{"id":1864,"date":"2020-06-17T21:24:25","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T01:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beemandave.com\/beemanblog\/?p=1864"},"modified":"2020-06-18T11:53:51","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T15:53:51","slug":"i-buried-a-cat-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beemandave.com\/beemanblog\/blog\/2020\/06\/17\/i-buried-a-cat-today\/","title":{"rendered":"I buried a cat today…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Greetings and Salutations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today was a difficult day, I am sorry to report. While it had positive aspects, it also had a big, dark, cloud of sadness to it. Because of this, I want to remind everyone why it is that letting one’s companion animal roam free is a bad idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I buried a cat today.
He was a lovely, stubby tailed cat,
who looked healthy and cared for.
He had powerful, green eyes,
\n\n\n\nHis long gray fur was touched with White<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was laying, still and lifeless, in the road
\nWhen I passed him as I had to run out this morning.
\nWhen I came back, an hour later, he was still there.<\/p>\n\n\n

I am a Guardian, so I could not leave him there.
\nI stopped, and collected his body,
\nRespectfully laying it in the back of the car.<\/p>\n\n\n

I took him back to our land,
\nTo find a lovely place,
\nunder the branches of a cedar tree,
\nFor his final resting place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I dug him a bed of Earth, for his eternal sleep,
\nand carefully laid him in it,
\nto return to the Earth,
\nfrom whence he came. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wept for him, and blessed his spirit
\nIn its journey over the Rainbow Bridge.
\nI prayed that he found peace and happiness there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I buried a cat today.
\nHe was a stranger to me,
\nbut he deserved a decent Place to Sleep
\n and some dignity in death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please…Keep your cats inside…build them a catio to enjoy Nature, in a restricted way. The cat I buried today did not even make the average 6 years that a free roaming animal usually lives…but he could easily have lived to the age of 18 or 20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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