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Last summer my 18 year old cat Wilbur had to be euthanized. Wilbur developed cancer of the jaw and was fading fast and this was the only humane thing I could do. He had been my cat/friend for 17 years and it was a hard decision.
I held him at the Vet's office and told him I loved him and to wait for me in the white light in Heaven and not to forget me. Wilbur expired quickly and gently in my arms.
Two weeks one evening, my brother and I were watching television and it became real quiet. He was holding one of the two remaining cats and the other being outside behind a closed door. During this odd stillness, the cat being held, Flossie, began straining to look towards the kitchen over Robert's shoulder. The sectional couch we sat on is high, completely obstructing vision.
From the kitchen we heard the soft thump of a cat jumping down onto the floor. Wilbur had a habit of pulling his waterdish across the floor and that was the next sound we heard. The dish went across the floor for about 10 seconds. We heard next the bottom cabinet doors open softly, a habit Wilbur had had.
The stillness stopped and we both looked at each other and immediately confirmed what the other had heard. The two remaining cats were accounted for and definitely not in the kitchen. It seemed to have been a return visitation experienced jointly. We think it was Wilbur returning, letting his human friends know he still existed and was thinking of us.
I have been a member of a Spiritualist Church for many years and know from personal experience that there is continuance of personality for all of the Creator's children, be they on two legs or four.
Many times there during Open Circle gatherings, it is not unusual for the room temperature to drop. I have wondered if energy for manifestation is being taken from the immediate vicinity.