Thursday, March 26, 2015

Jewel's Journey

Doesn't Jewel look beautiful?

Jewel's former owner never made her wear a collar or identification tag nor did he ever have her microchipped.  He allowed her to roam outside in his back yard without supervision, and it always made me very anxious.  Personally, I believe every kitty, indoor-only or not, should have a collar, ID tag, and microchip and only allowed outdoors on a harness and leash or in a carrier with supervision.

Anyway, when my adoption of Jewel became official, I decided it was time that she finally get her own collar and ID tag.

So one day, we went to the store, and I picked out a pretty purple collar for Jewel.  It had white paw prints on it that glowed a little in the dark.

I picked out this purple heart tag to match her pretty purple collar.  In my opinion, the purple looked really beautiful with Jewel's fur.  Since my cell phone number had changed a few days before, I also got Milita and Carmine new ID tags on the same trip.  Carmine's ID tag is a gold-colored fish, and Milita's ID tag is a pretty pink heart.

When I first put the collar on Jewel, she seemed rather annoyed.  But over just a few days, she adjusted well to it, and she no longer seemed bothered by its presence.

I think she even had some fun with her collar.  Many times when she entered a room, she'd shake her bell to tell us she had arrived!  It was really sweet and adorable.

Now that Jewel has gone to the Rainbow Bridge, I keep her collar and tag in her beautiful memory box.  Sometimes I will take her memory box off my dresser and look through her things and visit with her a bit.  Having a few tangible reminders of her near me brings me comfort.

20 comments:

  1. I have Coral's collar and the tag I got her about 2 months before she died on a shelf.....it hurts to see it sometimes but it also a reminder she was loved and belonged

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  2. that is a lovely way to remember her,xx Rachel

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  3. That's good that you can go and look through Jewel's memory box. We hope you will enjoy it and feel close to her at that time..
    Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx

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  4. It's wonderful to have mementos of your precious girl in a memory box. Mom scrapbooks albums of all of those who have gone to The Bridge before us.

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  5. It is fun to remember all the ones that have left us. You all have a great day.

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  6. I can empathize with you. Tommie had a manly brown leather collar with small silver studs. It had a bell and a red heart with his phone number (just in case he forgot it). He could move in absolute silence when he felt like it. But he'd shake his head to let me know he was coming at other times (like the middle of the night).
    Now that he's gone, the sound of that bell breaks my heart.

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  7. That is a nice way to remember her.

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  8. ♥♥♥

    de food serviss gurl still haz de collar frum her veree furst pup; N him waz round when her wuz a teen....that wuz a loooooooooooooong....time.....ago....♥

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  9. Jewel was beautiful. It is nice to have good memories and mementos of her.

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  10. Purple was definitely her color :) I have all of Tara's things in a memory box as well.

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  11. So sweet. The mom has the color of the cat that came before us. It hangs on the photo she has of him.

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  12. very beautiful, that Jewel is. Her coloring is gorgeous and her face is precious. And I bet her fur was super soft just as it appears in the photo.

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  13. It hurts when I think of my fur babies who have crossed over.I will see them again.

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  14. It hurts when I think of my fur babies who have crossed over.I will see them again.

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  15. Jewel did look beautiful with that collar. She was such a beauty.

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  16. Purple is the best color to suit royalty...your princess, Jewel!


    (( ♥ ))

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  17. Mee-you what a luvley tributte to thee beeuteefull Jewel. Mee finkss shee looked gorgeeuss inn Purpull which iss thee raoyalle color an shee sure wass thee Queen of yur heart ;)
    Mee has not got a collar yet an LadyMum sayss one day...if mee had a bell on mee could not sneek up on her tho mew mew mew..
    Run free in Pure Land Jewel an KNOW yur missed an luvved <3
    Sinseerlee, Siddhartha Henry an LadyMum xXxXx

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