guys. i cant believe this. i went outside to be with the other outdoor cats when i saw this black blob in the distance, where our woods begin. i began walking to it in a daze thinking "is this salem? or am i hallucinating?" because frankly......i could not tell. also, salem is

sylvester's nearly identical twin. as i kept getting closer to salem, he kept running away, but in a weird, captivating way. like, he wasnt running away to get away and he kept looking back at me but going in a circle around some trees. it didnt make any sense. so i eventually

gave up and joined the other cats in the back porch and gave mr mustache, mignon & giselle some treats. then eventually salem came to eat dinner, as did inga and then tesla (treats were not a part of dinner btw). and i spent a long time petting inga; she was extra sweet to me.

i think mignon (the mom) and giselle (the smartest cat and also human to ever live) both knew what happened to sylvester, whereas i dont think mr mustache understands at all tbh. anyway. after a while, my dad suggests we go visit sylvester, who he buried in the c*metery in our

woods (no time to discuss that now). honestly, i had never been to this part of the cemetery in my entire life. it's a corner where our older cat, yoda, is also buried. i had no idea. the cats and i always like to go to the cemetery & i take pictures of them sometimes too, but we

always stay in the same basic area, sometimes going to these other 2 areas but NEVER this corner. like i said, ive never been to this part of it in my entire life. and so my mom and i go there and normally when we go into the woods, a bunch of cats follow us. in fact, this was

the first time EVER not one cat followed either one of us. we were so shocked. as we headed back out of the woods, i spotted salem on this one bench...........a bench he had never been on before AND it was especially weird because salem seldom goes in the woods, and when he does,

he always goes AFTER everyone else comes in. he has never, to my understanding, been in the woods alone. yet here he was. alone. in the woods. and he starts flopping and twisting on the bench (which is something i think a lot of cats do, but not like salem. he is very specific

about it. it's the cutest thing ever! and what he does when he wants to be pet). and salem is very skittish, but again he was flopping on this bench but when my mom got a bit closer to him, he jumped off. she decided he wanted to be left alone, but i KNOW salem and ive never seen

him twist like that unless im already petting him and.....it just made no sense. and so i went to him and pet him a bit and then he got up and started to walk a bit, turning to see if i was following him every 12 inches. after around 4-5 feet, he flopped again so id pet him. & he

did that over and over and over and over again until we got towards the cemetery. i cant stress enough; salem has never done anything like this before. no cat in my life ever has.........and once we got towards the cemetery, he continued to do that inside. except. he didnt just

go inside. he went closer and closer to sylvester's grave. again. a part of the cemetery NONE OF THE CATS HAVE EVER GONE TO BEFORE!!!! AND HE IS THE SCAREDY CAT WHO DOESNT EXPLORE ANYTHING EVER!!!!!!!!!! and he gets closer and closer, and now i need to walk through overgrown

plants and branches, but i can tell what hes doing so i follow him. and he goes directly to sylvester's grave. and he begins to flop down and twist and hug it. i even took a few pictures of it i'll share in a few minutes. i couldnt believe my eyes. by this point, i cant remember

if my mom had been here and saw him get to the grave, or if she came after he already got there, but i just know she came up with the picture idea. and tesla followed her, while giselle had followed salem and i (but kept her distance). after salem had flopped around for a while,

giselle came up to the grave and began to sniff it. something she had never EVER done to something before. i had never seen her sniff something like she sniffed that dirt. and she began to flop and twist just like salem. something i had never seen her do to anything before. and i

cant believe this is real and really happened. it began getting dark and i was feeling so faint i needed to go, and salem led me out of the cemetery for a bit, but took me around it and to this random tree off the path (but very close to the grave) where he continued to twist. i

said "im sorry. i cant stay there. lets go back" but he wouldnt (which is definitely fair since hes a cat and clearly has no idea what i was saying ....) and decided to stay in the woods. i think tesla went out, and im not sure about giselle. but i think salem is still there.

spending the night with his twin brother. i think this was a sign; sylvester isnt gone. his memory & his spirit and even he, himself, are all in each one of us (the cats, my mom and i). my mom said purrsia wrapped her tail around my mom's leg.....the same way sylvester always did

..........something so unique and special and one of our favorite things sylvester did; he always did that when we went to feed him as a big "thank you". it was so precious. he even was doing it yesterday. and today, before this woods encounter (when we served them dinner), she

did it to my mom. and i think these, and especially what happened in the woods, are signs that sylvester is here with us. maybe the purrsia thing is a coincidence like honestly i wasnt there but like........this salem thing...............this was a sign. this was from sylvester

or god or both probably but......it was a sign. hes here. and thats the only thing that matters at this point. im hurting so much but i am so glad i was able to experience this. i needed it so much. i needed it so, so, so much. i love you, sylvester. i love you i love you i love

you. and i know hes a cat and cant read and even if he could, he definitely will not be on twitter but like.........i love him i love him i love him and he knows that. everyone knows that. we blinked at each other back and forth (which is how cats show they love you; it's like a

little kiss!!!!!!) until the very end. i want him back more than anything, but just knowing i was able to experience this and that he had a great last couple of days means everything, all things considered. im also mostly in denial which is why im still able to function as much

as i am. i probably am going to need to check myself into a psychiatric ward (like not even joking) once it does sink in because i was literally on the verge of ***** before this and the one thing that stopped me was needing to be here to help heal him, and now i cant. im going

to stop now since im out of tweets for this thread. but im just so, so grateful salem and sylvester were able to give me this. i love them and all my other cats and my mom so, so much. they are my whole world.