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SPIRITUAL LESSONS FROM A DYING CAT
My experience. | 7/28/2013 | by Laz A. Mataz

Posted on 07/28/2013 1:59:03 PM PDT by Lazamataz

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To: cradle of freedom

Amazing story, thank you for posting it....


101 posted on 07/28/2013 3:37:51 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: Lazamataz

Sweet Laz. I love every word you wrote about your Cathy. Good thing I spotted your thread on my own because I wasn’t pinged. God bless and keep you. I believe she’s with St. Francis.


102 posted on 07/28/2013 3:39:07 PM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: Toespi
Thanks Laz and so very sorry. I am facing the same with my best friend, Maxwell, my fifteen yo dachshund. Every day I know it gets closer, he is failing so quickly. Even though your post hit so hard, it is also reassuring in so may ways.

God bless you. Please keep this article bookmarked so that you may return to it in your time of need; it would be the ultimate tribute to my little girl, to help someone.

Also: Keep a close eye out for outright miracles. It's amazing what I have been through. I dare not share it -- no one would believe me and they'd think I was crazy... but I know what happened.

Keep an eye out for your miracles.

103 posted on 07/28/2013 3:40:36 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: windsorknot

Wonderful thoughts; I appreciate you sharing them. Love out to you...


104 posted on 07/28/2013 3:41:31 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: Lazamataz
I would appreciate your absence from the thread. Thank you.

No problem Laz..........good luck my brother.

105 posted on 07/28/2013 3:42:36 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (')
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To: onyx
How were you not pinged? Aren't you in the Laz Ping List? If you are not, you should be. I ping people only to the articles I write that are of higher quality.

Thank you, sweetest of sweet hearts, for your kind and wonderful thoughts....

106 posted on 07/28/2013 3:43:05 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Thanks...for both the compliance and also for the good wish.


107 posted on 07/28/2013 3:43:58 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: tweakDU

You are right, it was, and is, hard. There is however, the fact that this cat has a special place among all cats, everywhere. She has accomplished so much.


108 posted on 07/28/2013 3:50:06 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: 9YearLurker; Lazamataz
Whoa—a serious post from Laz.

In my experience, when he does post seriously, it's usually good and/or informative.

109 posted on 07/28/2013 3:50:31 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: Brad's Gramma

Oh my dearest one! How you could spend even a moment to post on my thread when you have endured farrrr worse so recently, boggles my mind! You are an example of selflessness and are a very beautiful woman. I love you.


110 posted on 07/28/2013 3:51:35 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: Lazamataz

Sorry about your loss Laz! I have heard many people say that their pets are like family. As far as I am concerned, my little pet IS FAMILY! I know that you felt this way about your “little girl” as well. Didn’t read all the comments, so I don’t know if this was mentioned, but it might help. It is free btw.
http://www.ilovedmypet.com/


111 posted on 07/28/2013 3:53:05 PM PDT by Chance Hart
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To: Lazamataz

I’m sorry for your loss Laz. My best friend Timmy has been gone for 7 years, and I still find myself thinking of him, and missing him every day. His photos are on my fridge, so he’s never out of my sight. He was only 10 when I had to have him put down after he was diagnosed with cancer. Initially I was angry that he had been taken from me after only 10 years. He was an indoor cat, and I had had outdoor cats that had survived to be almost 19. As time has passed, I’ve learned to appreciate the time I did have with him. He brought a lot of joy into my life, and I’d like to think that one day I’ll see him and my other pets again in the great beyond.


112 posted on 07/28/2013 3:53:37 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: xrmusn

What do you mean ‘hog my time’? This is OUR time, YOUR time. I’m so glad you posted what you did. It was moving and special and funny in places, and I thank you.


113 posted on 07/28/2013 3:54:17 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: Lazamataz
Great post Laz,

Brought back hurt memories of my buddy that possibly had the same ailment, just stopped eating and went downhill fast.

I could not bear to watch him struggle to breathe, too weak to use his box. At least I held him while he went.

Tore me up real bad, though I went through it differently than you did. Did come to realize that I am far more in tune spiritually with my little buddies than with people, for good or ill.

114 posted on 07/28/2013 3:54:53 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

(smile)


115 posted on 07/28/2013 3:55:13 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
Cathy was beautiful and you shared more in 4 years than most do in 20 years with a pet.

Thanks, others have made this observation.

RIP, Cathhy, and may you find it in your heart to share your life with another pet.

It's a guarantee, brother. A guarantee.

116 posted on 07/28/2013 3:56:11 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: Lazamataz

Very well written Laz. Your Cathy is in the best of company as she and my Timber are hanging out at that bridge, waiting for us to catch up with them.


117 posted on 07/28/2013 3:56:25 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Lazamataz
Dear Laz...
Up is down,black is white,forward is backward and Lazamataz has half of FR in tears of laughter.Many here know intimately the pain you feel at such a loss and we're grieving with you FRiend.You have indeed touched upon some serious spiritual truths.Thankyou so much.

Especially this one... "...but I clung to hope like a rescue rope in a cold ocean"....because it's one that every believer in Jesus Christ knows right down to the bone and then some!

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.....be not afraid,only believe. (John 14:27,Mark 5:36)

118 posted on 07/28/2013 3:58:11 PM PDT by mitch5501 ("make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things ye shall never fall")
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To: doorgunner69
Tore me up real bad, though I went through it differently than you did. Did come to realize that I am far more in tune spiritually with my little buddies than with people, for good or ill.

I truly thank you for the rest of the post, but this one bit troubles me a little. I hate to see you in pain. There are people who love as close to unconditionally as possible.... would you consider seeking them out? Do you know how you seek them out? You become one.

We are all human, and we all make mistakes, even -- or especially -- with this. I still strive to attain an ideal anyways.

119 posted on 07/28/2013 3:59:17 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: Lazamataz

Shush you. You’re a good man.

:)


120 posted on 07/28/2013 3:59:44 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (I can do ALL things through Christ Who strengthens me!!)
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