I can imagine how hard it is to live without her since she has been with you for so long. I think it is a wonderful idea to make a memorial for her. Living that long, she deserves a huge monument! I think it would be cute to have a cat statue and maybe plant some catnip near her grave. I know jeannespines did a cool "rope" ball where she wound a rope and glued it to a ball. It would be cute to do something similar with a smaller size rope and paint it to look like a ball of yarn. Or use the colorful nylon ropes.

That is a really long time to have a cat in your family, so she has been there since you were 9. Hard to part with a dear friend like that. I got a dog, Skippy when I was about 7 & didn't have it too long, maybe a year,Cocker Spaniel, it disappeared & I spent years looking for it down every back road. So I know it is heart breaking & was thinking if you mosaic maybe you could make a cement plaque with a face of a cat similar to yours. You could even use a ready-made stepping stone of cement, round or square & attach pieces of mosaic to it & then grout it in. Or get some Quickcrate & a form of some kind, foil lined box maybe, to pour it in (3 in thick probably)& write a message on it with a line drawing of a cat's head. A memorial in the yard will be nice! Hugs, Jan

Erin, I am so very sorry. I can't begin to imagine losing a beloved pet you've had for most of your life. How wonderful tho that you had her so many years. My oldest kitty made it to 15.

As for a little memorial, a cat statue for the garden would be perfect as as Luna said. And if you go to Collections Etc website, they usually have wonderful pet stones, or memory stones, with wording, that are very inexpensive. I've bought two from them over the years for my garden. Also you can get a stepping kit from Michaels, and make a personalized one yourself. I did that for one of my dogs. Used her name, date of birth and death, and special momentos. (Like a metal pin with her breed outline. Just set in the cement once its partially 'set up. Any charms for jewelry work, if there are ones that
have meaning. Hearts, birds, etc)

If you want to share a photo, or more, of BB, please do.
I know she was a special girl and would love to see her.
Let yourself grieve as long as necessary. Our animals give us such unconditional love and we are lucky for the time we have with them....but its never long enough.

hugs, Karen

Oh Erin...I'm so sorry about BB. I know she was a member of your family and that you will miss her very much. I too like Luna's idea. In fact, I have a winged cat and a winged dog statue that I have at the edge of my pet cemetery. If she's buried in a place where you could plant something in her memory, that would be great too. Kitties are such personable creatures and love us so much....I'll be thinking of you.

Sorry for your loss...our pets sure tug at our heart-strings & it is so hard when they must go. I like the cat statue idea & always think it is great to be able to have a 'living' memorial of some plant or bush at the burial ground. Hugs to you, erin. Jeanne S.

Erin, I am so sorry to hear of BB's Passing. Our beloved Callie was 17 when she passed this year. All my animals (and we have several) Have a flat gravestone I have made out of cement and put their name on the marker in pebbles and then decorate with pieces of stained glass. The grave stone sits at the head of the grave and then the grave is covered (like moasic) with rocks from our creek. Keeps critters from digging in this area and also marks exactly where our beloved pet is.

I'm sorry I didn't follow up on this for so many days....I went out of town for a week (to the boonies) and forgot to check the conversations side. I cannot tell you guys how much your ideas,kind words, prayers, and thoughts have meant to me. I know Im still a newbie around here, but not one of my friends that lives here said anything nearly as nice as you all did. It was more of an oh okay, well sorry. It's so great to be around some people who understand...even if via computer. Thank you so much for your kindness.

As far as the project for where she's buried...we buried her in my moms prayer garden, in the hosta section. We planted a weeping japanese maple in the midst of some hostas. I'm still looking for the perfect gravestone....you guys have given me some fabulous ideas. thank you so much again.

erin

I made a glass totem to mark the grave of my beloved Teeger. It is quite tall and has a solar light in the top. (I made the top part removable so I can replace the solar light).
So sorry about the loss of BB. I'm always devastated whena pet dies. Its so wonderful that BB lived such a long life.
My kitties tend to live in the 18 to 21 range, except little Teeger who had a liver defect and died at age 3.

Kathy

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I just came to conversations after Bible School at church last week.
I was so sorry to hear about your cat BB. I have a cat named BeBe, he weighs about 17 pounds and he and his sister are 4 years old.
I was upset over the loss of Bitsy, 'worlds smallest cat' a couple of years ago, but she was only loved by us a year and 4 months. Like Teeger, she had liver problems, and urinary problems.
Our oldest cats lived 21 years and 19 years, and grew up with my DD.
I also feed 7 'strays' that own me...
Since they sleep in separate buildings, last year I bought 3 electric blankets for them to sleep on in the winter.
You have my sympathy...