For Jeremy 1986~~~~~~2004 
 Do you know that I love you, Do you know that I care, Do you know our love never never dies. Do you know that I love you, Do you know that I care, Do you know that I will always be there. Do you know that I love you, Do you know that I care, Do you know our love grows on forever more. Do you hear that I whispered, My whisper of love, It's time for me to leave you now. It's time, It's time and I must go, It is time for my last goodbye, One last goodbye. Do you know that I love you, Do you know that I care, But it's never goodbye, for ever. Do you know that I love you, Do you know that I care, For I never will truly leave you. I live, I live forever on in your heart, A love that will never part. Do you know that I love you, Do you know that I care, Do you know our loves grows on forever more. Do you know that I love you, Do you know that I care, True love will never never die. Lyrics © Jeaney..April 2004. In Memory of Jeremy. ************ He is not mine but he had to leave to go to the bridge and though his human mother wants him here, at Rainbow Bridge, she's not quite ready to tell his story. Her pain of losing her precious baby is still too raw. Angie has given me the photograph you see above and asked me to tell what I know of the beautiful cat Jeremy was. 18 years together, 18 years of love. I first knew of Jeremy, only 4 years ago, met him 3 years ago. I knew him, through what Angie shared with me, in many e mails over all these years. 18 years of happiness. Jeremy gave Angie 18 years of fun and laughter. He was her cat, he lived with Angie, her husband, Brian and her little girl, Rebecca, but he knew Angie before they did. In the days when Angie was not sharing her love and life with her family. 18 years of sharing. Jeremy was just a little kitten when he became, Angie's fur baby. They grew together, as Jeremy grew to adulthood so Angie grew to find yet more love, marriage and her daughter. First love. Human love is different to that we give to animals. Animals love without condition, and as they teach us unconditional love, so we gain from finding it. We are all blessed with a never ending supply of love, what we share in love with one, does not take away from what is left to share with more. I was privileged to share in some of Jeremy's life. I went to spend some time with Angie, living in her house and for 8 lovely days, sharing her family. When I met Jeremy, it was not long after I had lost my own ginger cat. Angie was a little worried that I would find meeting Jeremy upsetting. I was sure I would be fine. Oh Jeremy, whatever did you think of me? One look and there I sat in floods of tears. I loved you from the first moment I saw you. What fun we had, didn't we Jeremy? Your Mum telling me you were getting old and not so active and there you are chasing a conker round the living room, up the hall and back again. You showed her, Jeremy, old indeed, there was still that bit of kitten in you:-) But? The voice, Jeremy why could you not meow?? This was the oddest and funniest thing to hear, mouth opens to meow for food, and out comes this little grunt sound. That super sonic purr of yours sure made up for it though. I can still remember the times you purred down the phone for me. 18 years of caring. These 18 years were drawing to an end. Angie knew it and so did Jeremy. Oh why did God give animals such a sort lifespan, perhaps to ensure they are cared for till they have to leave. Caring, means a lot of things, but at this point in Jeremy's life, it meant caring enough to let him go. As time passed, he began to show his age, and later to show signs of illness. As Angie watched her baby grow ill before her eyes she had to be the one who cared. Cared enough not to be selfish and hold on to him, to spare her own pain. Cared enough to let him go, while he still had his dignity. The day arrived, when you make the decision. So very hard to do. Angie took Jeremy in her arms and upstairs in her home, to sit with him alone. Just a little more time together, while she told him how much he was loved and would always be loved. A little reassurance that his life was going to be easier, just that chance to say her last goodbyes. Angie did want to be with Jeremy when he left, but again showing how much she cared she was not there. Her grief was too much to handle and she wanted Jeremy to leave in peace. She brought him back downstairs and gave him to Brian. Oh, how hard that must have been to see him leave, knowing he was not to return. Later, Brian came home, and later still in the peace of darkness, Angie and Brian buried the body that had contained the beautiful soul of Jeremy, in the garden, where they knew he would be safe. His soul flies free now, as free as the eagles in the sky. He plays happily at Rainbow Bridge, and there, in time to come, he will be reunited with the one he loved most on earth, Angie. All text © Jeaney, with the exception that it may be used by Angie. Photography © Angie, 2004. Bumblebee Designs ©2003-2004-2005 All rights reserved. Designed & Maintained by Jeaney Anyone reading this who has also lost their animal friends and would like somewhere for them to be remembered, please e mail me with a photograph and details, and I will add more pages. Click on the flower pot to e mail me. Jeaney 
Back Home The Midi is sequenced by C.Scultz it is played here as a tribute to both Jeremy and John Denver (the original composer). |