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So, it’s been a few months since we have updated.

It doesn’t get any easier, remembering our sweet little alien. Not really.

But, the seasons are changing, and that means kitten season is among us once more. As we did last year, we are staring to take in kittens to foster and adopt out, a litter of four quite literally dumped on us this Monday.

We don’t expect to find a Bartok. But, that isn’t the goal. We plan on finding many, many happy homes for other kittens, as we always have done. Last season we found homes for over 20 kittens, our household alone, we hope to do the same this year.

I considered continuing to update Bartok’s blog, but I feel its best to leave it as a memorial. His old photos are still gaining attention, and it makes me happy that people still love him after all this time. I went back and hid the posts regarding his medical issues towards the end, as we’d love people to remember him as he lived.

If you would like, the link above is to a new blog, ran by all of us once more. It will document new kittens wandering into our home, and their future adoption stories. Follow if you’d like, we’d love to have you with us to see more adorable faces.

Thanks everyone, for everything you’ve done. All the messages over time have been heartbreakingly sweet, I read them all rather often.

See you in the future. It’s time to serve as a temporary refuge for more bobble-headed aliens.

#for the morning

So, it's been a few months since we have updated.

It doesn't get any easier, remembering our sweet little alien. Not really.

But, the seasons are changing, and that means kitten season is among us once more. As we did last year, we are staring to take in kittens to foster and adopt out, a litter of four quite literally dumped on us this Monday.

We don't expect to find a Bartok. But, that isn't the goal. We plan on finding many, many happy homes for other kittens, as we always have done. Last season we found homes for over 20 kittens, our household alone, we hope to do the same this year.

I considered continuing to update Bartok's blog, but I feel its best to leave it as a memorial. His old photos are still gaining attention, and it makes me happy that people still love him after all this time. I went back and hid the posts regarding his medical issues towards the end, as we'd love people to remember him as he lived.

If you would like, the link above is to a new blog, ran by all of us once more. It will document new kittens wandering into our home, and their future adoption stories. Follow if you'd like, we'd love to have you with us to see more adorable faces.

Thanks everyone, for everything you've done. All the messages over time have been heartbreakingly sweet, I read them all rather often.

See you in the future. It's time to serve as a temporary refuge for more bobble-headed aliens.

#kittens #kitten #kitten season #animal rescue

We are still recovering. It's still taking time to sink in, but we wanted to share some happy memories.

Here is a compilation of videos of our little dude when he was still a wee baby, before his fur grew in.

Please enjoy, they are helping us smile again.

#bartok #bartok in motion

I just came home this evening to an outpouring of support and love from so many people for my little cat.

Work was hard, knowing I would come home and there would be no little sweater-wearing boy galloping to the door to see me, that he wouldn't snuggle into my face when I got into bed.

Bartok was such an amazing kitten, and I'm lucky we had so much time with him in his short life.

Abandoned by his mother at two weeks, we took him in. He had a chronic illness that cause flares of upper respiratory issues that he was medicated for multiple times over the last few months, but that was simple. He didn't grow all his fur in for so many months, but that was simple.

This was hard. Knowing that we had run out of options, was hard. There have been many tears shed today over this little cat, from folks at the vet who have been attending to him, to my wonderful partners, to my roommates, friends, coworkers and family members. And from you, you wonderful people who sent us beautiful messages and shared your own stories and let us know that you cried along with us.

We have thousands of photos and hundreds of little videos of this boy, ones we've never shared, that we will put up in memoriam of him. Remembering him for the sweet cat that he was is all we can do, and we will heal.

Thank you so much, everyone who shared our story, who donated, who gave us options to begin with to try and keep him from suffering. We haven't finished paying off bills yet, but anything left over is going to a charity we work closely with.

We've closed his fundraiser, but will leave his donate button up on his blog. Anything donated will go towards any remaining bills and an urn for our little boy. You can also donate to our no-kill animal rescue group through our GoFundMe page.

Our little alien went back to his home planet. Maybe we'll be lucky enough to have another visitor like him someday.

Thank you so much. I hope everyone has a happy and healthy 2015.

Sincerely,

Kat

Grem

& Oni

#long post #goodbye bartok #bartokthecat #bartok the cat