Nalle in our loving memory

11.6.2024 by Mervi

Our wonderful cat Nalle has crossed the Rainbow Bridge and left Vesa, Mimmi and me in deep sorrow. It’s very hard to find words to say goodbye to you, sweet Nalle but I try. If this was written on paper it would be wet by tears ….

You came to us about 15 years ago together with Mimmi from a cat rescue home. I don’t know how your first months in life had been but I think you had had some bad experiences. You were very scared and shy. The first night you spent under our bed so we served your food in the bedroom. The following day you came out and started cautiously exploring your new home.

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After about a week a miracle – at least for me – happened. You jumped on my lap and started purring. I can’t describe how happy I was!

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Both you and Mimmi were still a bit suspicious. When Vesa and I put on the shoes and coats you were hiding under the sofa. I guess you were afraid we would take you away.

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Little by little you began to trust us and became the sweet cat who loved to be caressed.

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You were always curious about what you could find on the table. Sometimes you managed to pinch a bit of food, too.

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Bird watchers Mimmi and Nalle

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Nalle was always assisting Daddy at his desk

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Christmas without you will not be the same ….

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Your purring was the sweetest music to our ears.

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Talking about music – you loved to meow loud and clear. That’s why we also called you Pavarotti. Together with Mimmi you made a nice duo.

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We had so many good years with you although you had some problems with your health. However, you always recovered well.

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During the last few weeks of your life you started to get weaker and although we tried our best neither we nor the vet could help you. The last night was hell. It was awful to see you suffer and in the middle of the night we had to take the hardest possible decision.

Dear Nalle! You are no longer with us you will always have a warm place in our hearts. We are mourning but we know you’re beyond pain now. Thank you for the light and delight you brought to us!

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Thank you, Nalle for being such a dear friend to me. Your Mimmi

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With love Mimmi, Vesa and Mervi

16 Comments

  1. Dear Mervi & Vesa
    You´ve wrote a heartwarming tribute about Nalle.
    Its so hard, to let the beloved cat go, if the day
    has come. I know that so well of my own experience.
    But we will always have the wonderful memories of our
    fourlegged comrads – nobody can take that away from us.
    In Gedanken bei euch
    Christiane

  2. Das tut mir sehr leid,alles Liebe und viel Trost für euch ! 💓🤗
    Adieu,gute Nalle.🖤

    Ganz liebe Grüße von Brigitte

    • Dear Mervi and Vesa
      Thank you for sharing the memories of Nalle and Mimmi. I am feeling with you how much they brought you over the years.
      True friends and family members are always with us.

  3. Dear Mervi, Vesa and Mimmi!
    Reading and watching this beautiful and loving tribute to Nalle made me cry too.
    It is heartbreaking to have to say goodbye to a beloved pet, a dear friend and family member, especially when you have had to make the painful decision to end its suffering. I know from my own experience that there is no consolation for this and nothing I could write would make you feel better.
    Mourn and cry for this beautiful tomcat, there is no way to cut this short.
    But as you wrote, Nalle is no longer in pain, he had a wonderful life with you and you made it possible for him.
    According to the laws of physics, energy is not lost. The love you felt for each other is still there.
    Nalle is missing now, but he still loves you, just from somewhere else. He wants you to be well and knows that you in future will always remember him with a smile and a warm feeling in your heart.

    All my love, hugs
    Anke

  4. Liebe Mervi und lieber Vesa.
    Das tut mir sehr leid für euch.
    15 Jahre hat Nalle ein gutes Leben gehabt und das sollte euch Trost geben.
    Fühlt euch umarmt
    Moni K

  5. Dear Mervi,

    Your loving words about Nalle really touch my heart and like most of us here, we have all had to say goodbye to a beloved four-legged friend and know how you and Vesa are feeling now.

    Nalle had a wonderful and sheltered life with you and Mimmi after you rescued him from a shelter. He made you happy in the same way that he found happiness with you.
    His extraordinary vocalisations rightly gave him the name Pavarotti and the purring of a cat really is an indescribably wonderful sound.

    He was also a very pretty cat with his tabby coat and the white muzzle with the cheeky white markings just above the tip of his nose!

    Thank you for your lovely report and the beautiful photos. Nalle will remain in our memories too!

    Best regards
    Britta-Gudrun

    Liebe Mervi,

    deine liebevollen Worte über Nalle gehen mir sehr zu Herzen und wie die meisten hier, haben wir alle schon einmal Abschied von einem geliebten vierbeinigen Freund nehmen müssen und wissen wie es dir und Vesa jetzt geht.

    Nalle hatte ein schönes und behütetes Leben bei euch zusammen mit Mimmi, nachdem ihr ihn aus einem Tierheim gerettet habt. Er hat euch in gleicher Weise glücklich gemacht wie er Glück bei euch gefunden hat.
    Seine außergewöhnliche Gesänge gaben ihm zurecht den Namen Pavarotti und das Schnurren einer Katze ist wirklich ein unbeschreiblich wunderbares Geräusch.
    Er war auch ein sehr hübscher Kater mit seiner getigerten Fellzeichnung und dem weißen Schnäuzchen mit den dem kecken weißen Zeichnung direkt über der Nasenspitze!

    Danke, für deinen liebevollen Bericht und die schönen Fotos. Nalle bleibt auch in unserer Erinnerung !

    Herzliche Grüße
    Britta-Gudrun

  6. “. . . If this was written on paper it would be wet by tears ….”

    It’s very easy to imagine – and as any of the other readers
    I couldn’t avoid to cry as well . . .

    For sure you was and you still are a good Mama/’MATTE’ for your purring companions through life, as was/is it Vesa as their ‘HUSSE’.

    I am thinking of you and sending a soft virtual KNUTi-style hug to you three feeling so much abandoned . . .

  7. All den mitfühlenden und tröstlichen Worten möchte ich mich anschließen und Du selbst, liebe Mervi, hast Deine, Eure Geschichte mit wunderbaren Worten noch einmal erzählt…
    Es ist schmerzlich solch einen Weggefährten zu verlieren und doch wird NALLE in Deinen Erinnerungen und in Deinem Herzen weiterleben…💖

  8. Dear Mervi and Vesa!
    It is a heartwarming story about Nalle’s life with you. You all were very happy.
    It is hard to say Good bye.
    RIP dear Nalle.
    Hugs
    Ludmila

  9. dear Mervi
    your tribute to Nalle is written by your heart
    I am so sorry of your loss
    thinking of you dear Mervi, Vesa and Mimmi
    Filomena

  10. Beautiful Nalle and Mimmi found the right people to give them a wonderful life. May each day be a little easier. Warm hugs to you, Vesa and Mimmi.
    Wendy

  11. Dear Mervi
    Words cannot describe how sad we all feel. May Nalle rest in peace. We will never forget him. We will always love him. We love you Nalle. He will always be in our hearts. We are all heartbroken.

  12. Dear Mervi and Vesa , it is always hard to loose a beloved pet. The tribute on Nalle‘s life is really heartwarming
    RIP dear Nalle

  13. Dear Mervi! Dear Vesa!

    I’m very sad about Nalles loss. Your tribute are so heartwarming.
    I send you soft hugs.
    RIP dear Nalle

    Greetings
    Yeo

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