Last week, my sweet little girl, Catty Mayonnaise, peacefully transitioned after a year of intensive at-home hospice care. CM entered my life as a 3 month old foster kitten. A fan favorite due to her sweet, social, playful, loving purrsonality that somehow never got adopted. I eventually realized what she always knew – she was right where she was meant to be. That was 15 years ago. Over the course of our time together, she helped me to grow and heal in deep and extraordinary ways. I have been furever changed by her and I am incredibly grateful.
Through my spiritual work, I know animals to be spirit guides in form. They are here to guide, support, love, heal, and foster growth within us. Catty Mayonnaise did all that and more. Animals connect and communicate with us telepathically and energetically. It was long clear she could hear me, but eventually I learned I could hear her too. Once that door was opened, she took full advantage! The past couple years have been especially inspiring (and amusing and mindblowing and heartwarming) with the amount of communication we had, particularly while she was sick. She accurately predicted the exact time she would successfully poop after hours of constipation, she was very dramatic and woke me up yelling, “HELP!” when she wanted her food freshened up, and then she told me how she wanted to travel this transition journey together. We were mostly on the same page, minus the cat diapers she begrudgingly compromised on. I checked in regularly to see if she was ready or wanted vet transition assistance and she always responded, “not yet.” A few weeks ago, her answer changed to “soon.” Three days before she passed, she told me was ready to go but that she would do it on her own. We had three very cuddly and love-filled days.
Even though I know she’s still with me and I can connect with her in spirit, I am still human and I’m sad and miss her. Grief is a journey we all have traveled. It’s part of this earth experience and I am processing through it and healing and growing from it. At the same time, I am also deeply touched that she guided me to trust my intuition so strongly that I was then entrusted to honor her wishes and advocate for her in this way. She has been nothing but a blessing.
In the last four years, I have had to say goodbye to three soul cats that touched and changed me. Some in overlapping, coordinated ways and some in their own unique, inspiring ways. These wonderful beings have offered immense soul-awakening. We are forever healing, growing, expanding, and evolving, and our animals are always right there to help, support, guide, inspire, and love us unconditionally and infinitely, on this side and the other.
Here’s to my girl and the joyful, loving, life-changing legacy of our spirit guides in form 💖