Showing posts with label Beezer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beezer. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Farewell, Beezer


Someone mentioned recently in a comment that I must hate doing these. Hate is the wrong word. It makes me sad, yes, and I wish that only very old friends had to go to the Bridge, but I also feel that it is an act of love to say farewell and that's why I do it. This one is hard to write, because I have known Beezer for a long time. Back before I had a blog, I used to read Beezer's blog all the time. Then I started blogging and time got shorter and Beezer started blogging less and I just stopped going by much at all. I hadn't been by in ages when I read on the CB that Beezer had gone to the Rainbow Bridge. It came as a shock. I did write Beezer's story and limerick, which you can find here. Beezer was with his Mom as an only cat for almost 10 years. She first saw him in a department store window the day before Thanksgiving, which is how the shelter he came from encouraged people to adopt kitties and puppies. I always loved Beezer's adoption story. He was a mellow and loving cat. He loved to sit in his Mom's lap. He got sick all of a sudden and went quickly, at home with his Mom. She is missing him terribly.

                                  It's hard to say farewell to Beezer.
                                  He wasn't really even a geezer.
                                        He got sick and left
                                        His Mama bereft.
                                  Have fun at the Bridge, dear friend Beezer.

Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Beezer



There is a picture just like this one on Beezer's blog titled "If you were sitting here, I would be in your lap." It does seem to be just what he is thinking. Beezer was adopted from the San Francisco SPCA the day before Thanksgiving in 1999. His Mama was still mourning the loss of a long-time feline friend when she saw a display of kittens who were up for adoption. Every year the SFSPCA gets permission from large department stores to put up a kitten or puppy playroom as part of the store's Christmas display. Anyway, Mama was looking at the kittens and wondering if she was ready to adopt another cat when Beezer walked right up to the glass and meowed at her. He went home with her that day. Beezer's original name was Butterball, but it quickly mutated into Beezer. Beezer is a lap cat supreme. He is curious and playful, but his favorite place to sit is in Mama's lap.

Beezer loves to sit on Mama's lap.
It's the bestest place for a kitty to nap.
He'll play with a toy,
But his greatest joy
Is the scritches and loving in Mama's lap.