Our JJ left us on Monday to join his brother Marley at rainbow bridge. We feel so numb and lost without them. It breaks my heart to sit here writing this for the second time in only a year since my boyfriend and I brought the little tiny bundles of fluff into our home. We didn't know it at the time but their fate had already been sealed. They were diagnosed with FELV at eight months old, and Marley departed for the bridge shortly after. It shattered our world but we had to stay strong and carry on for JJ. Now with them both gone the house is so empty and quiet, there’s nobody to stay strong for and we don’t know what to do with ourselves. I still think of Marley everytime i go upstairs, sprawled across the bottom step watching his dad cooking, patiently waiting to pounce on any scraps that might fall on the floor and I imagine I will always think of JJ when i go to bed, waiting for him to come trotting up after us with the fluffy black ball from the kitty go crazy in his mouth and the blue stick trailing behind him - ready for a couple of rounds of fetch before bedtime.
Although our time with them was shorter than we’d hoped for and the pain of loosing them has been unbearable, they brought us more happiness and gave is more love than we could have
ever imagined. We have so many fond memories of them. I wouldn’t swap that time for anything in the world.
Goodbye my baby boys, we will always love you. We know you’re safe and well now, healthy and happy, free from pain and illness and side by side again like you always loved to be. Look after each other until we meet again.
JJ
Marley
