JMCKUSICK
JMCKUSICK's JournalA heartfelt Thank you.
First and foremost I just want to say thank you for the amazing empathy and love you all offered in my loss of my Snuggles. The kind words, hugs and prayers have helped me begin to transition from the grief I still feel to a wonderful memorabration which I will luxuriously bathe in as all my wonderful memories of my Snuggles wash over me.
We placed her body in a wooded area that is separated from me by road she died on. It allows her to go back to Mother Earth, and I will visit her every day and hug her spirit, soothe her as my voice so often did, share my days with her, and encourage her journey, whatever that may entail.
You all have, with you words, helped broaden my horizons in coping with Snuggles death. For that, I am beyond grateful and can only hope to repay you all when the opportunity arises.
Thank you and hugs back to all of you.
A prayer for my Snuggles as she crosses the Rainbow Bridge
My Snuggles crossed the Rainbow Bridge yesterday.
She chose me to be her dad 3 years ago, her and her brother Cuddles, as they decided to enter our lives indirectly through the USPS.
My then girlfriend is a mail carrier and this was clearly a special delivery directly to my heart. Snuggles chose me from our very first encounter as she came right to me and told me what to call her by curling up in my lap right away. Her brother attached himself to her son and he was almost as cuddly as she was snuggly so the naming took care of itself.
Snuggles was at my side from that day forth. If I went to the bathroom, she had to make sure I was ok by supervising. If I went for a walk, she had to come along and by the time she was six months old or so, she was one of four kitties in tow as I became the crazy cat dude in our neighborhood. Snuggles had a combination of food insecurity along with general anxiety, she was probably the runt of the litter. Snuggles struggled with all the other kitties so we found a home for her as a barn cat on an 80 acre farm where she didn't have to be so anxious.
She never left my heart and I missed her constantly. Every couple of months we'd go to a town near her for a shopping trip so we'd stop so I could visit her. Snuggles always came running when I'd call her when we visited and that made me miss her all the more. We'd spend 10-15 minutes snuggling, ohhh she loved those visits. Every time it came time to leave her, I would be reduced to a blubbering fool as we drove away. I always told my roommate that if I could find a way, I'd have her back in a heartbeat.
Whenever I walked the other kitties, Mufasa, Nuggett, and Cuddles, I'd always call for Suggles along with their names as a small gesture to honor her place in my heart. In an effort to keep this short (lol), a small miracle happened as my g/f and I decided we are better as friends so I moved but stayed in the same town. Her son is my roommate so we had Cuddles and low and behold if the folks who took her in, called out of the blue and asked if I could take her back as she was not getting along with their other cat.
I was overjoyed and we got her the very next day in early December. I couldn't have asked for a better Christmas present and Snuggles seemed thrilled to be reunited. Every minute that she spent in the house from then on was at my literal side. She became more like a small dog in her mannerisms. She loved being doted on, loved being held for 60 seconds at a time, and slept at my side every night and laid at my feet all through the day. The only thing she wouldn't do anymore is get on my lap.
Almost five months to the day that I brought her home, she was hit by a car and it looks like she died instantly. I have been home from my back surgery for 5 days and so I'm still unable to bend, lift, or twist for another couple of months, so I had my roomie pick you up and place you in my lap so I could hold you and I so fervently prayed to a higher power that you aren't alone right now. Oh God, please hold Snuggles close, give her soul peace and please find her soulful companions to help her on her journey to the beyond.
Thank you Snuggles for filling my heart with smiles, with treasures of moments that we shared and that I can only hope sustain you as they must me.
Thank you Snuggles for being overjoyed at the sound of me calling you, bouncing as you ran toward me like a silly rabbit.
Thank you Snuggles for every day reminding me that Love is above all other things that we should seek and offer., Your love was so unconditional, so joyful, so warm, so comforting, so visible, so encouraging, so empowering, for both of us.
Thank you Snuggles for being a Chosen Cat, a cat with such special gifts that you were destined to serve me with, to save me with, to caress me with, to share my journey with and I pray that I earned everything you gave and please forgive when if I failed you.
So Thank You Snuggles, for saving a lost soul, for you see, I have been a wandering tumbleweed my whole life and you were that oh so special and important water source that allowed me to set temporary roots so I could bloom and flower for these three years in a place that my heart will always remember as a temporary haven that I could call home for my lost soul. See, you saved my life at the cost of yours and you gave me hope, purpose and most importantly a safe place with whom I could simple Be.
Good Bye my Snugglebug, my Snugglebunny, my Snugglepuppy, good bye Pretty Girl, good bye my Sweet Angel, good bye SweetPea, good bye Baby Girl, good bye my Sweet Princess.
I'll Miss you so much, and know I've loved you every moment you have been in my life and I will always love and cherish the very special friend you are.
Dear God,
First, accept my undying gratitude for letting me find my Snuggles so we could both not suffer alone.
Please let Snuggles hear my words, and feel my feelings, and let my tears offer any nourishment she may need as they are entirely tears of gratitude for the countless moments she blessed me with, please don't let her be lonely at any step on her next journey, and please let her have Peace, fullness, and safety as Snuggles has earned no less. Please take care of her. I love you Snuggles.
Amen
I'm having major back surgery tomorrow
And I would love any positive vibes, energy, thoughts or prayers to help me through these next two months especially.
This will be my fourth operation on my lumbar spine since September of '21.
The system doesn't make things easy if you're poor, Medicaid ran me around with denials since last fall and I just got the final approval Monday.
I love the DU members, they're valuable opinions, the vast knowledge I've gained here and your forgiveness and instruction with my occasional demonstrations of naivety or ignorance. You all have been my source for news, laughs, tears, and every other emotion imaginable.
For your consideration
Did you know that next season, age wise, Anthony Edwards will be playing his fifth season while Michael Jordan was beginning his first?
Crazy huh?
Wouldn't it be nice
If this weekend was actually spent by the government to identify the nearest maximum security federal prison, put in place contingency plans for bad scenarios and come Monday morning, they arrest him for violating his bail AND bond agreements.
A guy can dream can't he?
Since the historians came out a couple of
Weeks ago with the rankings of all the presidents, my dear friend suggested instead of calling him 45, why don't we start being more accurate and call him 45th?
Have any of you heard
Of that these supposed virgin cherries? I saw something somewhere the other day, but I can't remember where.
Have you tried them?
Do you know where I can get them?
Thanks for the help.
They're supposed to be super nutritious and pop when you bite into them.
Serious question
Is it that far-fetched to game out that Nikki Haley's strategy has more to do with the impending collapse and death of MAGA and Trumpism with the full clean-up in aisle congress included that will soon follow the first real dent in tfguys armor.....a criminal conviction?
It really pisses me off that
The order against tfg is a legal document with specific listed penalties etc. How is it fu**ing possible that the people writing for these newspapers etc..., can't read and come up with five or six different numbers on a document that is extraordinarily specific.
No wonder it's so easy to hate the media. Even on the same channels on the same program, people report different numbers.
Am I out of line here?
I'm really struggling
With how we have a hard time being objective about this hearing.
We are not determining whether the filing by Romans attorney was bullshit.
It was. What matters here is only their responses to a hearing properly scheduled by a judge. Their obligation as both attorneys and private citizens was and is to be truthful in their filings and testimony.
If it is determined that either was not, it will detroy the entire case . Period , the end.
Emotions have no place in the arena of the courts. Just the facts.....
Think Michael Cohen, Michael Avenatti, etc....
Most everything they have contributed to the public discourse may be 100% true but as their ability to do anything, even under oath, was destroyed the moment their crediblity was forever compromised.
All the rest is window dressing at this point.
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