Sasha of Vinitsa, Warrior King
We all come from the Goddess
And to her we shall return
Like a drop of rain
Falling to the ocean
Hoof and Horn
Hoof and Horn
All that dies shall be reborn
Like a drop of rain
Falling to the ocean...
Isis, Astarte, Diana, Hecate, Demeter, Kali, Inanna
And to her we shall return
Like a drop of rain
Falling to the ocean
Hoof and Horn
Hoof and Horn
All that dies shall be reborn
Like a drop of rain
Falling to the ocean...
Isis, Astarte, Diana, Hecate, Demeter, Kali, Inanna
August 15, 2007 - August 2, 2012 (12:25 PM EDT)
On my bosom, sitting in the high noon sun, near Sasha's favorite tree that overhangs the deck,
Where sparrows were singing and a white butterfly passed by,
My Warrior King, Sasha of Vinitsa,
Sweet angel of my life,
Released his spirit into Nature's loving arms.
You had an ancient soul, Sasha, and I don't know who you were, but you truly were a
Majestic, brave, courageous, loyal and loving soul, who will live in my heart for eternity.
I thank all of you for your blessings of light, warmth, understanding and compassion.
Although we just met, I felt a strong connection to all of you and you brought peace and joy to my heart.
Sasha is at peace. Goodnight sweet Sasha.
All my love for all eternity,
Your "mum", Leah
Where sparrows were singing and a white butterfly passed by,
My Warrior King, Sasha of Vinitsa,
Sweet angel of my life,
Released his spirit into Nature's loving arms.
You had an ancient soul, Sasha, and I don't know who you were, but you truly were a
Majestic, brave, courageous, loyal and loving soul, who will live in my heart for eternity.
I thank all of you for your blessings of light, warmth, understanding and compassion.
Although we just met, I felt a strong connection to all of you and you brought peace and joy to my heart.
Sasha is at peace. Goodnight sweet Sasha.
All my love for all eternity,
Your "mum", Leah
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Messages of Comfort Received from Around the World.
I am so sorry. Such a beautiful and regal soul.
He was blessed to have had your care and you were blessed to have been his human.
Peace and comfort,
Tiffaney
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Rest well, sweet and magnanimous King. Blessings on your journey.
Peace to you, Leah.
Cody, Greta and Anzo
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Oh, how sad. Your Little warrior has moved on to the next phase.
I am glad he had special people in his time here with us
Soldier on sweet boy.
Sorry for your loss,
Sam and Missy and Mollie
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Dear Leah,
Oh, we are all so very sorry for your loss.
Thankfully his passing was peaceful and he was surrounded by Nature and by you, who have given him such loving care.
We remain here for you always.
God bless you, and God bless Warrior King Sasha watching over you.
Rosemarie
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Ohhhh, blessings sweet angel... oh baby... you were so loved.
Your momma and poppa love you and so do we. Be at peace precious baby.
Love,
Deb and Kelby
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I am so sorry for your loss Leah.
I was praying for Sasha to recover & my Black Lab, Sasha, was pulling for him too.
Rest in Peace, sweet angel.
Kim
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I am so sorry, Leah. You gave him a wonderful life.
May he rest in peace.
Karen
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I am so sorry. You made him really happy and loved. You did all you could for him and he knew that.
He looked so majestic and proud. It’s a shame you got him after he was so damaged.
But you gave him his life back, and a much loved life he never had before.
I feel like I knew him personally.
So sorry, my eyes are full of tears,
Sarah
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Leah,
It is a privilege to have come to know you and the beloved and exceptional Sasha, even for such a short time.
What great love he had for you, that he would bring himself back from the brink so
that you could prepare yourself and create such a beautiful and peaceful release.
Your heart must have really expanded to contain so much love and compassion.
Blessings,
Christine
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So beautifully said, Christine. Truly.
Cody
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This is so beautifully written, Leah. I'm very sorry for your loss.
Katherine
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Leah,
We are so sorry. You will be in our thoughts and prayers.
Blessings and hugs,
Shirley, Seb & Osie
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“Long live the King!!!!”
Leah. Don't know which of yours is the more noble spirit is.
Let our collective blessings and warmth enfold you now.
Tradition, Shoshanna
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I am so sorry for your loss. We all hurt.
Mary
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My dearest friends,
I am so overwhelmed with everyone's messages, I can't even respond properly yet.
Please know I am reading all the beautiful notes, short and long alike and
thanking you all in the silence of my heart and I know Sasha sees all as well.
Love,
Leah and sweet angel Sasha...
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Leah,
As you know, when some of us say 'I feel your pain', we really do.
So you are not alone in your loss, although no one feels it to the depth that you do, and that is not meant to trivialize your loss.
Katherine
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I have barely gotten to know you, Sasha and your incredible story.
So brimming with love. It overwhelms me how beautiful you both are. I join the collective blanket of love.
Peace to you both,
Laurie, Suki, and Benny
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Leah,
I am so sorry that you had to say goodbye to Sasha!
I know your heart is breaking and you will miss him so much. I really dread the day when we have to let Gizmo go.
It's so hard when you fight to keep them alive and take care of them.
They love so unconditionally and appreciate everything you do for them.
RIP Warrior King Sasha of Vinitsa! Until we see you again!
Sandy
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Oh Leah, I am so sorry.
Not sure if it is tears or the light shining from his spirit that seem to be blinding my eyes right now.
Peace to you, sweet lady and precious Sasha.
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Circle of love. And so many people are holding you in the light. Sasha is an inspiration as are you, Leah.
Cody
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Dear Leah:
Sasha is in my prayers. She was so lucky to have such a loving, caring "mom."
Jenn
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Leah,
I will light a candle for you and Sasha when I get home tonight.
I'm so sorry that you and he have to go through this, after all the two of you have been through already.
Positive vibes and many hugs,
Ed & Olivia
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Hi Leah & Sasha,
My prayers are with you both during this most difficult time. I've traveled the path you are on and I know how hard it is.
Stay close to each other until that is no longer possible and let Sasha cross the Rainbow Bridge whenever the time comes.
Sending you e-hugs from me and my CRF baby - Lil' Sasha Midnite.
Our best for you both,
Sheila
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Hi Leah,
I saw your post about Sasha this morning and wanted to let you know that you both are in our thoughts.
You have some so far in so many ways, and done amazing things together.
May the time you have together be peaceful and full of the love that has carried you through your incredible journey.
You two are at home and forever blessed.
Much love,
Marilyn & Milo
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Just a quick note to let you know we are with you & Sasha through this, Leah.
My prayers are continuing. It does sound like he is getting so much weaker. I just pray when it’s time for him to cross, he goes peacefully.
I know you have your hands full right now. We'll talk sometime; don't worry about calling, unless you really want to. Just stay with your sweetheart, and keep him comfortable.
Love to you both,
Beryl, Cuddles and rest of her furkins
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Dear Leah,
My good thoughts, prayers, love, and strength are with you and Sasha...
He is surrounded by goodness, and peace.
Hugs and purrs,
Anne & Thomasina, and my forever kitten, Thistle
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Hi Leah,
Your tribute to Sasha and your dedication to him throughout his life and transition are the stuff of poetry, indeed.
I hope you are finding a bit of peace tonight. I know you know this--but allow for the process of grief.
This deep kind of loss can be very shocking at some moments--and create bursts of wild emotion.
When caring for a being so intensely around the clock,
the loss is almost deafening at first--nothing to do with all of that care-taking energy...except to cry at the emptiness.
I'm saddened to hear of Sasha's passing.
It was also such a beautiful end of this body and a beautiful beginning of what is to come and has now come.
Much love and light to you both.
You are in my thoughts and prayers.
Cody
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Hi Leah,
The first time I read about Sasha and saw your pictures my eyes filled with tears, first at the cruelty,
then when I saw how magnificent he was with his wheels on, so fluffy and regal, and
I got a glimpse of the love and care that could give him a good life and enable him to trust humans again.
And now my eyes fill with tears again and I am sending you sympathy and wishing you strength.
Was it you or someone else here who wrote how one day for an animal could be like a whole lifetime of love?
And Sasha must have known how deeply he was loved.
Mary
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Dear Leah,
It is with great sadness that I read your post. I am so sorry. I know how much you loved Sasha of Vinitsa.
I will most surely pass on your tender hugs to the Knight who is just now still riding out to battle. He is carrying on the fight :)
There is a verse in the Bible that I think epitomizes you and that is Proverbs 12:10:
“The righteous one is caring for the soul of his domestic animal, but the mercies of the wicked ones are cruel."
And I know you lived that verse in the case with Sasha.
I hope that you are able to remember the good times and the bad memories are very distant.
Isaiah 11:6 describes peace for the animals, when it says,
"And the wolf will actually reside for a while with the male lamb, and with the kid the leopard itself will lie down, and
the calf and the maned young-lion and the well-fed animal all together; and
a mere little boy will be leader over them."
Psalms 37:10-11, "And just a little while longer, and the wicked one will be no more.
And you will certainly give attention to his place, and he will not be.
But the meek ones themselves will possess the earth, and
they will indeed find their exquisite delight in the abundance of peace."
Hold on to the hope of a time, when there will be no more wickedness or cruel people.
Soon the meek really shall inherit the earth just like Jesus said they would.
Then, we will take care of the animals like you took care of Sasha so lovingly.
We will all try to do that for the animals’ worldwide. It will be real peace and security.
With Deepest Sympathy,
Marlo and the Knight
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Dear Leah,
I am trying to be brave like Sasha. I have to go do a biopsy at 12:30 today all by myself.
It is just a needle biopsy, but it is nothing that I am really looking forward to.
I have to go to the Hospital to do it. I'll just keep thinking "Sasha!" That will make me be brave, because he was so brave :)
That is nice that Sasha liked sparrows. I like sparrows too.
I had one when I was a kid, until it was old enough to fly and go off on its own. It went with me everywhere.
I attached an article that I thought you might get comfort from reading.
It is titled, “Does God Care About Animals?" It has verses that you can look up in your own copy of the Bible.
I am sorry for your loss, Leah. It is a tremendous loss, because Sasha was SOME cat.
Love,
Marlo and the Knight
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Leah...I'm at work trying, with little success, to stop the tears from flowing upon hearing about Sasha.
What a blessed kitty for God to make you his pet parent.
My heart is with you today...
Mary Beth N Ellie May
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Leah,
So very, very sorry for your loss. I cry with you.
Thank you for bringing Sasha's story to the world, and for rescuing that poor soul and giving him some good years after his abuse.
Elissa & Teddy
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Leah,
I am so sorry to hear of Sasha's passing but it sounds like it was peaceful and he was where he would have wanted to be.
Prayers go to you in your time of grief now and I hope that time will help heal the loss you feel.
He will always be in your heart and waiting for you at the rainbow bridge.
Lori and Angel Patches
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Leah, please accept my condolences for your loss of Sasha.
I lost my Daisy a week ago and it's hard.
I found some heartwarming messages from this group and I hope you will take something from them.
My thoughts and prayers are with you.
Jackie
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Dear Leah,
I am so very sorry that you had to let Sasha go.
He was indeed a true warrior.
And you are indeed a very special person to have given him the wonderful life he has had since you found him.
Although we know in our heads that they are no longer in a bad place, it leaves us with such an empty, hollow place in our hearts.
My sense is very strong that you did your very best for him and we cannot do more than that.
Everything you did for him you did with love in your heart. He was very lucky to have you as his "human".
I caught a firefly in a jar
Its beauty filled my world.
And when its light began to fade,
I released it into the night
Where it took its place among the stars.
Rest well, sweet Sasha of Vinitsa, rest well.
You are in my thoughts.
As you adjust and come to terms with your loss, thoughts of him will once again bring smiles to your heart.
"There is no passing, just a changing of addresses, a changing of worlds."
My heart weeps with you.
Very gentle head butts,
Barbara & Idgie
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Dear Leah,
I am so sad to hear that you have lost your beloved Sasha.
There aren't enough words to express what a wonderful spirit he was and the world is a better place for his being here among us.
He will be truly missed by all who came to know him.
If you see stars tonight in the sky, perhaps they are not the stars,
but rather openings in Heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and
shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.
Take good care. Watch & listen for him; he may visit from time to time.
Much love,
Marilyn & Milo
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Leah,
You are a very special person, and Sasha was so fortunate to be loved by you.
I am so deeply sorry for your loss.
Helana and Tommy
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Dear Leah,
I am so sorry to hear that Sasha of Vinitsa has passed away.
He lived a wonderful life with you, you did all you could for him, and he knew how much you loved him.
He is in God's arms, until you meet again.
Pat in Maryland
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Leah,
I am so sorry. He was a splendid boy.
Please remember that he always loved you and was thankful that you were his special person.
May he rest in eternal peace.
With deepest sympathy,
Leonor
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With tears in my eyes I say farewell to Sasha.
You will be missed the most by your wonderful mom but also missed by all who knew you here.
I myself would like to pass on in the arms of someone I love who loves me very much and in the place I loved the most.
May you have peace and happiness in the great beyond,
Judy and Pooh
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My thoughts and prayers are with you at this sad time
Kerstin
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Sweet Sasha R.I.P. Leah-deepest sympathy. Joe D
Fly free Angel Warrior Sasha
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Dear Leah,
I'm so terribly sorry that you and Sasha have been parted.
I have read many stories since I joined here to help my Wowita last year but none have touched or inspired me
as much as the story that you and Sasha share.
The depth of your love for one another was quite simply phenomenal, which must make his physical absence so much more painful to bear.
I don't know whether it will help but I really do understand the place that you're in right now and would like to reach out and offer you comfort.
You lost him too soon, but no-one but no-one could or would have done more, or even as much.
In the end we can never do enough to keep them with us for as long as we would like.
We do a pact with the devil when we accept their love and take them to our hearts,
knowing that the pain and sorrow of being separated at some point is part of the deal.
It took me a long time before a happy memory of my Wowie came unbidden to mind to make me smile.
I hope that you don't have to wait as long, it sounds as though you have a rich catalogue of happy memories to dip into at will.
Wishing all the comfort and joining with you to honour the memory of you wonderful boy Sasha.
Claire
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Leah,
I just now saw the sad news, Leah.
Sasha was so very lucky to have you as a mom. Your devotion to, and care of him is an inspiration to all of us with sick kitties.
Sasha was a fighter and he is running free now, enjoying the sparrows and butterflies.
Blessings and peace,
Janet and Buddy
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Dear Leah,
Words cannot adequately express my condolences and sympathy for the loss of your precious Sasha.
The story of your life together was heartwarming. What a wonderful boy Sasha was, full of life, and energy despite his disability.
And what a magnificent Mom you were to him.
He is a stunning cat. That beautiful white coat, flowing mane. Regal and distinguished.
I say "is" because even though Sasha has left his physical body, his spirit charges on.
Here's a story I like to share: http://cats.about.com/od/lossandgrieving/a/zenofcat.htm
I am sorry that Sasha could not be here longer. As you said in a post, his life was short but well lived.
Take care of yourself, Leah.
You were a wonderful Mom to Sasha and I'm certain when he passed he felt all your love carry him to safety once again.
Peace,
Larry
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Dear Leah,
I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your dear Sasha.
The two of you shared such a special bond for the time you had together.
Know that you gave him a good life, one that he so deserved after having been mistreated.
I am glad that he died in your arms and in his favorite place.
I hope that you take comfort in the white butterfly - and
that memories of Sasha will help sustain and comfort you in your sadness and grief.
You really did such good for Sasha. Thank you for that.
And again, my sympathies.
Janice
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Full Moon Rising
9:03pm August 3, 2012
Miami, Florida
Oddest thing.
Last night, courting midnight, I lit a candle for Sasha and began the Seven Goddess Chant.
Entranced by the flame's reflection.......
I tot I taw a puddy tat.
Shoshanna
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Leah...
Words can't express how saddened I am by your loss.
I know we are all close to our kitties but the bond you have had with Sasha has been especially overwhelming and undeniable.
You and he will continue to be an inspiration to us all.
Fly free, sweet Sasha...
Rekha
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Dear Leah,
I hate to be doing this via email. I am so sorry I wasn't available to take your phone call today.
I wanted to call you so many times in the last few days, and
yet I didn't want to distract you in any way from your so dedicated care giving to you precious baby.
I had just gone out to the grocery store when your phone call & message arrived.
By the time I got back, I knew it would be late to return the call.
However, I just want you to know that my thoughts and prayers are with you, and I cannot sleep, feeling so guilty,
I was not here when you called and needed a friend to talk to.
I wanted so much to be there for you and Sasha in any way I could, and not only wasn't I, but you needed a friend too.
Please give me a call as soon as you can again, and hopefully I will be at your side, as I so much want to be.
Until then, just know that my heartfelt sympathies are with you.
You were/are still the most loving, kind, and generous person Sasha could ever have had in his life.
Both you and he were so fortunate to find each other. You've been the most incredible mommy he could have ever had.
And I'm sure his unconditional love for you was so many times given in return.
I am sure my Angel Shelby & Patches were there to greet him and show him around the 'rainbow bridge', when he arrived.
I just picture in my mind how they are all playing so happily together, free from pain and suffering, and all whole again.
I truly believe God loves and cares for all the creatures he creates, and
carries them gently in his arms to a wonderful place of peace, when they leave our loving arms.
I pray, may you know your dearest, beloved Sasha not only knew your love, but also carried you love with him when he left your arms.
I also pray you will find comfort in knowing you did all you could for him on this earth, and
his destiny was in the hands of our creator, and he rested peacefully nestled in your bosom as he crossed.
What a miraculous way to go on forward. Not many have can do that.
You are a very special person, Leah, with so many gifts to give.
I am still so sorry you've not had more time with you dear precious boy. And am so saddened by you loss.
My heart is breaking, as I know yours is too. Please know you are not alone. God is with you and so are your friends.
With my deepest sympathies, and much love,
Beryl
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My dearest Leah,
I have just read the terrible news, I was so worried, and rationally I knew that something very sad would have been happened, but
I didn't want to accept, I hoped in a miracle.
I woke up some minutes ago and I took the phone, hoping and having so much fearing, and now I am here, seated on my bed,
crying for you and for our wonderful Sasha, that very old and wise soul that decided to come back to this earth and to share his life with you.
I believe that we live many lives with which we come back here to learn, to go on with our spiritual path.
If we did something that blocked our way in a past life in the next life we have to do something to help ourselves to go on.
Sometimes we have to suffer, have sad and difficult lives, but this is the life that we have chosen, the right one for us.
I don't know if there is a God somewhere, probably there is one or more very strong spiritual powers at work in the universe, but
our destiny is not decided by others, gods or humans.
We choose our life. We choose the persons with whom we will share our life.
We decide the experiences we will have and Sasha decided to come back to stay with you.
I am sure that he did great and wonderful things in his lives.
I think of him as a great warrior, a man who fought for freedom and justice.
Surely in his past he did some bad things, as all of us did, and
in the first part of his life here he suffered so much for this but
later he was the happiest, the luckiest creature on earth.
It is for this reason that I am sure that he was a great and wise man, because
a being that has had such a wonderful life with you must have been a great soul before.
I would have liked to be able to express better my feelings,
English is not my language and I hope to be able to tell all I have in my heart.
I know that death doesn't exist. I know that we have lived many times.
I also did some regressions and I know that what I saw were facts, parts of my past lives, and
I am sure that somewhere, in some time, you, Sasha and me met and made a piece of path together.
I feel a very strong bond, and when I look at the pictures of our precious Sasha,
I feel something in my heart - he is not a stranger - it is the picture of someone I know; someone I have known one day.
We come back here forgetting everything, we have to begin everything again but sometimes we have some memories,
some feeling tells us that we have already seen a place, we have already met someone, and this is one of this feelings.
I believe in all this, but being also a poor human being I am suffering so much for the loss of our Sasha,
I don't believe in death, but I hate it, I hate to be obliged to say good bye to our beloved ones,
I know that they are in another place and that we will meet again but
I would like so much to have them here, now, to touch them, to speak them, to kiss them.
I don't know if someone is so advanced not to suffer when a beloved one goes, to accept and
to be even free because the beloved soul is now free and ready to go on his path, I am not able yet to do this,
I believe and this give me a great strength but I have so much pain, I suffer so much.
Sasha is now a free soul, now he knows everything, all the things we don't understand here are clear for him,
he is resting, he is seeing everything, he can see you crying and thinking of him with so much love,
he can see me writing about his great soul in the middle of the night, and
soon, when he decide it is time, he will come back, maybe we'll meet him again here,
we will meet someone in the street and we will feel something very special,
maybe we will have to wait next life to meet again but we will meet again, I know this.
You tell me that you are a Sikh, I have a wonderful, sweet memory of one day, some years ago,
in the big Sikh temple in New Delhi, I remember every moment of that day, the happiness, the peace,
the people around me so proud, so kind, I was in a place I knew well, even if it was the first time I was there.
How did you go from Bulgaria to New York, which is your path in this life, which led you and Sasha together from the old to the new world?
My dearest Sasha, I really hope that we will stay in touch and we will become friends,
this has already happened to me one time with a person known on the site, a person that surely I met before.
I sent him the condolences when his boy crossed, one year and half before,
we began to write each other and we became very close friends,
last April I went to meet him and his wife in Florida, where they live, and it was like meeting again an old and dear friend,
he is Buddhist and we are sure that we met in another life,
it was so wonderful that thanks to a very modern thing such as Internet we were able to meet again, and
this is the second time that I feel this very strong bond with someone,
I am sure that I have already met you and Sasha and now we have met again, and
I am sure one day you and me will able to meet personally, in the US or in Europe or somewhere else,
it is our path, and we'll see again brave Sasha.
My dearest friend,
I am crying for him and I honoring his great soul that now is flying free,
is seeing us, watching over us,
he is free happy and in a wonderful place now and
we must be happy for him,
I go on repeating this among the tears,
I am only a poor human being and the pain is terrible.
Mara
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Leah,
I looked in on the forum today after a long absence with my heart in my mouth hoping not to see what was there.
Sasha's journey has led him to peace now, and left us here with an empty hole in our hearts until we are reunited.
God bless you and all your loved ones, and may He bring you peace.
Take care,
Ed
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Leah, I'm so sorry you lost your sweet Sasha. I'm keeping you both in my thoughts and prayers.
Denise and Bem, now together forever, and the M&M's
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I'm so sorry to hear about Sasha. Being in your loving arms until the end was comfort for you both.
Hugs to you Leah. I'll give my Lil' Sasha a hug and kiss for you! :)
Take Care!
Sheila
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Dear Leah
I'm so very sorry to hear this awful news )-:
I know your heart is breaking but you did your best for your beloved Sasha, and
he knows that and loves you for it.
Although he had a relatively short life, with problems due to others' cruelty,
thanks to you he also knew how wonderful life could be.
In the midst of your pain, you have much to be proud of.
Please take gentle care of yourself and try to get through this a day at a time.
Comforts,
Helen
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Dear Leah,
For a couple of days I have been considering writing to you ...
It has been a while since you had to endure the tragic loss of your sweet Sasha and I felt that it may be too late for me to write...
But I wanted to apologize in private as well for posting my message after Sasha's passing
as I did not read the message board, just the digest...
and your message was the one I really wanted to respond to because Sasha and his story has truly touched my heart...
I am going through an extremely difficult situation these days both personally and with Nikki...
I have so many pages of digest that I noticed only because a friend had invited us by e-mail and
I didn't respond for days as I hadn't even opened my e-mail...
So he called to see if we were going and that is when I opened my email.
Nikki is doing so very poorly and we don't have many good options, if any...
I am at the doctors constantly and have some very scary issues to deal with
including surgery and other serious, grave problems...
It has just been too much to handle and I am barely hanging in...
So it is because of all of this that I basically just 'survive' the days and doing nothing else at all...
But I think often of you and Sasha and how you must be devastated for losing him...
it is not right for him to lose this battle when he got such a rare chance to find the wonderful mom that you have been...
he should have been with you for many, many years and enjoy the great life he so deserved...
But sadly, like too many times in life what is right and fair doesn't always happen...
I told my husband about Sasha and he was so sad....
The only comfort is that you did save him from those horrible people and
the time he had left on this earth he was loved and cared for with so much devotion...
I hope your memories are helping you deal with such suffering and know that Sasha felt the love and
knew he finally found the right parents for him...
It is easier to comfort someone that to actual deal with the pain yourself...
I find myself crying even though I can still hold Nikki in my arms... but feel hopeless about helping her...
Wishing you the very best and strength,
Jenica and Nikki
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He was blessed to have had your care and you were blessed to have been his human.
Peace and comfort,
Tiffaney
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Rest well, sweet and magnanimous King. Blessings on your journey.
Peace to you, Leah.
Cody, Greta and Anzo
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Oh, how sad. Your Little warrior has moved on to the next phase.
I am glad he had special people in his time here with us
Soldier on sweet boy.
Sorry for your loss,
Sam and Missy and Mollie
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Dear Leah,
Oh, we are all so very sorry for your loss.
Thankfully his passing was peaceful and he was surrounded by Nature and by you, who have given him such loving care.
We remain here for you always.
God bless you, and God bless Warrior King Sasha watching over you.
Rosemarie
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Ohhhh, blessings sweet angel... oh baby... you were so loved.
Your momma and poppa love you and so do we. Be at peace precious baby.
Love,
Deb and Kelby
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I am so sorry for your loss Leah.
I was praying for Sasha to recover & my Black Lab, Sasha, was pulling for him too.
Rest in Peace, sweet angel.
Kim
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I am so sorry, Leah. You gave him a wonderful life.
May he rest in peace.
Karen
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I am so sorry. You made him really happy and loved. You did all you could for him and he knew that.
He looked so majestic and proud. It’s a shame you got him after he was so damaged.
But you gave him his life back, and a much loved life he never had before.
I feel like I knew him personally.
So sorry, my eyes are full of tears,
Sarah
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Leah,
It is a privilege to have come to know you and the beloved and exceptional Sasha, even for such a short time.
What great love he had for you, that he would bring himself back from the brink so
that you could prepare yourself and create such a beautiful and peaceful release.
Your heart must have really expanded to contain so much love and compassion.
Blessings,
Christine
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So beautifully said, Christine. Truly.
Cody
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This is so beautifully written, Leah. I'm very sorry for your loss.
Katherine
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Leah,
We are so sorry. You will be in our thoughts and prayers.
Blessings and hugs,
Shirley, Seb & Osie
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“Long live the King!!!!”
Leah. Don't know which of yours is the more noble spirit is.
Let our collective blessings and warmth enfold you now.
Tradition, Shoshanna
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I am so sorry for your loss. We all hurt.
Mary
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My dearest friends,
I am so overwhelmed with everyone's messages, I can't even respond properly yet.
Please know I am reading all the beautiful notes, short and long alike and
thanking you all in the silence of my heart and I know Sasha sees all as well.
Love,
Leah and sweet angel Sasha...
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Leah,
As you know, when some of us say 'I feel your pain', we really do.
So you are not alone in your loss, although no one feels it to the depth that you do, and that is not meant to trivialize your loss.
Katherine
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I have barely gotten to know you, Sasha and your incredible story.
So brimming with love. It overwhelms me how beautiful you both are. I join the collective blanket of love.
Peace to you both,
Laurie, Suki, and Benny
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Leah,
I am so sorry that you had to say goodbye to Sasha!
I know your heart is breaking and you will miss him so much. I really dread the day when we have to let Gizmo go.
It's so hard when you fight to keep them alive and take care of them.
They love so unconditionally and appreciate everything you do for them.
RIP Warrior King Sasha of Vinitsa! Until we see you again!
Sandy
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Oh Leah, I am so sorry.
Not sure if it is tears or the light shining from his spirit that seem to be blinding my eyes right now.
Peace to you, sweet lady and precious Sasha.
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Circle of love. And so many people are holding you in the light. Sasha is an inspiration as are you, Leah.
Cody
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Dear Leah:
Sasha is in my prayers. She was so lucky to have such a loving, caring "mom."
Jenn
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Leah,
I will light a candle for you and Sasha when I get home tonight.
I'm so sorry that you and he have to go through this, after all the two of you have been through already.
Positive vibes and many hugs,
Ed & Olivia
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Hi Leah & Sasha,
My prayers are with you both during this most difficult time. I've traveled the path you are on and I know how hard it is.
Stay close to each other until that is no longer possible and let Sasha cross the Rainbow Bridge whenever the time comes.
Sending you e-hugs from me and my CRF baby - Lil' Sasha Midnite.
Our best for you both,
Sheila
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Hi Leah,
I saw your post about Sasha this morning and wanted to let you know that you both are in our thoughts.
You have some so far in so many ways, and done amazing things together.
May the time you have together be peaceful and full of the love that has carried you through your incredible journey.
You two are at home and forever blessed.
Much love,
Marilyn & Milo
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Just a quick note to let you know we are with you & Sasha through this, Leah.
My prayers are continuing. It does sound like he is getting so much weaker. I just pray when it’s time for him to cross, he goes peacefully.
I know you have your hands full right now. We'll talk sometime; don't worry about calling, unless you really want to. Just stay with your sweetheart, and keep him comfortable.
Love to you both,
Beryl, Cuddles and rest of her furkins
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Dear Leah,
My good thoughts, prayers, love, and strength are with you and Sasha...
He is surrounded by goodness, and peace.
Hugs and purrs,
Anne & Thomasina, and my forever kitten, Thistle
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Hi Leah,
Your tribute to Sasha and your dedication to him throughout his life and transition are the stuff of poetry, indeed.
I hope you are finding a bit of peace tonight. I know you know this--but allow for the process of grief.
This deep kind of loss can be very shocking at some moments--and create bursts of wild emotion.
When caring for a being so intensely around the clock,
the loss is almost deafening at first--nothing to do with all of that care-taking energy...except to cry at the emptiness.
I'm saddened to hear of Sasha's passing.
It was also such a beautiful end of this body and a beautiful beginning of what is to come and has now come.
Much love and light to you both.
You are in my thoughts and prayers.
Cody
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Hi Leah,
The first time I read about Sasha and saw your pictures my eyes filled with tears, first at the cruelty,
then when I saw how magnificent he was with his wheels on, so fluffy and regal, and
I got a glimpse of the love and care that could give him a good life and enable him to trust humans again.
And now my eyes fill with tears again and I am sending you sympathy and wishing you strength.
Was it you or someone else here who wrote how one day for an animal could be like a whole lifetime of love?
And Sasha must have known how deeply he was loved.
Mary
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Dear Leah,
It is with great sadness that I read your post. I am so sorry. I know how much you loved Sasha of Vinitsa.
I will most surely pass on your tender hugs to the Knight who is just now still riding out to battle. He is carrying on the fight :)
There is a verse in the Bible that I think epitomizes you and that is Proverbs 12:10:
“The righteous one is caring for the soul of his domestic animal, but the mercies of the wicked ones are cruel."
And I know you lived that verse in the case with Sasha.
I hope that you are able to remember the good times and the bad memories are very distant.
Isaiah 11:6 describes peace for the animals, when it says,
"And the wolf will actually reside for a while with the male lamb, and with the kid the leopard itself will lie down, and
the calf and the maned young-lion and the well-fed animal all together; and
a mere little boy will be leader over them."
Psalms 37:10-11, "And just a little while longer, and the wicked one will be no more.
And you will certainly give attention to his place, and he will not be.
But the meek ones themselves will possess the earth, and
they will indeed find their exquisite delight in the abundance of peace."
Hold on to the hope of a time, when there will be no more wickedness or cruel people.
Soon the meek really shall inherit the earth just like Jesus said they would.
Then, we will take care of the animals like you took care of Sasha so lovingly.
We will all try to do that for the animals’ worldwide. It will be real peace and security.
With Deepest Sympathy,
Marlo and the Knight
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Dear Leah,
I am trying to be brave like Sasha. I have to go do a biopsy at 12:30 today all by myself.
It is just a needle biopsy, but it is nothing that I am really looking forward to.
I have to go to the Hospital to do it. I'll just keep thinking "Sasha!" That will make me be brave, because he was so brave :)
That is nice that Sasha liked sparrows. I like sparrows too.
I had one when I was a kid, until it was old enough to fly and go off on its own. It went with me everywhere.
I attached an article that I thought you might get comfort from reading.
It is titled, “Does God Care About Animals?" It has verses that you can look up in your own copy of the Bible.
I am sorry for your loss, Leah. It is a tremendous loss, because Sasha was SOME cat.
Love,
Marlo and the Knight
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Leah...I'm at work trying, with little success, to stop the tears from flowing upon hearing about Sasha.
What a blessed kitty for God to make you his pet parent.
My heart is with you today...
Mary Beth N Ellie May
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Leah,
So very, very sorry for your loss. I cry with you.
Thank you for bringing Sasha's story to the world, and for rescuing that poor soul and giving him some good years after his abuse.
Elissa & Teddy
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Leah,
I am so sorry to hear of Sasha's passing but it sounds like it was peaceful and he was where he would have wanted to be.
Prayers go to you in your time of grief now and I hope that time will help heal the loss you feel.
He will always be in your heart and waiting for you at the rainbow bridge.
Lori and Angel Patches
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Leah, please accept my condolences for your loss of Sasha.
I lost my Daisy a week ago and it's hard.
I found some heartwarming messages from this group and I hope you will take something from them.
My thoughts and prayers are with you.
Jackie
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Dear Leah,
I am so very sorry that you had to let Sasha go.
He was indeed a true warrior.
And you are indeed a very special person to have given him the wonderful life he has had since you found him.
Although we know in our heads that they are no longer in a bad place, it leaves us with such an empty, hollow place in our hearts.
My sense is very strong that you did your very best for him and we cannot do more than that.
Everything you did for him you did with love in your heart. He was very lucky to have you as his "human".
I caught a firefly in a jar
Its beauty filled my world.
And when its light began to fade,
I released it into the night
Where it took its place among the stars.
Rest well, sweet Sasha of Vinitsa, rest well.
You are in my thoughts.
As you adjust and come to terms with your loss, thoughts of him will once again bring smiles to your heart.
"There is no passing, just a changing of addresses, a changing of worlds."
My heart weeps with you.
Very gentle head butts,
Barbara & Idgie
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Dear Leah,
I am so sad to hear that you have lost your beloved Sasha.
There aren't enough words to express what a wonderful spirit he was and the world is a better place for his being here among us.
He will be truly missed by all who came to know him.
If you see stars tonight in the sky, perhaps they are not the stars,
but rather openings in Heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and
shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.
Take good care. Watch & listen for him; he may visit from time to time.
Much love,
Marilyn & Milo
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Leah,
You are a very special person, and Sasha was so fortunate to be loved by you.
I am so deeply sorry for your loss.
Helana and Tommy
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Dear Leah,
I am so sorry to hear that Sasha of Vinitsa has passed away.
He lived a wonderful life with you, you did all you could for him, and he knew how much you loved him.
He is in God's arms, until you meet again.
Pat in Maryland
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Leah,
I am so sorry. He was a splendid boy.
Please remember that he always loved you and was thankful that you were his special person.
May he rest in eternal peace.
With deepest sympathy,
Leonor
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With tears in my eyes I say farewell to Sasha.
You will be missed the most by your wonderful mom but also missed by all who knew you here.
I myself would like to pass on in the arms of someone I love who loves me very much and in the place I loved the most.
May you have peace and happiness in the great beyond,
Judy and Pooh
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My thoughts and prayers are with you at this sad time
Kerstin
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Sweet Sasha R.I.P. Leah-deepest sympathy. Joe D
Fly free Angel Warrior Sasha
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Dear Leah,
I'm so terribly sorry that you and Sasha have been parted.
I have read many stories since I joined here to help my Wowita last year but none have touched or inspired me
as much as the story that you and Sasha share.
The depth of your love for one another was quite simply phenomenal, which must make his physical absence so much more painful to bear.
I don't know whether it will help but I really do understand the place that you're in right now and would like to reach out and offer you comfort.
You lost him too soon, but no-one but no-one could or would have done more, or even as much.
In the end we can never do enough to keep them with us for as long as we would like.
We do a pact with the devil when we accept their love and take them to our hearts,
knowing that the pain and sorrow of being separated at some point is part of the deal.
It took me a long time before a happy memory of my Wowie came unbidden to mind to make me smile.
I hope that you don't have to wait as long, it sounds as though you have a rich catalogue of happy memories to dip into at will.
Wishing all the comfort and joining with you to honour the memory of you wonderful boy Sasha.
Claire
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Leah,
I just now saw the sad news, Leah.
Sasha was so very lucky to have you as a mom. Your devotion to, and care of him is an inspiration to all of us with sick kitties.
Sasha was a fighter and he is running free now, enjoying the sparrows and butterflies.
Blessings and peace,
Janet and Buddy
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Dear Leah,
Words cannot adequately express my condolences and sympathy for the loss of your precious Sasha.
The story of your life together was heartwarming. What a wonderful boy Sasha was, full of life, and energy despite his disability.
And what a magnificent Mom you were to him.
He is a stunning cat. That beautiful white coat, flowing mane. Regal and distinguished.
I say "is" because even though Sasha has left his physical body, his spirit charges on.
Here's a story I like to share: http://cats.about.com/od/lossandgrieving/a/zenofcat.htm
I am sorry that Sasha could not be here longer. As you said in a post, his life was short but well lived.
Take care of yourself, Leah.
You were a wonderful Mom to Sasha and I'm certain when he passed he felt all your love carry him to safety once again.
Peace,
Larry
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Dear Leah,
I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your dear Sasha.
The two of you shared such a special bond for the time you had together.
Know that you gave him a good life, one that he so deserved after having been mistreated.
I am glad that he died in your arms and in his favorite place.
I hope that you take comfort in the white butterfly - and
that memories of Sasha will help sustain and comfort you in your sadness and grief.
You really did such good for Sasha. Thank you for that.
And again, my sympathies.
Janice
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Full Moon Rising
9:03pm August 3, 2012
Miami, Florida
Oddest thing.
Last night, courting midnight, I lit a candle for Sasha and began the Seven Goddess Chant.
Entranced by the flame's reflection.......
I tot I taw a puddy tat.
Shoshanna
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Leah...
Words can't express how saddened I am by your loss.
I know we are all close to our kitties but the bond you have had with Sasha has been especially overwhelming and undeniable.
You and he will continue to be an inspiration to us all.
Fly free, sweet Sasha...
Rekha
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Dear Leah,
I hate to be doing this via email. I am so sorry I wasn't available to take your phone call today.
I wanted to call you so many times in the last few days, and
yet I didn't want to distract you in any way from your so dedicated care giving to you precious baby.
I had just gone out to the grocery store when your phone call & message arrived.
By the time I got back, I knew it would be late to return the call.
However, I just want you to know that my thoughts and prayers are with you, and I cannot sleep, feeling so guilty,
I was not here when you called and needed a friend to talk to.
I wanted so much to be there for you and Sasha in any way I could, and not only wasn't I, but you needed a friend too.
Please give me a call as soon as you can again, and hopefully I will be at your side, as I so much want to be.
Until then, just know that my heartfelt sympathies are with you.
You were/are still the most loving, kind, and generous person Sasha could ever have had in his life.
Both you and he were so fortunate to find each other. You've been the most incredible mommy he could have ever had.
And I'm sure his unconditional love for you was so many times given in return.
I am sure my Angel Shelby & Patches were there to greet him and show him around the 'rainbow bridge', when he arrived.
I just picture in my mind how they are all playing so happily together, free from pain and suffering, and all whole again.
I truly believe God loves and cares for all the creatures he creates, and
carries them gently in his arms to a wonderful place of peace, when they leave our loving arms.
I pray, may you know your dearest, beloved Sasha not only knew your love, but also carried you love with him when he left your arms.
I also pray you will find comfort in knowing you did all you could for him on this earth, and
his destiny was in the hands of our creator, and he rested peacefully nestled in your bosom as he crossed.
What a miraculous way to go on forward. Not many have can do that.
You are a very special person, Leah, with so many gifts to give.
I am still so sorry you've not had more time with you dear precious boy. And am so saddened by you loss.
My heart is breaking, as I know yours is too. Please know you are not alone. God is with you and so are your friends.
With my deepest sympathies, and much love,
Beryl
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My dearest Leah,
I have just read the terrible news, I was so worried, and rationally I knew that something very sad would have been happened, but
I didn't want to accept, I hoped in a miracle.
I woke up some minutes ago and I took the phone, hoping and having so much fearing, and now I am here, seated on my bed,
crying for you and for our wonderful Sasha, that very old and wise soul that decided to come back to this earth and to share his life with you.
I believe that we live many lives with which we come back here to learn, to go on with our spiritual path.
If we did something that blocked our way in a past life in the next life we have to do something to help ourselves to go on.
Sometimes we have to suffer, have sad and difficult lives, but this is the life that we have chosen, the right one for us.
I don't know if there is a God somewhere, probably there is one or more very strong spiritual powers at work in the universe, but
our destiny is not decided by others, gods or humans.
We choose our life. We choose the persons with whom we will share our life.
We decide the experiences we will have and Sasha decided to come back to stay with you.
I am sure that he did great and wonderful things in his lives.
I think of him as a great warrior, a man who fought for freedom and justice.
Surely in his past he did some bad things, as all of us did, and
in the first part of his life here he suffered so much for this but
later he was the happiest, the luckiest creature on earth.
It is for this reason that I am sure that he was a great and wise man, because
a being that has had such a wonderful life with you must have been a great soul before.
I would have liked to be able to express better my feelings,
English is not my language and I hope to be able to tell all I have in my heart.
I know that death doesn't exist. I know that we have lived many times.
I also did some regressions and I know that what I saw were facts, parts of my past lives, and
I am sure that somewhere, in some time, you, Sasha and me met and made a piece of path together.
I feel a very strong bond, and when I look at the pictures of our precious Sasha,
I feel something in my heart - he is not a stranger - it is the picture of someone I know; someone I have known one day.
We come back here forgetting everything, we have to begin everything again but sometimes we have some memories,
some feeling tells us that we have already seen a place, we have already met someone, and this is one of this feelings.
I believe in all this, but being also a poor human being I am suffering so much for the loss of our Sasha,
I don't believe in death, but I hate it, I hate to be obliged to say good bye to our beloved ones,
I know that they are in another place and that we will meet again but
I would like so much to have them here, now, to touch them, to speak them, to kiss them.
I don't know if someone is so advanced not to suffer when a beloved one goes, to accept and
to be even free because the beloved soul is now free and ready to go on his path, I am not able yet to do this,
I believe and this give me a great strength but I have so much pain, I suffer so much.
Sasha is now a free soul, now he knows everything, all the things we don't understand here are clear for him,
he is resting, he is seeing everything, he can see you crying and thinking of him with so much love,
he can see me writing about his great soul in the middle of the night, and
soon, when he decide it is time, he will come back, maybe we'll meet him again here,
we will meet someone in the street and we will feel something very special,
maybe we will have to wait next life to meet again but we will meet again, I know this.
You tell me that you are a Sikh, I have a wonderful, sweet memory of one day, some years ago,
in the big Sikh temple in New Delhi, I remember every moment of that day, the happiness, the peace,
the people around me so proud, so kind, I was in a place I knew well, even if it was the first time I was there.
How did you go from Bulgaria to New York, which is your path in this life, which led you and Sasha together from the old to the new world?
My dearest Sasha, I really hope that we will stay in touch and we will become friends,
this has already happened to me one time with a person known on the site, a person that surely I met before.
I sent him the condolences when his boy crossed, one year and half before,
we began to write each other and we became very close friends,
last April I went to meet him and his wife in Florida, where they live, and it was like meeting again an old and dear friend,
he is Buddhist and we are sure that we met in another life,
it was so wonderful that thanks to a very modern thing such as Internet we were able to meet again, and
this is the second time that I feel this very strong bond with someone,
I am sure that I have already met you and Sasha and now we have met again, and
I am sure one day you and me will able to meet personally, in the US or in Europe or somewhere else,
it is our path, and we'll see again brave Sasha.
My dearest friend,
I am crying for him and I honoring his great soul that now is flying free,
is seeing us, watching over us,
he is free happy and in a wonderful place now and
we must be happy for him,
I go on repeating this among the tears,
I am only a poor human being and the pain is terrible.
Mara
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Leah,
I looked in on the forum today after a long absence with my heart in my mouth hoping not to see what was there.
Sasha's journey has led him to peace now, and left us here with an empty hole in our hearts until we are reunited.
God bless you and all your loved ones, and may He bring you peace.
Take care,
Ed
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Leah, I'm so sorry you lost your sweet Sasha. I'm keeping you both in my thoughts and prayers.
Denise and Bem, now together forever, and the M&M's
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I'm so sorry to hear about Sasha. Being in your loving arms until the end was comfort for you both.
Hugs to you Leah. I'll give my Lil' Sasha a hug and kiss for you! :)
Take Care!
Sheila
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Dear Leah
I'm so very sorry to hear this awful news )-:
I know your heart is breaking but you did your best for your beloved Sasha, and
he knows that and loves you for it.
Although he had a relatively short life, with problems due to others' cruelty,
thanks to you he also knew how wonderful life could be.
In the midst of your pain, you have much to be proud of.
Please take gentle care of yourself and try to get through this a day at a time.
Comforts,
Helen
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Dear Leah,
For a couple of days I have been considering writing to you ...
It has been a while since you had to endure the tragic loss of your sweet Sasha and I felt that it may be too late for me to write...
But I wanted to apologize in private as well for posting my message after Sasha's passing
as I did not read the message board, just the digest...
and your message was the one I really wanted to respond to because Sasha and his story has truly touched my heart...
I am going through an extremely difficult situation these days both personally and with Nikki...
I have so many pages of digest that I noticed only because a friend had invited us by e-mail and
I didn't respond for days as I hadn't even opened my e-mail...
So he called to see if we were going and that is when I opened my email.
Nikki is doing so very poorly and we don't have many good options, if any...
I am at the doctors constantly and have some very scary issues to deal with
including surgery and other serious, grave problems...
It has just been too much to handle and I am barely hanging in...
So it is because of all of this that I basically just 'survive' the days and doing nothing else at all...
But I think often of you and Sasha and how you must be devastated for losing him...
it is not right for him to lose this battle when he got such a rare chance to find the wonderful mom that you have been...
he should have been with you for many, many years and enjoy the great life he so deserved...
But sadly, like too many times in life what is right and fair doesn't always happen...
I told my husband about Sasha and he was so sad....
The only comfort is that you did save him from those horrible people and
the time he had left on this earth he was loved and cared for with so much devotion...
I hope your memories are helping you deal with such suffering and know that Sasha felt the love and
knew he finally found the right parents for him...
It is easier to comfort someone that to actual deal with the pain yourself...
I find myself crying even though I can still hold Nikki in my arms... but feel hopeless about helping her...
Wishing you the very best and strength,
Jenica and Nikki
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Condolences from Dr. Tina Ting, D.V.M. and Sasha's Pawprint
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Seven dead in shooting at Sikh temple in Wisconsin
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Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa
Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh
The following people passed away in the tragic incident at the Gurudwara in Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa
Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh
The following people passed away in the tragic incident at the Gurudwara in Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
Bhai Seeta Singh (Granthi) - 41 years old
Bhai Ranjit Singh (Raagee) - 49 years old
(Left): Bhai Seeta Singh (Granthi) - 41 years old and (Right): Bhai Ranjit Singh (Raagee) - 49 years old
were brothers, whose families are in India and whose lives in America revolved around their faith;
Seeta Singh, 41, had arrived in the United States a year ago.
Though Sita Singh was quieter than his brother, he was no less dedicated to the temple's visitors.
Ten years ago, Ranjit Singh, 49, came to the United States for better opportunities.
Once here, he made it his responsibility to take care of everyone who visited the temple.
Both men lived at the temple.
were brothers, whose families are in India and whose lives in America revolved around their faith;
Seeta Singh, 41, had arrived in the United States a year ago.
Though Sita Singh was quieter than his brother, he was no less dedicated to the temple's visitors.
Ten years ago, Ranjit Singh, 49, came to the United States for better opportunities.
Once here, he made it his responsibility to take care of everyone who visited the temple.
Both men lived at the temple.
Bhai Prakash Singh (Granthi) - 39 years old
who was remembered as a fun-loving personality who enjoyed telling jokes;
As a Sikh granthi, Prakash Singh, 39,
performed daily services, which would have included recitations from the religion's holy book,
leading prayers and lecturing on how to practice Sikhism.
who was remembered as a fun-loving personality who enjoyed telling jokes;
As a Sikh granthi, Prakash Singh, 39,
performed daily services, which would have included recitations from the religion's holy book,
leading prayers and lecturing on how to practice Sikhism.
Prakash Singh's wife and teenage children were living in the temple.
Recently, they had moved from India to join the Sikh priest in Wisconsin.
Recently, they had moved from India to join the Sikh priest in Wisconsin.
Satwant Singh Kaleka - President of the Gurdwara - 65 years old
The president of the temple died defending his gift to the next generation.
Satwant Singh Kaleka, 65, managed to find a simple butter knife in the temple and
tried to stab the gunman even after being shot twice near the hip or upper leg, his son said Monday.
Satwant ji is pictured in this photo with his wife.
The president of the temple died defending his gift to the next generation.
Satwant Singh Kaleka, 65, managed to find a simple butter knife in the temple and
tried to stab the gunman even after being shot twice near the hip or upper leg, his son said Monday.
Satwant ji is pictured in this photo with his wife.
Suveg Singh Khattra - Sangat member - 84 years old
Suveg Singh Khattra, 84, was a constant presence at the temple.
Most days, his son, a taxi driver, would drop him off there to pray.
Khattra and his wife moved to the United States eight years ago to join their son.
Suveg Singh Khattra, 84, was a constant presence at the temple.
Most days, his son, a taxi driver, would drop him off there to pray.
Khattra and his wife moved to the United States eight years ago to join their son.
Paramjit Kaur Toor - Sangat member - 41 years old
who worked 66 hours a week to provide for her family, but
also found time to pray every day for at least an hour.
Paramjit Kaur finished her morning prayers, a daily ritual for the deeply spiritual mother of two,
and walked into the temple's front hallway Sunday and was fatally shot.
Kaur's friends remembered the 41-year-old wife Monday as sweet, outspoken and devoted to her family and her faith.
They said she was also hard-working - spending 11 hours a day, 6 days a week,
in production at a medical devices firm in order to provide for her children.
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The following people are critically injured. Please pray for their recovery:
Bhai Punjab Singh - exteremly critical
Santokh Singh - He is in serious condition too
America hero Lieutenant Brian Murphy
The Sikh nation salutes you and prays for your quick recovery.
Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa
Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh
who worked 66 hours a week to provide for her family, but
also found time to pray every day for at least an hour.
Paramjit Kaur finished her morning prayers, a daily ritual for the deeply spiritual mother of two,
and walked into the temple's front hallway Sunday and was fatally shot.
Kaur's friends remembered the 41-year-old wife Monday as sweet, outspoken and devoted to her family and her faith.
They said she was also hard-working - spending 11 hours a day, 6 days a week,
in production at a medical devices firm in order to provide for her children.
* * * * * * * * * *
The following people are critically injured. Please pray for their recovery:
Bhai Punjab Singh - exteremly critical
Santokh Singh - He is in serious condition too
America hero Lieutenant Brian Murphy
The Sikh nation salutes you and prays for your quick recovery.
Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa
Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh