Dear Tiger Jake; This is not a goodbye letter, please know that, this is a “until we meet again in
Heaven letter.”
You are so very much loved. We can still feel you and see you everywhere here in our empty home
that feels so very empty, hollow and silent now without you. You came into our life in October
2017 but we knew we loved you before ever even meeting you, just from seeing your face in the
summer months before we met that year when we had your first photos sent to us from your first
human family. We could see and feel your kind heart and your sweet loving spirit from these
photos… from your sweet spiritual little face and your kind beautiful, expressive and so very
intelligent eyes…and we loved you already there and then. Tiger Jake; you have the sweetest,
most kind, caring and loving soul and you are our little boy. You will always be our sweet beautiful
boy. You made us complete. You made our home complete, you were our best friend, our
confidant, you always comforted us, gave us love, you were our little feline watchman and you
protected us always, kept an eye out for us and always warned us, whenever you suspected any
danger, or a bad situation. You were more than our cat to us. You were our big, BIG love, our four
legged boy, our partner and our dear sweet beloved friend. You were our best friend, our little fur
baby. We cannot even express how much we miss you… Words are not enough.
You moved with us from Denmark to Portugal when you were only four months old and we stayed
with you first one night in France and then one night in Spain. Do you remember that? Then we
came to Portugal in November 2017 and you have lived with us in every house and apartment we
have ever had here in Portugal since we first arrived; first in Praia da Luz, then in Espiche and now
since 2020, here in Portimâo.
It is hard so very hard to imagine not seeing you here again in our apartment and to not have you
with us any longer here in Portugal however. It is so very hard! We are so sad. It is so hard and
everything feels so very heartbreaking and the apartment is so empty, quiet and so very sad.
Nothing is the same without you Tiger Jake. We pray that you were not in too much discomfort or
pain these last few days at the hospital… It pains us to think about how you were away from us
those last four days and where we could only see you during that short visit on Thursday where
you gave us so much love, even after all of the medicine and you must have been in so much pain,
but still you managed to be so sweet, caring, comfort us and give us love… Did you already know
that this would be our last goodbye Tiger Jake? We really hoped we would be able to take you
home only a few days later… We did not know… We never, ever wanted to leave you dear Tiger
Jake. We really pray and hope that you know that? We would never leave you if we did not have
to do so. We only wanted you better and healthy… We just tried to do everything we possibly
could to make you well again, through the doctors, nut sadly they could not help you and make
you well again… This is so incredibly painful, because all we wanted was for you to be well again
and here at home with us, in our arms and where we can kiss and cuddle with you for hours every
evening just like before. We really would have preferred that BUT, the most important thing is that
you are not in pain and we trust Gods will in this and that He knows what is best. We trust in that
even though it is so hard to not have you here with us.
We miss your little sweet voice, your “talking,” your “singing” whenever you wanted food, wanted
to say something, express comfort and joy, your sweet purring, your eyes your heart, your love. It
will be so hard to not have you near and to not be able to hug you and kiss you, but please
remember, we love you so very much, and we will soon see each other again, so until then we just
want you to have fun, be strong, know that we love you and be happy and at peace. Please know
that we love you and we miss you so very much our hearts are aching. We love you dear Tiger
Jake, yesterday, today and always and for all eternity. We love you so much and we cannot say
enough how much we miss your voice, everything about you really and how you in your cat way
always kept showing us your love with your sweet head-butting, purring and hugging us with your
big sweet, beautiful tail, you sitting in our laps, or lying on our chests, watching the day go by.
Dear Tiger Jake remember this; This is not a goodbye letter, please know that, this is a “until we
meet again in Heaven letter.” We love you and are looking forward to meet you again. We cannot
wait to see you again and to see you in Heaven healthy, happy and strong together with Jesus
Christ, safe, loved and comforted in Jesus’ arms.
God bless you Tiger Jake, enjoy Heaven and know that you are more loved than our words can say.
Much love from your family;
Helena, Thomas and Penelope Jade.
