Rainbow Tama: Hello, Dear Friends. I am sorry this post has been so slow in coming. Last week was a crazy week here at the Bridge, with the arrival of two old friends, first Derby and then Alfie. It is always lovely see see old friends, but we all know how much our families miss us, so it's bittersweet. And choosing the photos for this post was very bittersweet for #1 and me. 2018 was the year we said two major goodbyes, one early in the year and the other at the very end. My sweet sister Sei-Chan left us in early March and the best woofie ever, Tommy, at the end of December. Whereas Sei had been unwell for a while, everything happened very suddenly for Tommy and so it was a horrendous shock for all of us. Still, I am getting ahead of myself, let us start, like all years, with January.
Early in the year, we received a lovely gift from our friends in Singapore:
We would all line up in order for evening treats. from left to right,
Sei, me,
Beebs, and
Genji:
And here I am, coming in from the cat run with my sister,
Sei.
February 2018 - Snuggles with #1:
Supervising her at her desk:
March 2018 - Sweet Sei left us for The Bridge early in the month. I was sad.
I found comfort with my friend,
Tommy:
And tried to look cute to cheer #1 up:
April 2018 - Life, as you know, must go on. Spring arrived.
We had a lovely visit from Claire of
The Swiss Cats. She brought gifts and cuddles!
May 2018 - With the warmer weather, the cat run beckoned:
And window whiffies!
And #1 was always there to provide cuddles.
June 2018:
July 2018 - Summer crept upon us:
And the living was easy:
August 2018 - And suddenly, it was my birthday! I was 10 years old! Lovelier than ever, according to #1.
September 2018 - It was still lovely out in the cat run:
Taking a nap with my son,
Bibi. He's on the left, in case you're wondering:
Sharing snuggles with
Tommy:
And still enjoying window whiffies:
But I missed my sister
Sei, and I started to spend time in her favourite beddie, where #1 had placed her urn.
October 2018 - #1 was away in the U.S. on the first of her two big trips that autumn
I also grew to like this snug on the landing:
Synchronised dining with my son,
Bibi:
November 2018 - #1 was barely back a few weeks when she left again, this time for Japan. I still spent time in Sei's beddie:
The snug on the landing was a very good vantage point!
December 2018 - We were so happy when #1 returned and, for a while, everything seemed perfect in our world. I was spending a lot of time with Tommy:
But also snuggling a lot with #1:
And then, just before Christmas, we got the awful, awful news.
Tommy was so sick that our vet, Dr. C did not think he'd be with us more than a few days. I never left his side.
The day he left us for The Bridge, I went to him, just before they left for Dr. C's, and gave him one last cuddle. My boy,
Bibi, then did the same. Our world was falling apart.
And that was the end of 2018 for us. Sadly, 2019 also brought it share of tears, but that is for another time.
