I can’t believe it has been ten years. I still think about you and miss you, little girl. I will always love you.
Little Claudia
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Sunday, February 10, 2013
One Year Has Passed...
Friday, May 11, 2012
Three Months
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Happy Birthday, Claudia
Thursday, February 16, 2012
The Purple Blanket
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Claudia Cherubina: March 21, 1995-Feb. 11, 2012
It was a cold but beautifully sunny day today. When I got home from church, I half-expected to see Claudia stretched out on the rug along with her cat siblings, basking in the sunshine streaming through the patio doors. Of course, she wasn't there nor would she ever be again.
Claudia loved her feline siblings, first beautiful Siamese Ming Li who "raised" Claudia from puppyhood,
then exotic Bengal Sashi,
then finally bad boy Ocicat Samwise ("Sami").
This afternoon I caught myself thinking,"I should take Claudia out..." then I looked over to the empty place on the sofa that had become her spot the last few years. To quote a song sung by someone who also died on February 11, 2012, "I will always love you." Claudia, I know you are snuggling with Ming Li again.
Bye, my little girl.
Prayers for Claudia (and any beloved pet who is gone)
Most merciful God, we return to you Claudia, a creature of your own making and your gift into our lives. We praise you for her beauty and strength, for her grace and power; we thank you for her faithful companionship in our joys and sorrows; and we bless you for the time during which you entrusted her into our care. Receive now Claudia back into the arms of your everlasting love, 0 Giver of life, through whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ all that is lost to death is restored to life, and in whose Name we pray. Amen.
Claudia, we send you now into God's loving hands,
knowing that God created you
and that God will tend to your Spirit throughout eternity.
God's light surrounds you,
God's love enfolds you,
God's power protects you,
God's presence watches over you -
where you are- God is - and all is well.
Amen.