During the past 3 years, she has developed from a "Hong Kong Girl" into now a bright, understanding and caring sister. Whenever she knows Felix wants a share of her pie, she would quietly move to the sideline. Unfortunately, Felix the Rascal is formed. Betty remains energetic and loves to play catch and wrestling with Felix. However, she has not ignored Goldie. Instead, she would occasionally goes over and give Goldie a gentle kiss!!
Betty, mummy thank you for making the efforts to grow into a better child. May you continue to remain in good health and have lots of joy and happiness with this family. God bless you, dear!
Although this blog is mainly used
to record the life of the cats in our family, I’m going to make this one an
exception. 2016 is a rough and tough year with loads of harsh challenges, which
mostly resulted in satisfactory ending after arduous efforts and attention. " Daddy, we miss you and we love you forever!
As always, your selflessness reflects your care and love for us in its own
subtle way. By the grace of God, on 4th December 2016 you chose to
quietly and peacefully leave us while in your sleep. Your last sight gives us a
sense of serenity and peacefulness whenever we think of you, and lends a strong
hand in helping us to continue life anew.
Yes, physically life will never be the same
now, while psychologically, the difference is more indistinct. You are still
warmly and safely tugged in a special place in our heart, and we thank you for
having us walk under your shadow of life. We will continue to seize on every opportunity
to learn, improve and prosper; to strive for one’s best; to be modest and
economical; and above all to have a warm and loving heart.
Daddy, I think you would be happy and proud
with the thrive in bonding, respect and love amongst each family member,
especially during time of sorrow and pain. So, Daddy, please have a good rest.
Please do not worry about us, as we will take good care of ourselves,
especially mummy, who is also an iron lady.
Bye for the time being, till the day we meet
again.
I remain, your loving daughter "
As for Goldie, she had a rough
year. Don’t know the exact cause, there is a self inflicted wound in her left
arm and after 3 weeks of medication, the improvement was minimal. So vet
decided to operate on it and took the skin sample for lab test. Thank God, the
lab result only indicated that it was an infection. However, Goldie continues
to lick that area, and she has to wear a protective glove for some time.
Just when the skin issue got
settled, she got Horner’s Syndrome. Slowly, her left eye is now back to normal.
In late autumn, for an unknown
cause, Betty got high fever for over 3 days. Fortunately she recovered after 2
weeks of medication, but the cause of sickness was unknown.
The only happy incident is Felix
coming to our life in July. He is smart and adorable. Don’t know whether its his
sex which makes his behavior different from the sisters. Felix likes to play
dash, play with shadow and butterfly and loves donkey ride. He is a rascal, always wants to be the first when it comes to food. He likes to tease Goldie, who either piss back or just ignore him. The beauty, is that
he gets along well with Betty and managed to transform her from a cool 港女 into a cat who likes to be near
people, and doesn’t lose her temper so easily.
Wishing all our readers a Joyous, Healthy and Successful 2017!
6th October is just an ordinary day for many, but for us, this is a very special day, especially at 5.30pm --- a moment with mixed feelings for which we will never forget.
Three years ago this day, it was the last time we were able to feel Kitty's warmth and loveliness. Though we are physically apart, the memories are still very lively and clear. Tears might no longer be shed, but the heartache remains, especially during moments when we read of parents who lost their child.
Despite the change in our livelihood, Kitty's spirit can still find a space in our hearts, and it blends in well with the 3 other children we have. We strongly believe that each kid is a gift from God, with their own uniqueness, charm and is irreplaceable. Though their mission and time with us could vary, we are determined to stand firmly behind them to ensure that they can achieve their goals with flying colors.
After serious thoughts, we have decided to take on an additional cat, mainly as playmate for Betty and hopefully would be a relief for Goldie. He is called Felix, a chocolate color British Shorthair. He joined us on 30th July when he was 4 months old.
The first few days of his arrival were nightmare to us. Initially, we deeply regretted taking Felix, as Betty was extremely depressed. She hid herself, whimpering at all times and was pretty defensive. Our hearts tanked. We didn't realise she was so deeply hurt. On the other hand, Goldie appeared very relaxed, and accepted the baby brother very quickly.
After careful thoughts, we attributed Betty's behavior to her tender age. Being only 2.5 years old, its natural that her confidence in us is not firm/high as that of Goldie's. We reckoned she is worried that Felix might take up a large part of our time and attention. So, we decided to let her experience for herself that life is as normal, despite having one more cat around. We talked to all 3 children, telling them to love and respect each other, and specifically to Felix that he has to listen to advise from both sisters.
With the help of Feliway, the above seems to work, as Betty started to make steady daily progress by the latter part of the first week. Now, with Felix having joined us for a month, not only were Betty and Felix playing dash and wrestling together, Betty sometimes would lick Felix as well.
We are thankful to the Lord for this arrangement, and firmly believe that Goldie is highly instrumental in making the transition a success.
As a follow up on our latest charitable drive - the 19kg of Blackhawk dry cat food was being donated to 癌症Kitty 貓狗屋.
I celebrated my 12 year old birthday on 17th July. Thank u all for your love.
This
year, my birthday wish is to help spread YOUR love to the needy. I hope you
would LIKE the following link (leave your comment and share it as well), so
that if both Betty and I happen to win a prize, it could be donated to the less
fortunate
Deadline
for voting is this Friday – 22th July, midnight HK time
Thank u
for your support. God bless
With the support of all of you, Goldie and Betty were honored to have achieved their mission in flying colors. We will follow up later on with the distribution of our prizes.
