Jasmyn Skye

What is a friend? The dictionary defines it thus:
Someone attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard. Someone who gives assistance; patron; supporter.

Another definition.... "A friend is a tender shoulder on which to softly cry. A well to pour your troubles down and raise your spirits high. A friend is a hand to pull you up from darkness and despair...when all your other "so called" friends have helped to put you there. A true friend is an ally who can't be moved or bought. A voice to keep your name alive when others have forgot." Author Unknown

I have a trusted few who fit these words with whom I have shared some times of Despair and Happiness. But there is one with whom I have shared every aspect of the words above and more...one who I have given to gladly, although what she has given me in return she may never know. Because it is not in her makeup to know...she gave it without knowing because she loved...and I gave in return all knowing...because I loved her. One who shared my waking moments and my sleep, one who shared milestones in my Life. One who was always there to comfort just by her very presence...one who allowed me to care for her even in her deepest abyss...even when she feared the caring but somehow overcame it with trust for me to help her. One who allowed me to repay her in kind for the loving devotion she offered to me so selflessly for her entire beautiful existence....and I thank her for giving me that opportunity to be for her what she was for me.

This is for you, My Beautiful Jasmyn Skye. You were my Ray of Light and Laughter, my best Friend in days of Sunlight and through nights of Darkness, my Angel who shared my Life in a special way no other could. I loved you from the moment you entered my world until the very last moment...when you entered your own dark place but still loved and trusted me enough to let me hold and guide you to your next Home. And when you drew your last precious breath, you were still there for me...letting me know that Trust and Love does not perish with the body.

I love you now and always, my Jasmyn Skye. And I will see you again one day and we will rest together once more. I miss you, my Friend and my Baby...and I will cherish what you gave to me Forever...a Friendship that can be built only on Trust and Love. That is what I will hold dear always. And I will not mourn your passing too long...but instead rejoice in the blessing and privilege of sharing my life with a Friend as precious as you.

**Thank you to my incredible husband and children, who have loved and helped care for Jasmyn all of her 15 years with us, and who have given her and me unconditional support through her illness. And to her sister Tiki, just for being her. We love and miss our baby.**

**Many thanks to our wonderful vet and her staff at Carousel Cat Clinic, who have supported and cared for Jasmyn from her birth to her passing. I can't stress enough the value and importance of a vet staff like this! Your compassion is deeply appreciated. You have all been lifesavers.**

**Special Thanks to the Feline CRF Support Group, without whom Jas and I could not have made it so far. Their kindness and information and encouragement are the best! If you or someone you know is caring for a kitty with Chronic Renal Failure, please visit them at this link and join their message board***
http://www.felinecrf.com/links0.htm

**But MOST of all, THANK YOU to these Beautiful, Special, and Brave kitties who have fought the good fight for so long with so much Courage and Trust and Love! You are the truly AMAZING ones! Because of YOU, CRF for me now means...
Courageous Remarkable Fighters!
GOD BLESS YOU ALL....**

"Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, Love leaves a memory no one can steal." Author Unknown