Gone but not forgotten

It's killing me I'll be moved out of this house in a couple weeks and have to leave my friends Klaatu and Chauncy in the ground here.
I'm overprotective of my cats even in passing. A couple years ago a local utility company was moving their lines and someone was showing me where they would be trenching through my yard.
"I've got a cat buried right here"
He chuckled like I was making a joke.
"No, I'm serious. If that gets desecrated; It will be a bad day for everyone involved."
They steered clear. (Sorry, I'm just sad rambling now).
- You know...years later and hundreds of miles, I swear I sometimes still hear a meow and catch the flicker of a tail out of the corner of my eye. Maybe in some small way, those of us who truly and deeply loved our pets, who made them family, never truly go forth alone.
  Edit: Also, apparently I was flagged as a bot at one point. Which sorta diminishes this comment, but there you go. beep boop
  
  I lost my cat of 16 years at the end of last year. I'd had him longer than I hadn't. He was the coolest dude, a highland lynx. A major goofball with zero balance, and all the chill. I still routinely see him lounging somewhere out of the corner of my eye, only to realize it's a random bag or something. Breaks my heart every time. Same with all the pets I've lost over the years. They're special in a way that non animal people will never be able to understand
  
  apparently I was flagged as a bot at one point
  You don't get "flagged" as a bot, it is a user setting in your preferences. You should fix it so that you are not marked as a bot.

Omg. Can someone with Photoshop skills plz add the Saddam meme to this instead of the cat?
- Edit: while I'm here, seems therapeutic and everyone else is doing it
  I miss you, Mimz <3
  Cat tax:
  
  Repost this to a meme sub?
  
  Thank u this post was making me way too sad about my lil guy with renal failure. Now I can think about this lil guy with regime failure instead.
- Photoshop seems like overkill for that
- That's what I was expecting before seeing the entire picture

Oh damn.
Thank you but damn.
Gotta go say hi to our passed cats when I get home in the morning.

My son is 3 and goes over to the pear trees where we buried 2 pets in the past 2 years.
Our cat Bruce and our bearded dragon CJ.
He still feels a need to take care of them. He was "in charge" of feeding the lizards so every one in a while he grabs lettuce from the fridge and tries to take it outside for her. While he's over there he says stuff like "pspsps Bruce wanna play with me" and it fucking obliterates me every time.
Bruce was his best friend, he would do his bed time routine with us everynight and loved my son so much. I'm suprised he even remembers him since he was so young but their immediate bond was really special.
- Bruce was the name of my cat buddy when I was younger. I still miss him so much. I'm glad you got to love a Bruce too!

Rigby, MoMo, Sauron, Tiger, Doug. I miss all of you.

Death is cruel.
Love with everything you can while you can.
I'm gonna put these onions away now.

Oof this got me I miss my buddy <3
- I have that desk and huge books lifting my big monitor. I buildlt a keyboard extender to handle my flight stick and throttle. Not bad for 50 bucks.
  
  Haha it did serve me well, after 5 moves the wood(?) finally broke to the point I couldn't continue using it.

This wrecked me.

I hate how far away the cat is and how alone it seems that far down :(
I know dead beings can't feel emotions but I can't help it.

I’m 42 and have my first pet since I graduated high school and moved out, leaving our family dog with my parents, and I’m already dreading this. I love her so much and it’s weird knowing this is just something I/we all sign up for.

I walk past your tree every day my sweet Ganon.
- Ganon looks so much like Roy, whom I rescued years ago, but had to rehome. I'm sorry for your loss.
- Nebelung?

Damn, that was unexpected.

Neo passed almost five years ago and we still accidentally call his little nephew by his name all the time.

Boris, Tu-Ba-Bou, Miss Moneypenny. You were so very loved.

Nikki, Socks, Porgy, Tails, Bandit, Rex, Francis, Snowfire, Jasmine, and Santa... Fuck I've had a lot of cats. I feel like I forgot one, too. ☹️

Whiskers, Salem, Boots, Telemain. ❤️

Greebo, Lauser, Schlingel, Zorro, Flauschi, TinkTink.
I now have to get cuddled by my cats.

I drew Pickles on my phone to forever remember her. She is still my world.

Never stopped thinking of you, Luna. Thank you for being my best friend for 17 years. Miss you everyday. ♥️

Anyone know where to find the original? This image is fried from compression
- Tineye.com
  https://orig00.deviantart.net/528d/f/2009/253/3/c/kotik_by_t_a_t_k_a.jpg
  
  It hurts even without the words

Still have her as my phone wallpaper

RIP kitties. Still miss them.

Bookee - my best friend, Colonel, Symi, Jackson, Sylvesters, Smokeys, Garfield, Babune, Skeezer, CC...

Wheatley, Trip

Soti, Tigerpus and Asterix, you will always have a special place in my heart ❤️

Dang it now I'm crying a little

Whisky, Sir Benjamin the third, Goliath, Gizmo

I’ve scrolled past this like 10 times today and almost cried every time.
- You are not alone pal...

Tut & Cleo

Family never disappears even when they leave

This is sad. Please don't make me cry.

Such a sweet image.

I'm getting stuffed animal versions made of my pets before they pass so I have something to snuggle when I reminisce about them one day.

That’s a deep grave
- Didn't want to risk him digging out.

This is why I can't bury them anymore. my childhood home will likely be sold and moved out of in the next year or 2, ending 2 generations of our family living there. 3 of my childhood pets are there, and I'm not about to be the freak who gets them back.
Its hard, to look at the boxes with their ashes. There have been too many taken too closely and too soon, too tragically, but they can always come with me. They're always home.
- I feel that. My dad sold my childhood home after my mother's passing and moved out a few years ago. I had not lived there for 25 years or so, but three of my cats were buried in the yard because I lived in rentals during that time. The last walkthrough through the house was of course emotional, but strolling through the yard past the trees where I put the little furballs to rest really hit me.

Thanks, OP.
I'm just about crying, but it's good to feel - shows how much they matter.

It's okay Lain
- Mycelial Experiments Lain

Thats a very ideal picture of a corpse thats been buried in the ground without a coffin that deep. Must have used one hell of an embalmer.
Also yeah me and the family still miss and talk about the dead pets. You never forget your loved ones and keep the memories alive.

RIP AidsKitty