I can’t believe how long it has been since I posted. I don’t know why I don’t post more often. I always have things I want to share, but sometimes I don’t want to. I don’t know why. There is always something going on. Especially recently. With pets, myself, my husband, the house, family etc. I don’t think blogging has gotten boring, because it is much faster than writing in a journal or a planner, which I do both. I also write on my deck calendar. So why don’t I blog more? I don’t have the answer to that. And I always say I will blog more, and then BAM! Six months fly by.
Maybe I could do a paragraph for each day, and then post a single post on say Friday, covering that week. And if there isn’t anything special to really talk about skip a day or something like that. I don’t know but I would like to blog more, I want more of what happens in my life in my blog. I have had this blog for a very long time, and staying consistent would be nice. I will think about it, and give it a try after today. Each day of course will be saved as a draft. It works out that way. The blog I do consistently post on, is my faith blog, which isn’t really much besides posting a verse each day. I could not give more time to that blog, but post a verse a day. I also post a verse each day on my social media websites. And a daily post of a cat from my cat calendar. All that takes up time. It takes up a lot of time. I liked how in the old days I would post on one thing, and it would go to all my social media websites I wanted. Now we barely get stuff posted around, so more time goes into going to each website to do it. It is exhausting, but its my Lords word, and that is important to me.
This last time I blogged, I talked about a few ferals that were getting caught in the snow storm. Well the next snow storm was even worse, I mean it was a blizzard, we were buried here, not over the house but the driveway, the car. And yes the deck where my Lilo would stay. After the first bad snowstorm, I told myself I need to bring in Lilo, I don’t think she will make it if she stays out there. After the first bad snowstorm, and she finally showed up. I was crying, and thanking my Lord for bringing her back to me safely. I was so very happy. My mission was to bring her inside, so I prepared for it, because we knew we had another bigger snow storm coming. I already have a crate downstairs, I had it ready for awhile, with litter box, a place to sleep, that got changed around a bit, and a place for her to eat. This photo shows how much snow we got on Jan 26th, and I think this was the first big snow storm.
That was deep, but the next one was way more. There was so much snow, I spent a few hours digging paths for cats to walk on, and for use to reach the compost area. Of course all that work was covered up when the next big snow storm hit. Then this is Lilo outside on Jan 31, 2026, I go out every night, rain, snow, windy, hot whatever, and spend about 15-20 mins with her petting her, giving her some lick-able treats and dry treats before I head inside for the night. It was always a routine, some nights she stayed out longer, other nights she got cold and got into her heated house right there. It was the 2nd year i used it, the overhang drooped but it still kept her cozy and warm inside. I always had a blanket in there too, and I checked it every two days, pulled it out, dusted it off, double checked the heating pad. I had to replace it once, so glad I checked on it.
This next photo is her favorite spot during the day in the winter to sit, because the sun hits there, and she can soak up all the sun she wants until its gone. You can see her walking towards me because I came outside to give her lunch I believe it was about 11:30 am on February 2, 2026.
The next photo is of a mini panther that would come around and I would put food out for him/her to eat. After the big snow storm I didn’t see him/her come around much, but I am sure he/she was around somewhere. Look at those precious eyes. This was on Feb 3, 2026. Our poor deck needs some love and care. As a matter of fact my husband has recently prepped it for staining, as soon as we get a good stretch of days with sun and no rain. This is such a gorgeous kitty. I love black cats as much as I love torties, gingers and tabbies. I truly love all cats.
This next photo, I just had to share. This is my sweet tortie girl, Lilo. She has such a beautiful face, I love petting her, and giving her little hugs here and there, when she lets me. It took a little over 7 years for that to happen, it was well worth it, and I am glad she gave me the opportunity to show her what love is.
Then we have Mittens, I am not sure if it is a boy or girl, but for now I call it a him. His name is Mittens, but I also call out Kitty Kitty when it’s time to eat. He responds to it well. We had a shelter under the deck for him, where he stayed during the storms, I was happy to see him go inside there and stay warm, bless his little heart. Look at those cheeks, Mittens is such a cutie. I hope he warms up to me faster.
Mittens has a little bum leg. Seems like an old injury, possible fracture that healed so he can’t really bend his little back leg. Breaks my heart because jumping up things may be in possible. I have never seen him jump on anything, maybe low level things, but not the rail of the deck, or even where Lilo’s heated bed was. You can see in this picture the way he/she sits. See his little back leg, he never folds it in like other cats. I have seen him run and he can run even with that bad leg. He doesn’t appear to be in pain, at least I hope not. I have fallen in love with him already, my sweet tuxedo baby.
On Feb 22, 2025, I was able to get Lilo inside, into the crate, and get her comfortable. She meowed a little but I believe she understood I brought her in from the cold. The basement is not heated, so I had a heater going for her, plus her heated bed and a blanket on top as you can see in the photo below.
After awhile I didn’t feel like she had enough room on that small bed, so I switched it with another I had outside for her that had more room. While I was doing that, the blizzard hit big time, and we got buried with a ton of snow, see the photo, and you c an see it is still falling at the point, that was Feb 23, 2026 about noon.
I would go down to the basement, grab a computer chair, my iPad and sit with my girl Lilo, talk to her, pet he love on her. Eventually I let her out of the crate so she can walk around, so she isn’t too scared. I wanted to acclimate her to being inside. She is going to be my 3rd girl inside at this point.
I noticed she wasn’t eating much, so I thought it’s because she was brought inside to an unfamiliar place. And I just needed to giver her time to adjust. This same evening, we went out to take a look at the snow since it finally stopped snowing. And wow, major blizzard oh my gosh. The doors were blocked we had to push the snow away to get outside to be able to shovel our car out, and make walking paths and all. All the digging I did around the house was all covered up and then some so much, see photos.
We got a lot of snow, we thought it would take forever for it to melt, but it didn’t. It melted pretty fast. The first heavy snow fall it was very light snow, but this one was heavy wet snow. It’s crazy to see how much snow we got. Other places got more than us I am certain. It was a fun experience for me. So while we did all that, I changed Lilo’s bed, and it worked out better. I think she was happy, this was Feb 24, 2026. She walked around, ate next to me, she seemed in good spirits and getting used to things.
My sweet beautiful girl. Will finally be inside, in a safe, happy and loving home. I was excited for her, I wanted her to be happy inside. She is an older girl so I didn’t want her living her golden years out in the harsh world. And she got used me and loves me, as much as I love her.
[Content Warning: Death] It took me a few days to get myself together to come continue this blog post. So As you see Lilo had been enjoying her self, eating her food, her lickable treat just like she did when she was outside. Little by little she was adjusting, and I was happy for her. I had hoped that she is beginning to see how happy she can be. These two photos are from Feb 25, 2026 about 4 pm.
She finished, and was kind of standing outside of the crate in front of me. I was to the side of the crate. When she lost her balance, and it took me by surprise, so I said. Awe, did you trip babygirl, I quickly helped her back up, and then she collapsed. I got very scared at this point. I was trying to get her up, when she began to have a seizure, and immediately after she stopped breathing. I got hysterical, called my husband. I didn’t know what to do. I think she passed away due to that seizure but I don’t know why she had it. Yes she had been an outside cat for as long as we lived here. And I had planned to take her to the vet to get her checked out, once she got a bit more used to being inside.
I won’t show you any more pictures because it is heartbreaking. I am so broken-hearted. I loved her so very much. I love my inside girls as much if not more, but this little girl was something special. From not wanting human contact to wanting it. To allowing me to pet her, hug her, pick her up, feed her, and be by her side. If you ever lost a pet, you know what it feels like, and if you were ever there when you furbaby passed, you definitely know how I am feeling.
One minute she is fine, and the next she is not. I kept holding her, touching her warm body, right before she stopped breathing, she threw up a bit of the lickable treat. God only know why this happened. But I believe she was supposed pass away next to me, so she would not be alone. I thank God, that it was fast and she didn’t suffer. I can’t stop crying, and I knew I would once I wrote about this. That is part of the reason I hadn’t been posting. I had been mourning her, and missing her, and depressed, and so very sad. I miss her so so much. Sure sometimes I feel its unfair. God has his reason, I have always believed that, and I always will. My life changed when she passed. I am not the same. I have had ferals/strays come and go, I don’t know where they went, and I pray they are not alone when they pass. This was really hard for me. My husband knew it too.
I wanted to share a photo of where she spent her summers here. On the deck, very content, even at night she would sleep there, this is a happy time I will always remember when I see the deck. Look how safe and content she looks. God bless her. My husband took this photo while he was sitting across from her. I think he loved her in his own way. I’m glad he sent me this photo. This was summer of 2025 (May 27).
I made an appointment to have her cremated, because the ground had been frozen, that I would not be able to bury her. So my husband agreed to have her cremated. I took her precious little body to the place we choose. I said my goodbye to her body, because I know her spirit and soul is with my Lord. I broke down when they took me to the viewing room. I did not know what to expect. The lady asked if I wanted to take her out, I couldn’t I broke down. I didn’t want to remember her like that, but how I have always seen her, a beautiful precious little tortie girl.
This is how I choose to remember her. A beautiful little soul. I will miss so very much. I brought her remains home, and I will spread her ashes once we have a good day to do it. Today would have been nice, but I wanted to have the whole day to do it, and think about her, and light a candle for her. So I am going to wait a little longer. Oh gosh I miss her to very much. Seven years of trying to get her to trust me, and I finally did. I am so thankful for the time I had with her. I love you, and miss you Lilo. My sweet, precious baby girl.
I think this is where I will end this blog post. Today is June 13, 2026 about 4:04 pm.
Well, that is all for me. I will see you in my next post. Stay, cool and hydrated. Please be kind to all animals. Have a blessed day. And don’t forget!
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
Luke 1:37 NKJV
Until next time
Emily
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