Still mourning, obvs
Best condolences I've had so far:
-"Don't cry, Auntie! Noki's in heaven!" --the wee nephew, with a voice full of conviction. The little dude has inside information on these things.
-ataslightangle, when I said Noki had better be pouncing Connie in the afterlife: "#probs bitching to each other about how much fapping they've witnessed". The most accurate thing I've ever heard, TBH.
-A poem (in Finnish, so I won't bother to replicate or translate it here) from a woman working at the shelter when I posted a message of thank you on their FB wall for them having let me share 12 years of my life with such a wonderful creature. 'twas very touching.
-This doodle from versaphile, who'd known her for almost a decade, and to whom she was a family member, too--she always asked me to keep her up to date with photos and videos of Noki, giving her a regular cat fix since she couldn't have a cat of her own. Several years ago, she even sent me her old iPod Touch with the express purpose of getting Noki pics and videos from me!
This is definitely what Noki was to us both--the giant soot-cloud holding the owl and the grouse in her fluffy embrace. Versaphile was Noki's greatest fan besides my dad, absolutely.
-And everything else, of course. All of you. Hell, the fact that so many people I haven't heard from in ages actually bothered to come in and pay their respects was A Good Thing indeed. Hugs to you all.
-"Don't cry, Auntie! Noki's in heaven!" --the wee nephew, with a voice full of conviction. The little dude has inside information on these things.
-ataslightangle, when I said Noki had better be pouncing Connie in the afterlife: "#probs bitching to each other about how much fapping they've witnessed". The most accurate thing I've ever heard, TBH.
-A poem (in Finnish, so I won't bother to replicate or translate it here) from a woman working at the shelter when I posted a message of thank you on their FB wall for them having let me share 12 years of my life with such a wonderful creature. 'twas very touching.
-This doodle from versaphile, who'd known her for almost a decade, and to whom she was a family member, too--she always asked me to keep her up to date with photos and videos of Noki, giving her a regular cat fix since she couldn't have a cat of her own. Several years ago, she even sent me her old iPod Touch with the express purpose of getting Noki pics and videos from me!
This is definitely what Noki was to us both--the giant soot-cloud holding the owl and the grouse in her fluffy embrace. Versaphile was Noki's greatest fan besides my dad, absolutely.
-And everything else, of course. All of you. Hell, the fact that so many people I haven't heard from in ages actually bothered to come in and pay their respects was A Good Thing indeed. Hugs to you all.