In Loving Memory of Our Beloved Mágico
October 5, 2022 – July 5, 2025
Thank you to the entire team at Caring Pathways for your compassionate presence and for helping our beloved cat, Mágico, make his peaceful transition. Your kindness and care meant the world to us during one of the most heartbreaking moments of our lives.
Mágico was just shy of three years old when he passed from congestive heart failure. His heart was simply too big for his small, perfect orange-and-white striped body. He was, and will continue to be, a radiant being of light with a heart that overflowed with love, curiosity, playfulness, spunk, and joy.
His name means magic in Spanish, and he lived up to that name every single day.
He arrived when my husband Jon and I were living in Baja, Mexico. We had just moved into a new home, and Jon was going to be away for a few months. I wanted a cat friend to be with me. So I sat in meditation and imagined myself petting a cat, feeling my hands glide all the way up its tail. Then, like magic, he appeared. Literally six hours later, Jon woke up at sunrise, walked out onto the front porch—and there he was, sitting like a little angel. I went and sat on the ground, and he came right up to me and sat in my lap. He was perfect, clean, and ready for love.
It was the most powerful experience of my life and changed everything I knew about the nature of reality. I fell so fast for this little guy, and I gave him everything I had. He was our Mágico—our firstborn, our baby, our teacher of love.
He was equal parts wild and cuddly—a fearless outdoor adventurer, rabbit hunter, mountain climber, and tree-scaler. And yet, he was always home for meals, snuggles, and bedtime. He joined us on hikes, in meditations, during ceremonies, and every therapy session I led. He was always beside us.
He curled in our laps and on our shoulders, walked with us through nature and through life, and showed us how to live with presence, playfulness, and unconditional love. He understood us, anticipated us, knew our every thought, and taught us what it means to truly listen.
Mágico passed on his favorite sheepskin rug from Argentina, held in both our arms. As he took his final breath, I felt his spirit land on my right shoulder, and I saw him go to the light. He will be there forevermore.
To honor his soul’s transition, we’ve been writing daily for 49 days in accordance with the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, which teaches that the soul journeys through luminous states after death. These stories, reflections, and prayers are our way of saying farewell—for now—and guiding him toward the brightest light.
You can read them here:
👉 The 49-Day Farewell
To anyone reading this who is grieving, I want to say: I understand. Losing Mágico has broken my heart in a way I’ve never known. And still, we know he is at peace. We’ve received dreams, signs, and messages—especially one from a gifted animal communicator—reminding us that his arrival was just as important as his departure, and that we will see him again.
So we will keep loving him. Keep sharing about him. And keep honoring those who understand the sacred bond between souls. My prayer is that our words offer comfort to others navigating this kind of loss, and that everyone finds a way to honor their companions in the way that feels true.
Mágico is still with us. Your pet is still with you, too. And we are endlessly grateful to Caring Pathways for helping him leave this world with tenderness, dignity, and peace.
With all our hearts,
Eleanor Evans Medina & Jon Medina
Mágico’s Mom and Dad
