by all the recent passings. T.
Hi Miss Astrid and Kashim and Othello… Guten Tag!
We have our candles up earlier… we are same with Mama and the BKC….
Love You! We Miss All the Kitties :(
Gosh! We are overwhelmed by all those candles all of you lit while we were sleeping here at our side of the big ocean.
Momma is eating her breakfast now (we let her sleep a little bit longer as it is nearly 9 am here) and then she’ll help us to get all those candles lit and updated.
We try not to forget one but if so it’s not on purpose, if it happened to you please just throw us a quick note.
Our Sea of Candles grew bigger than we ever imagined it would be. Thanks to all of you!
I think I managed to do it! Here is my permalink! This was wonderful Astrid! Hugs! And Purrs!
http://whatdidyoueat.typepad.com/what_did_you_eat/2007/09/wcb-remembering.html
Here’s our candle and it will burn always. This is a wonderful idea.
http://cooknkate.wordpress.com/2007/09/01/wcb-time-for-remembering/
I lit my candle this morning.
I lit it in remembrance of TM … the one who came before me.
Thank you Kashim and Othello.
Mickey
mi candle iz burnin fer mi blogosphere frendz … an espeshullee fer mi grate an byootiful frend keiser hoo i miss evree day.
i luv u keiser.
candle is posted–along wif purrs an’ purrrayers for all those gone, and all those left grieving. we will nefurr forget.
I’m burning the candle on my blog this weekend, and we are remembering Momma’s precious kitties Who Came Before as well as our dear blogging friends who have left us for the Bridge this week.
We’z also remembering owr owtside woofie furrends. Suzy went to the Bridge in June and Pluto went the next munth in July. Suzy wuz only 7, but Pluto had a long life at 15. We miss them.
we’ve added up to here.
Pumkin we’ve added your woofies too.
thanks again to all of you we still can’t believe this big sea of candles you all made possible!!
We would like to invite you to see da candlez we have lit fur special kittiez & Dr Tweety haz written a special poem about da kittiez who have traveled away.
Friday Ark #154…
We’ll post links to sites that have Friday (plus or minus a few days) photos of their chosen animals (photoshops at our discretion and humans only in supporting roles). Watch the Exception category for rocks, beer, coffee cups, and….? Visit all the …
My candles are burning…
http://rosas-yummy-yums.blogspot.com/2007/09/weekend-cat-blogging-117.html
Hugs,
Rosa
We have all of our candles up for China Cat, Willow and Sammawow. The ones that we are remembering are Charlie, Sadie Katie and Samantha.
chinascatblog.blogspot.com, willowscatblog.blogspot.com, and sammawow.blogspot.com
Thank you for doing this – it’s good for all.
[...] to light a candle for our dear Bridge furriends, Ana, Oscar, & Ubee ( & now Brendan too). Go to Kashim & Othello’s bloggie and copy tha code an post it Friday, Saturday or Sunday. Or all three days, like Karen Jo is doing, [...]
I’ve lit my candle and posted my remembrance.
Tara
http://taraprincessmeezer.blogspot.com/2007/09/solemn-sunday.html
Good Morning!
we should be finished with adding up to here. Hope we didn’t forget anyone, it’s getting a little confusing with all the bloggies now *hehehe*
thanks to all of you again for making this possible!
purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrs
I lit a candle on my blog today.
Thank you for a great way of remebering all our wonderful friends that have gone to the bridge.
We are quite sad about all the heart breaking news and have lit a candle over at Chat Katze. Thanks for doing this Kashim & Othello.
This Weekend we remember our own kitty sisters Tessa, Tara and our kitty brother Ginger and our dog sister Gidget, & brothers Sam, Bit, Benjie, Bush & Mac, who have passed away at different points in time during the past 5 years.
We are quite sad about all the heart breaking news and have lit a candle over at our blog : http://chatkatze.blogspot.com/2007/09/weekend-cat-blogging-with-sasha.html
Thanks for doing this Kashim & Othello.
Hi Ann,
thanks for lightning the candle wif us.
We will be adding the remaining candles today as soon as possible.
@all:
It was comforting for us to remember our beloved furriends wif alla you.
It’s great to be part of such a loving ans supporting community.
hugs and love to you all!
Well, this couldn’t have happened at a more appropriate time. I will light a candle, too. Thank you for this.
http://weblogs.dailypress.com/entertainment/dining/skat/blog/2007/09/bye_bye_bye.html
My brain is worthless today! I can’t even remember if I just posted a comment here, but I wanted to say thanks for doing this. It couldn’t have come at a more perfect time, and it gives some measure of comfort.
http://weblogs.dailypress.com/entertainment/dining/skat/blog/2007/09/bye_bye_bye.html

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