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Tia Maria

July 2005

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Tia Maria's 4th Kitten Diary - July 2005 to October 2005

September 10, 2006 - (Almost 14 months on)
No you haven't read the date wrong, roughly 14 months after losing Tia Maria I have finally decided to end this diary entry properly, although even now, this still is not easy. What prompted me to do this was seeing some updated photos of Tia Maria's sole surviving daughter, Mrs T (now Midori) as her mum posted some photos of her on Siamese Cat Chat for me to see how she had grown. I found the anniversary of Tia Maria's passing extremely difficult, they say the first anniversary is the hardest and I do hope they are right. If you have read this diary up until this point, you would be very aware that Mrs T was going to remain here in our own family as she was the last piece of my Tia Maria that I had left. However, upon the heartbreaking loss of Cute T, Graham and I spoke about Mrs T and about how devastated Cheryl and Andrew were as they were to be Cute T's new kitten family. We made the decision that we would offer Mrs T to Cheryl and Andrew. This was such a very difficult decision to make for us because we would be losing a baby who, for me, was all I had left of my girl. But I knew the pain and sorrow that Cheryl and Andrew were going through at their loss of Cute T, and we were fortunate enough to have Galliano and Tia Lusso, both of whom are Tia Maria's children, so we could not be selfish and keep Mrs T as well when she meant so much to Cheryl and Andrew. Giving up any baby after 13 weeks is always difficult for me as I think of them as my children, but the day I gave up Mrs T, just broke my heart. I knew at the time though, as did Graham, that we had made the right decision, and now, almost 14 months on, I do not regret letting her go and I know that she has made Cheryl and Andrew so happy, and I know that she is in a fantastic home where she is loved more than life itself. She also has 2 marvellous boys to play with called Jordan and Shiloh. I am struggling now to continue any more with this entry because for me, the pain is as strong now, as it was on the night that I lost her, but I do feel that at least, this kitten diary is now complete, although my own life will not ever feel complete again without my Tia Maria, but I do feel blessed that we have her son and daughter here, both of whom are carrying on her line. We also now have her beautiful grandson, Ashanti, who will hopefully also carry on her memory for years to come. We are very grateful to Cheryl and Andrew for giving Midori such a wonderful, loving home and we do hope she is bringing them as much happiness, as Tia Maria brought me in her very short time here on earth. To view updated photos of Midori, please Click Here to visit her own gallery page.

Day 81 - October 15, 2005 - the final entry
There are no photos in any of today's diary for the reason below. This will be the last entry in the T's kitten diary as at some point during the early hours of the morning we lost Cute T. Graham found his body at approximately 6:20am and placed him in a little box. He then woke me up with tears in his eyes to tell me the devastating news. To say that his passing has broken our hearts is an understatement. And not just ours, but Cheryl and Andrew's as well. We will be taking our baby to the vets on Monday morning for a post mortem to try and find out why he was taken from us so cruelly. There is now only Midori left and not only do I not see any reason to continue with this diary, I just do not have the strength to complete it.

Day 80 - October 14, 2005
I'm afraid to say that Cute T and Mars T have been slugs all morning long. They have not been interested at all in playing any games. All they want to do is curl up on the vet bed which is on the heat pad and snuggle. Although judging from last night's activities, I am starting to get the impression that the T's party all night long and then sleep all day, a bit like teenagers I guess really, except these 2 are starting early in life! If this is what they do, then that will be fine in our house for Mrs T as our lot run about like lunatics half the night anyway but I have now idea what poor Cheryl & Andrew's current cats, Jordan and Shiloh will think of Cute T if he starts up any party games at 3 in the morning. One thing about the T's though is that they are such loving babies and they love having thing ears rubbed and being held close to us humans which I think is simply wonderful. It doesn't even matter to them who the human is, so long as they are getting lots of love, they are both very content.



Day 79 - October 13, 2005
Well I managed some photos of Cute T today but they still are not very good at all. I have noticed recently that his tabby markings are starting to come through now, particularly the rings on his tail which is really lovely. For obvious reasons, neither baby made any attempt to go outside and play at all. I don't know who hates the rain more, the cats or me! Mrs T spent some time exploring my desk today and with the mess I woke up to this morning in the back room, one of the first jobs I did today was tidy up all the paperwork on my desk. As it was, I had to re-write the Dancers registration form because of what the babies had done to it. I think Mrs T was one of the culprits as I have seen her take papers from my desk before.



Day 78 - October 12, 2005
You wouldn't believe it but I took loads more photos of Cute T and the majority of them did not turn out at all. He was much more concerned with grooming himself than having his photo taken. I'm going to make a really big effort to try and get some semi decent photos of him for tomorrow's entry. Both T's have been out in the cat run during the last 24 hours although first thing this morning, they weren't overly keen as we must have had some rain overnight and the grass was wet. Mrs T came straight back inside and Cute T was a bit braver but in the end decided that he didn't appreciate getting his dainty little paws wet. He figured he may as well find someone warm to curl up with and sleep.



Day 77 - October 11, 2005 - 11 weeks old today!
Eleven weeks of age and I can't believe that Cute T will be leaving me in approximately 17 days! Both little T's are very loving and very naughty and have really good appetites which I'm pleased to see. For the past couple of days, Cute T has decided that he much prefers to live in the bathroom and upstairs. The reason for this is probably that the radiator in the bathroom is on most of the time and it's a rather warm place to sleep. Of course the problem is that when you want to go to the toilet you have absolutely no privacy because no matter how many times you put him out of the bathroom, he sneaks back in before you get a chance to close the door.