RIP Miss Piggy

[lydamorehouse]

 
Miss Piggy at 21.

I haven't updated this because we have been in mourning. Miss Piggy is gone. She died peacefully, in my arms, and without medical assistance last Sunday, just after noon.

She stubbornly did things her way and in her own time up to the very end.

I hope my own passing is as impressive.

Comments

[yhlee]

I'm so sorry, Lyda.

[lydamorehouse]

Aw, thank you. For what it was, it was all right. But we will miss her dearly.

[ihavenoarms]

wow so sorry

[lydamorehouse]

Thank you.

[oracne]

I'm sorry for your loss.

[lydamorehouse]

Thanks. She will be missed!

[conuly]

*hugs*

[lydamorehouse]

Thank you so much.

[bibliofile]

Aw, such a fine kitty. Just enough floof, and in charge of herself (and you). RIP.

[lydamorehouse]

Yes, exactly. She was a force of personality for sure.

[applenym]

I'm so very sorry for your loss.

[lydamorehouse]

Ah, thank you so much. I still expect her to wake me in the middle of the night with demands. Luckily, Buttercup has decided to fill those shoes (mitten?)

[pameladean]

What a pretty floofy girl, and what a stubborn-looking profile.

Our Naomi hid until she couldn't make it to the vet before dying. Also a very stubborn floofy cat. We still miss her a lot.

P.

[lydamorehouse]

Piggy was a regal cat. She often posed as she she knew she were the queen. (Which, in fairness, she was.)

I thought Piggy might hide, too? But, she actually seemed to seek us out even close to the end. It was an honor that she allowed herself to be held at the end, honestly.

It may have been long ago, but my sympathies for the loss of Naomi, too. It never gets easy. We still miss our very first, Artemis.

[kore]

I am really sorry. I'm glad you had some final time with her and that her passing was peaceful.

[lydamorehouse]

Absolutely. As I told Yoon, for what it was, it was the best it could be.

[sabotabby]

I'm so sorry. If she had to die, I'm glad she went out on her own terms.

[lydamorehouse]

Right? We should all be so lucky.

I thought of you today, in a totally unrelated way, because I ended up passing along some union organizing songs to friends of mine.

[sabotabby]

Oh excellent! Which ones?

[lydamorehouse]

Oh just some Utah Phillips stuff and Solidarity Forever, nothing super radical.

[sabotabby]

Alas, the belief that workers don't deserve to be flogged on the hour during the 23 hours a day that they work is a radical notion in today's climate.

[mtbc]

I'm sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing the lovely photograph.

[lydamorehouse]

Oh, thank you so much. Piggy was easy to photograph. She always posed with poise, if you will.

[umadoshi]

So much sympathy. ;_;

[lydamorehouse]

Thank you so much! She was a big personality, so a big loss.

[glaurung]

I'm so sorry. Ave atque vale, Miss Piggy.

[lydamorehouse]

My kneejerk reply to any amount of a language I don't know is to reach for the little foreign language I have, so I almost wrote "Arigato gozaimasu." But, I don't even know if that's the right kind of thank you in this case. Maybe "domo"?

Anyway, seriously, thank you.

[glaurung]

Ave Atque Vale: latin, literally "Hail and also farewell." More loosely, "I salute you, and good bye." It's a very famous quote from the last line of a poem by Catullus mourning his dead brother.

She was a very pretty kitty, and I'm sorry you have lost her.

[marahmarie]

Oh, Miss Piggy. What a sweet-looking cat...may she rest in peace, and all of my sympathies.

[lydamorehouse]

Ah, thank you so much. She was a force of nature, that one.

[offcntr]

Gucci gucci, you were a good kitty.

[lydamorehouse]

AW... now I'm crying! Thank you for that, Frank! (and I mean that seriously. I'm so glad you remembered our special goodbye for a loved one!)

[j00j]

I’m glad it was an easy passing. Thinking of all of you.

[lydamorehouse]

Thanks. The house feels tremendously empty, what with the kid off to university as well.

[rachelmanija]

Oh Lyda, I'm so sorry.

[lydamorehouse]

Thank you. It was hard, but for what it was, it was... good? It's hard to say that about death, because it's never good, but there were honestly some lovely moments.

[bcholmes]

Oh, I'm so very sorry. She sounds like she was a wonderful companion.

[lydamorehouse]

Very much so. Thank you.

[anirrationalseason]

She is a beautiful cat. I'm sorry for your loss. It's so hard to lose our friends.

[lydamorehouse]

It really is. Thank you for your kind words.