08/30/2026
22 years with this wise temperamental beautiful yellow-eyed red-maned shape-shifting owl-eagle-lioness.
I haven’t shared with you enough, pound family- each stone talisman you’ve received was blessed by her in some way over the last 15 yrs.
Every single time I went to package - here she would come again; sauntering into the crystal room with her proud chest- checking over the gem beings. Laying herself fully on your pouches packages and labels. She grabbed hold of many a chain ⛓️💥 we had to break free from her insanely strong hold.
Pillow was born a single kitten to a litter. A surprise to her mother’s owner. Found under the shadow of a couch when the light and her voice came up. A teensy tiny pillow fluff.
She lived in the family home and was a huge part of the hearth of our space our studio our hearts.
She had boundaries galore. She loved receiving love but would let you know when her cup was full with a slash of a claw, a crushing of her teeth. All who dared enter had to be warned about her unpredictable nature.
She knew her capacity and never wavered from her truth.
She asked for what she wanted. She never shied a shred from her desires, wishes….actually probably more like commands.
Founded and grounded in her own presence.
She found ways to reveal that she had been around the block a time or nine, and would receive the very most out of her inhabitation of this cat-suit.
That’s the thing when you watch a spirit soar in real time.
You see the life-force leave solidified vessel and the light glaze into the shadows of an eye, and you remember so deeply that your gut curls in on itself: these bodies are but for a moment. And the essence is far from ever gone.
I have to remind myself she’s not at my feet when I’m at the house now.
Instead she’s whispering soft purrs into our sleep when we each lay head to Pillow at night. She’s watching she’s listening she’s flowing through the blood line reminding us to soak up every breath and stone.
She was born a single blur of black, came into her powerful own, and left held in the arms of Mia surrounded by us three, not for a second alone.
We 💙 you Pillow. queen of crystals and bright light 💡