Wednesday, May 30, 2007

a dingo ate my baby

so sad and so true. little grey was taken by a coyote in the wee hours last tuesday morning. it was awful, but i thought friends of grey should know. there was some monumental sobbing and me gathering little bits of fur which i now, sadly, have in a snack-size ziplock. so, remember her sweet soul and the many lessons she taught us, like "it feels good to poop outside" and "don't get eaten by a coyote".

little grey with a caterpillar friend

p.s. sometimes god works in mysterious ways. and by mysterious, i mean crappy.

16 comments:

Jasph said...

Aw, man. What a complete carnivorous bummer.

I came late to the Beth & Joren game, and the only time I was over at your place, Grey was probably in hiding, so I don't remember her, but I know exactly how it feels to lose a kitty-cat you love.

If you ever saw the movie "Annie Hall," you may remember the pretentious guy who tells Diane Keaton that he knows exactly how he'd like to die: "I want to be torn apart by wild animals." It seems ridiculous in the movie, but maybe it's a thrilling way to go. I still feel bad for little Grey.

Kitty eulogy from e.e. cummings:

why did you go
little fourpaws?
you forgot to shut
your big eyes.

where did you go?
like little kittens
are all the leaves
which open in the rain.

little kittens who
are called spring,
is what we stroke
maybe asleep?

do you know? or maybe did
something go away
ever so quietly
when we weren't looking.

Jack Gilbert (who I admire more than Cummings) says, "If the locomotive of the Lord runs us down, we should give thanks that the end had magnitude." Maybe you can substitute "coyote" for "locomotive."

Sorry to hear your news. It's crappy and mysterious, and just thinking about you gathering bits of fur in a ziplock bag makes my eyes feel stingy.

Tina said...

Sweet, sweet Grey. She was a nice girl, and had a great life. I'll never forget one of my many workday naps at your house, where she'd lay right under my chin, then paw my face until I'd pet her.

Kinda like you do to Joren.

We'll miss her, and oh yeah...we miss you too.

djayt said...

"to be funny in the face of something that is not that funny is to be something or other."

that's a quote they use at graduations a lot, and it applies here.

sorry for you guys.

Laura Tills said...
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Laura Tills said...

i never worked at hallmark, so have nothing clever to say - but i'm so sorry for your loss.
-laura

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