Pet loss Archives - Custom Pet Memorial Votives https://custompetmemorialvotives.com/category/pet-loss/ Sympathy Gifts and Remembrances Thu, 15 Oct 2026 20:14:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/custompetmemorialvotives.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/cropped-Votive-Cody-Dakota-crop-1000px-1.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Pet loss Archives - Custom Pet Memorial Votives https://custompetmemorialvotives.com/category/pet-loss/ 32 32 206475510 Still After 30 Years https://custompetmemorialvotives.com/still-after-30-years/ https://custompetmemorialvotives.com/still-after-30-years/#respond Thu, 15 Oct 2026 20:14:17 +0000 https://custompetmemorialvotives.com/?p=1273 Even after 30 years, each year when the relentless August sun softens to mellow September light angling in to illuminate the shadows, the cooler nights while the days grow shorter, as did yours, I remember those last weeks with you, who rescued me, who taught me so much, even in your death. Above is the …

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]]> https://custompetmemorialvotives.com/still-after-30-years/feed/ 0 1273 Sometimes Memories Rhyme https://custompetmemorialvotives.com/sometimes-memories-rhyme/ https://custompetmemorialvotives.com/sometimes-memories-rhyme/#respond Tue, 11 Aug 2026 23:40:43 +0000 https://custompetmemorialvotives.com/?p=1217 The links in this article lead to another one of my websites, The Creative Cat, where it was originally published. For some reason I’ve always remembered this photo of my Kublai from sometime in May, 1996, with my Pentax film camera, looking at me through the frame of the bishop’s weed stems along the front walk, …

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]]> https://custompetmemorialvotives.com/sometimes-memories-rhyme/feed/ 0 1217 Mimi’s Reminders in Geraniums and Cat Figures https://custompetmemorialvotives.com/mimis-reminders-in-geraniums-and-cat-figures/ https://custompetmemorialvotives.com/mimis-reminders-in-geraniums-and-cat-figures/#respond Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:01:21 +0000 https://custompetmemorialvotives.com/?p=1183 Mimi has sent me messages regularly since the day she answered the cardinal and joined her children in their next life. As loving and caring as she was in life, she continues to give me prompts and encouragement in several different ways.  You never know where the messages will come from or how the visitor …

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]]> https://custompetmemorialvotives.com/mimis-reminders-in-geraniums-and-cat-figures/feed/ 0 1183 In Threes https://custompetmemorialvotives.com/in-threes/ https://custompetmemorialvotives.com/in-threes/#respond Thu, 15 Jan 2026 02:15:17 +0000 https://custompetmemorialvotives.com/?p=1069     I regularly write about my personal experience of the losses of my own cats on my website The Creative Cat. I first published this post on The Creative Cat on January 5, 2026. The strangest things, and where you find them, can be a touchstone for a flow of memories, of moments that show …

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]]> https://custompetmemorialvotives.com/in-threes/feed/ 0 1069 Metaphors and Memories https://custompetmemorialvotives.com/metaphors-and-memories/ https://custompetmemorialvotives.com/metaphors-and-memories/#respond Tue, 28 Oct 2025 06:28:25 +0000 https://custompetmemorialvotives.com/?p=1024 I regularly write about my personal experience of the losses of my own cats on my website The Creative Cat. That includes Mr. Sunshine who once stood on this fence and sniffed this flower pinwheel on a day he was feeling great, a few months before he died on March 1, 2024. This post is …

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