Andrea Field Stefanac sent this note to me about making a Christmas
ornament for Winston using his name tag. I thought others might like to
do this too, for both your Berners at the Rainbow Bridge and the ones that
you have with you now......
Joye Neff
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Date: Friday, January 10, 2003 11:36 PM -0500
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Subject: ID tag idea for Winston
Hi Joye,
Just something I wanted to pass along to you...My mom's mother (died when I
was 2 yrs old) used to take the name tags for each cat (they didn't have
dogs) that passed away and attach it to a smallish, stuffed Christmas
ornament with a small cat collar bell. My mother currently has the
ornament memoralizing her cat (while growing up) Sugar Plum. The ornament
is stuffed, shaped like a small stocking and is slightly larger than most
catnip toys. It is always placed on the tree with the utmost care and fond
smiles and memories.
The cat that I grew up with is now 20 years old. We got her when I was in
3rd grade and she was my cat growing up- fed her, cleaned litter pan, slept
on my bed all the time, etc. Wednesday night I took Sapphire to the Vet
Emergency Center (Chris' work). She has a large mass that is encompassing
the hinge portion of the right side of her jaw. It is growing behind her
eye also and making the eye bulge out a bit. It is most likely cancer (of
course). We hope that she'll have a month left. We certainly can't
complain about 20 yrs with her... Anyway, I hope that Mom makes an
ornament for Sapphire and when it comes time to inherit Christmas ornaments
(hopefully very far in the future!), I will stake my claim for that
ornament right away.
I thought you might like this idea, especially with his passing being so
close to Christmas.
Hugs,
Andrea
