An elderly couple adored animals, especially cats, but hardly ever got out of the house anymore. And even more so, going to an old people’s shelter was out of reach. And there were no relatives to help either. Nevertheless, they really wanted to have someone to brighten up their last years.
Social workers found out about this desire and passed the news on to volunteers. One day, strangers came to the couple’s home with three of the kindest and gentlest cats they had in the shelter and asked the couple to choose who they wanted. They were, of course, very touched and impressed by the thoughtfulness, and then they chose Gabby’s cat.
Very quickly a true spiritual connection developed between the couple and the cat. They understood each other from the word go, did not cause each other problems, but gave love, warmth and care, joy. The cat tried to give both the man and the woman equal attention, so that neither of them felt forgotten. It often happened that she would sleep on one man’s lap, and then suddenly got up and moved to the lap of the other for no apparent reason.
That’s how they lived until the head of the family passed away.For a woman who had spent many, many decades with her husband, it was a terrible blow. Who helped to survive the loss, to drown out the pain and bitterness? Gabby the cat, of course. It was she who did not let her mistress get bored, did not leave her alone. Since then, they were together all the time, literally every minute.
Despite the fact that Gabby came into the family at a mature age, she lived another 14 years. There came a time when both the cat and her owner realized that they did not have much time left, began to fade in front of their eyes. The cat was the worst off – she had to be taken to the vet. The woman, who had not been outdoors for a long time, made this final journey for the sake of her beloved pet and went with her.
At the veterinarian, the owner clutched Gabby’s paw until her last breath. Depressed and tired, she returned home … her grandmother lay down on the sofa, and four hours later, she was gone – she could not accept that the last creature had left her.That’s such a strong bond between humans and animals, so strong that even in the other world, they literally went together, at the same time.