San Joaquin Sunsets Rest Home for Cats

02/12/2025

It's Giving Tuesday! Please give to Fresno T.N.R. to help local cats and kittens. We're getting close to our goal. And no amount is too small. All donations are doubled during this special funding drive. Thank you for caring about cats!

DOUBLE YOUR DONATION!!! TURN $20,000 INTO $40,000!

Giving Tuesday is TODAY, and we have a VERY GENEROUS DONOR who has offered to MATCH up to $20,000 in donations. .

That's right, your gift will automatically be DOUBLED!!! Every gift makes a difference, no matter the size. You can start now and it will count towards the 2x match.

Donate at https://givebutter.com/meowmatch to show your support. We will keep this running until the match is met. BONUS: Givebutter will give back 1% of donations made on . That would be an extra $200 for us.

Every Dollar Counts! Every Kitty Counts!

You can also text MEOWMATCH to 53-555 to donate!

15/11/2025

FOSTERING! It's what do you do when you have stage 4 cancer and shouldn't take in more animal companions because you have rescued quite a few already. Here are recent temporary residents at the rest home: Hober, Francine, Charlotte, Jack, and Velvet. All were fosters for Fresno's city animal shelter. ❤️🙌🐾🐈🐈‍⬛🐱

15/11/2025

This is exactly how things go down around here.

16/03/2025

We had a temporary guest at the rest home. This is Hugo. He showed up all matted one day in late January. We looked for his family but nothing turned up. So he was vetted and neutered, and he headed to rescue today. We can't take in any more cats to the rest home because of my cancer, but I certainly would have welcomed him in otherwise. But he will find a good home of his own. Maybe even as an only cat. We will always love him and cherish the time we spent helping him along his way.

21/08/2024

It's update time again, unfortunately after another long absence. I'm not so good with this social media stuff. Back in December, a PET scan showed that the weekly chemotherapy I was receiving had failed and metastatic breast cancer was again growing in my liver. At that time, I was prescribed a new chemotherapy agent that has fortunately resulted in a complete response for now. There were a lot of unknowns at the time I began this therapy. Without a treatment that worked, I was looking at the possibility of dying within 3 months. A scary prospect. Fortunately, that didn't happen, but it was a wake-up call about how quickly things might change in the future.

Now that my husband's children have relocated from Minnesota for jobs and life experiences, we've decided to return to Fresno for better weather, more-epic outdoor opportunities, the company of friends, and solid end-of-life options. We'll be relocating soon.

Since my last update, the rest home lost two of its residents to illness, Dottie and Cinnamon. These were cherished companions and the grief is enormous. While I'm relieved that they will not have to adjust to life without me, I'm devastated that they will not be returning to California with us to spend with me the days I have left. Life is always ups and downs. Amid the great happiness that I have more time on the planet, I feel immense sadness that that time will be spent without these wonderful animals.

Again, I'll say that I will try to keep this page more updated so that the new posts aren't so big and unexpected. I'm delighted to be returning to California. It's the place I consider home and I can't wait to return the cats to their little habitat there that they love so much.

Here's to safe travels and easy settling in!

25/11/2023

No comment needed 😂😂😂

19/05/2023

If you're smart, instead of dumb like me, you'll do this type of thing before you're diagnosed with a fatal disease. Because let me tell you, doing it during what may be the last months of your life only adds misery to the monstrous depression you already feel. I've set aside one page to list the advantages of being dead, because there are quite a few that I've come up with, and that makes me feel better about what has happened to me.