Bongo Fury Rattery
Val Denton
I miss her already...
Val was a wonderful little girl with such a big heart... she was just incredible. Her and her sister Lotte came to us just over 2 years ago from Carol, in Dublin. She'd rescued them and put them up on the Irish Rat Forum, and I got bad GMR :*)
Val was the more snuggly of the pair. She always wanted to be out on my lap or shoulder, until her tumour got too big for her to be comfortable, then she just preferred to be scritched in her bed. She became a proper hammock fiend in her last few months, hardly ever left the hammock, except for food! She and Weasel had become very very close, so Weasel will miss her dreadfully I'm sure.
Val was our token dumbo, so everyone who visits us liked to meet her for a cuddle - I know she had a bit of a fanclub, and there will be a lot of people who miss her and will be very sorry to see her pass. She reminded me so much of Iris in so many ways too - it was like Iris had been reincarnated... they were so similar in temperament, and in some ways even in looks. Having said that Val was always more 'ratty' than Iris, and much as she was snuggly and loved people, she, like her sister, always preferred the company of other rats.
Run free my darling... free from that horrible lump, and anything else that ever made you feel bad. Find Lotte and give her a snuggle from me, you will both be so missed :*(
And for her, I chose this song, even though I am well aware that using it for a rat obituary totally dumbs down its power and meaning, the original meaning is not lost on me, I just felt it suited her... and how much I miss her...
Val was a wonderful little girl with such a big heart... she was just incredible. Her and her sister Lotte came to us just over 2 years ago from Carol, in Dublin. She'd rescued them and put them up on the Irish Rat Forum, and I got bad GMR :*)
Val was the more snuggly of the pair. She always wanted to be out on my lap or shoulder, until her tumour got too big for her to be comfortable, then she just preferred to be scritched in her bed. She became a proper hammock fiend in her last few months, hardly ever left the hammock, except for food! She and Weasel had become very very close, so Weasel will miss her dreadfully I'm sure.
Val was our token dumbo, so everyone who visits us liked to meet her for a cuddle - I know she had a bit of a fanclub, and there will be a lot of people who miss her and will be very sorry to see her pass. She reminded me so much of Iris in so many ways too - it was like Iris had been reincarnated... they were so similar in temperament, and in some ways even in looks. Having said that Val was always more 'ratty' than Iris, and much as she was snuggly and loved people, she, like her sister, always preferred the company of other rats.
Run free my darling... free from that horrible lump, and anything else that ever made you feel bad. Find Lotte and give her a snuggle from me, you will both be so missed :*(
And for her, I chose this song, even though I am well aware that using it for a rat obituary totally dumbs down its power and meaning, the original meaning is not lost on me, I just felt it suited her... and how much I miss her...
A Change Is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke:
I was born by the river in a little tent
Oh and just like the river I've been running ever since
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will
It's been too hard living but I'm afraid to die
Cause I don't know what's up there beyond the sky
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will
I go to the movie and I go downtown somebody keep telling me don't hang around
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will
Then I go to my brother
And I say brother help me please
But he winds up knockin' me
Back down on my knees
Ohhhhhhhhh.....
There been times that I thought I couldn't last for long
But now I think I'm able to carry on
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will
I was born by the river in a little tent
Oh and just like the river I've been running ever since
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will
It's been too hard living but I'm afraid to die
Cause I don't know what's up there beyond the sky
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will
I go to the movie and I go downtown somebody keep telling me don't hang around
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will
Then I go to my brother
And I say brother help me please
But he winds up knockin' me
Back down on my knees
Ohhhhhhhhh.....
There been times that I thought I couldn't last for long
But now I think I'm able to carry on
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will
xx