Jake's Journey

On March 9th, it will be 4 months since we lost Jake… I can’t believe that he has been gone longer than he was sick and dealing with his cancer… It still seems like such a bad dream… a bad nitemare…

In the meantime… Nala has been filling our household and our hearts with so much joy and laughter. Nala is so full of life… She climbs into bed with me and Jacques when we go to sleep and falls asleep between us… When Jacques moves around too much during the nite, she climbs out and lies by our feet, next to Wolfie… I wish that Jake was here… he would have enjoyed her so much!

It’s been 12 weeks and 3 days since we lost our golden angel Jake to osteosarcoma. At times it seems so long ago, and other times it seems like just a week ago that he was here. Memories of him are all around our home…

Sometimes I wake up in the morning, and for a few seconds I forget that he’s not here anymore… then reality sets in…

Here is a picture of  Wolfie with Jake… during happier times… I miss my baby so much!

It’s been almost 5 weeks now since Nala came into our lives… She is almost 15 weeks old. Every day has been such a joy with her, but boy is she ever a handful!! She acts like a wild cat… Jacques thinks she has some bengal in her, for sure!

Wolfie is so in love with her… Of course, since he’s so big… he ends up annoying her most of the time, pushing her around, sliming her, and stepping on her… but she still looks for him and wants to play all the time…

Here is a video from tonite, of them playing together… She got a new cat toy… with a flashing ball! Whoo! Hoo!

I still think about Jake every single day and wish that he was here to share in all of this with us… I hope he is looking down at us, and smiling… We miss him so much!

It’s been just 2 weeks since 12 week old Nala came into our lives and brought us some much needed sunshine. We have not seen Wolfie so happy for several weeks  now… He absolutely adores her!!

Christmas and New Years were bittersweet… We missed Jake so much… but Nala has been a wonderful handful. I hope Jake is looking down at all of us from heaven… We will never, ever forget our sweet golden angel! We love you Jake!!!

We’ve had the kittie for a week and a half now… and still  no permanent name that both Jacques and I can agree on.  We hope to give her a name before the end of the year… OMG! That’s tonite!!

Wolfie is loving her more and more each day (so are we!)… She is 11 weeks old now… and still so tiny. I keep worrying that Wolfie will step on her and squish her, but she seems to be holding her own. She’s one tough cookie, that’s for sure!

Here’s a video I took of them together this morning… She is totally not afraid of him, though at times I think she gets annoyed with all his licking and mouthing. :-) 

So for the past few days, Wolfie has been getting used to his new baby sister. She is so tiny… and at times he’s a little too rough… but she is a pretty tough little cookie herself. Her name is still up in the air… sometimes it’s Nala (from Lion King), sometimes it’s Porscha… Nothing has stuck yet… but she is still so adorable and has brought so much joy into all our lives. 

Christmas was just a little bit more tolerable since she came to our home! It’s just like she was a tiny little gift from up above… to help us get through loosing our sweet Jake. He was so missed at Christmas!!

Merry Christmas to all my family, friends and all my Tripawds family!!!

Many of our Tripawds members have all been through so much this year… Some of us have recently lost our babies… some have been hanging in there with many ups and downs along the way… others are just begining their journeys.

I just wanted to wish you all, and my family and friends, a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! May this new year be filled with alot of love, hope, strength and happiness!

So hubby went out Christmas  shopping today… and came home with a new addition to our family… OMG! I can’t let him go shopping alone!

There was a cat rescue organization at PetCo today… and he fell in love with this little kittie! I think we’re going to name her Selina (after Catwoman). She is just 8 weeks old. Wolfie is very excited to get to know his new ’sister’… I just wish that Jake was still here with us… He would have loved her too!!

These pictures and videos were taken within the first half hour of her coming home… Wolfie hasn’t eaten her yet… and she doesn’t seem to mind too much getting slimed by him… So far… so good!

Just wanted to wish all my jewish family and friends a Happy last nite of Hanukkah!!!

This was taken during last year’s celebrations…

It’s been exactly 5 weeks since we said good-bye to our sweet golden angel… Wolfie seems to be doing a little bit better. Here he is taking comfort with his big teddy bear… It’s a poor replacement for Jake, but at least he has something to snuggle up to… We, on the other hand… are not doing so well. I know that time is supposed to heal all wounds… but when??!!!