God, I don’t know why i’m torturing myself rewatching this, but I just wanted to go back to the beginning, with Sagan being such a small baby, the start of their family. God, Sagan, please rest well and return to the stars in which your name explored so greatly.
Pixillated .-. I’m right there with you. Been trying not to cry all day. Now I’m just going back and torturing myself because now that I’m home I can get a good cry out and hopefully be ok
It took a couple minutes to find this but I needed to find this with the recent news of Sagan. This was the start of their new family but one of them was lost today. He will be dearly missed and it will not be the same.
@@Xeno_Des yeah...animals tend to notice when their sibling/family member isn't there. My brother's dogs knew something was up when my Nephew passed away nearly 3 years ago. Animals just know when something is up.
After watching the latest vlog, of course the beginning of Stephen and Mal's family would appear in my recommended videos a few hours later. It's terrible that Sagan passed away so soon. Seeing the kitties and Stephen and Mal look so young takes me back to when I started watching the vlog.Yes, this uploaded before I began watching, but I can't imagine what everyone who watched for years, took the journey or just watched Sagan and Kepler grow must be feeling for poor Sagan. I'm not sure if Kepler knows what's happened to his brother. May Sagan live on forever in our memories and on the vlog.
Oh Sagan. You were such a sweet and cute kitten. I really don't have the heart to watch this right now. I'm literally crying off and on for the past hour and a half. I love you Sagan. Never forgotten.
I just love the "We are going to LOOK, LOOK, LOOK. There is a very small chance that we will buy cats." 2 seconds later "I'm really proud of us, that we came out with only 2 cats" 😂😆
This really ended up popping into my recommended...it's so difficult to grasp how quickly the lights of our lives can be taken away in an instant. Take all the time you two need to recover from this drastic change. Cherish your time with Kepler well.
Same with me...just popped up in my recommended and I'm not sure if I appreciate it or not. I hope they are okay...its so hard losing a family member...
A lot of videos dealing with Sagan have been popping up in my recommended. TH-cam just does too much. Same thing happened when I was watching TRG and Jon mentioned a specific video about All Star. The video specifically starts from the guy asking for some change, HOWEVER smash mouth says no. If this makes that video appear in your recommended let me know.
We love you so so so much Sagan, we’ll miss you forever, but you’ll live on in eternity through these vlogs and our memories. Rest In Peace, young Astronocat.
Since this is starting to pop up in everyone's recommended after the 02/20/2020 vlog, lets remember this is the start of something beautiful. Sagan will live forever in the vlog, and in the hearts of everyone here
This vlog was in my recommended today, I remember watching this seven years ago when you got the boys and watching them grow with you over the years. Sagan...sweet baby boy, you will always be in our hearts.
He was always such a beautiful and well behaved boy. I'm gonna miss watching him in these vlogs. Thanks for the memories you've given us Sagan. I'll never forget you.
youtube recommended this to me after i watched the vlog from today, as if it just knew. seeing this vlog hits a lot differently now. rest in peace sagan, you were such a good astronocat and we’ll all remember you forever. i hope that kepler will be alright after today, too. i know it’ll be rough on him even if he can’t understand it the same was as us. wishing all of you the best and much love 💖
We all miss you, Sagan. I rescued 2 small kittens from the streets almost 2 years ago and they're my whole world. Back in November I moved across the country with just my boys and no one else. We don't deserve cats, they're too perfect.
After watching the 2/20/2020 Vlog, my entire recommended was filled with all sorts of monumental videos for the cats, and at first I didn't want to force myself to watch them, but starting to watch through them, I just can't stop. I don't want to have to watch another vlog without "Sagan and Kepler" because that's how they've always been. There is no choice in that anymore, but at least I know that he will be forever remembered throughout all the vlogs, same with everyone who's ever shown up. It's comforting in a way to have some way of seeing all the adventures they've had and know that it isn't lost forever.
For whatever reason, the TH-cam Algorithm recommended this to me immediately after 2.20 and 2.21, and I just want to say I'm sorry for your loss. Sagan was such a good boy and I'm glad that we all are able to go back and relive all his best moments. He's truly one of the best cats I've ever seen.
I didn’t think this would get to me, but seeing Mal in the back seat with Sagan in a box.... knowing that in seven years they would be repeating this... you will forever be in our hearts Sagan. ❤️
Today is 1/28/23 & took me about 6 and a half months from starting all over on Day 0 starting "The Journey" on July 13th, 2022 ... I am fully aware this is gonna be pure torcher from here on out because I didn't start watching all the vlogs till the devastating news hit but that is all the more reason why I wanted to start from the very beginning thank you, Stephen & Mal, for documenting all of the AstronoCats lives 💕
Why did I come back to this episode. I knew this episode name by heart. I searched it myself. I clicked on it myself Why did I do this? Maybe it will help, I don't know. It's just not gonna be the same without our calm furry friend. RIP Sagan :(
I needed a day to search this because I have not watched this before. Part of healing is remembering and to do that. . . we have to start at the beginning. Going through the Journey is going to be really hard someday.
I remember when I got my first cat, his name was Peanut Butter. When we took him to the vet for the first time, his full name didn't fit in the computer and so it read "Peanut Butt", and the name stuck.
This reminds me of the story of how my mom got her dog Goober. She went out with money to go buy a new pair of shoes but saw this Cocker Spaniel with such sad eyes in the window of a pet shop. When she went in, the clerk told her that his sister had been bought a few days before and he had been so lonely ever since. So, instead of coming home with a pair of walking shoes, my mom came home with a wonderful new family member. Goober was before my time, I had Oscar Wilde the Maltese, Spartacus the cat, and now we have Honey the King Charles Spaniel. Oscar and Sparky passed away nearly a decade ago, but gosh they were great. Poor Honey's eleven now, but she looks like she's five! Oh I adore her~ I feel like no family is complete without pets.
TH-cam recommended that I watch this video again. For the fifth time. Like any good cat-person, I did as I was commanded, and will continue to do so every time this repeatable quest is given.
Always love how the first bit of this vlog has no indication of getting cats despite how big of a choice and change to the vlog it is. Love these two so much
Looking at Kepler here, back from four years ago, he reminds a lot of the creature that will be in The Last Guardian. His colour, back, and ears, and frame remind me so much of Trico's own.
I remember watching this when I was younger. I think it was actually the first vlog i watched. This came into my recommended right after i watched the last vlog. Rest well, Sagan
This specific vlog kept getting recommended to myself and a few of my friends after watched the Sagan vlog. We're not sure if it's the algorithm just doing it's job or if it just *knows.* It's so surreal that Sagan is gone... RIP Sagan. You were the best cat in the whole world...
This was on my recommendations, figured out I'll watch it again. Thank you Stephen and Mal, for entertain every single one of us. We love you, we love Sagan, we love Kepler, hope you get well soon.
And to pay my respect by watching the first day Sagan came into our lives to the gaming community, we'll truly miss him very dearly and now Sagan is in gods cat house where there's mountains of food, and cat toys and a endless garden of catnip and a road that stretches for miles made of yarn for him to play and run in. Rest In Peace Sagan Georg we'll love you forever and always.
I remember this episode well. When I watched this, it reminded me of when my family got our two cats, Rocky and Willie, back in 2007. I'm so heartbroken about Sagan. Rest easy, buddy.
We've been doing that (but you'll see in the coming vlog days). The process is really, really slow, but I'm starting to see that it's (sort of) working.
I've been following Stephenvlog (and plays) for 3 or so years now. Looking back to this video I almost teared up. The kitties are so amazingly cute. I just wanna pick them up and hug them forever!
1) No, though we're considering it. 2) There's been a *few* accidents, but they're getting better. The vlogs will be out soon and show what's been going on lately.
It's my first time watching this vlog since Sagan passed and each time I go through the Journey now I'm just gonna be reminded of how much I miss Sagan.
Rest In Peace, Sagan. You are now amongst the stars whom your namesake explored, watching your family, and you will never feel pain again, and one day you, your brother, and your mom and dad will reunite in heaven after all of you walk that rainbow road that leads there. We love you, Sagan, and you will always be loved by us, even though we all now have a pawprint shaped hole in our hearts. God bless you and your family.
I would also like to share a poem I found. Yes, it has some religious theme to it, but I still think it’s beautiful and relates to the situation, even a month after it happened: The Broken Chain Author: Ron Tranmer We little knew that day, God was going to call your name. In life we loved you dearly, In death, we do the same. It broke our hearts to lose you. You did not go alone. For part of us went with you, The day God called you home. You left us beautiful memories, Your love is still our guide. And although we cannot see you, You are always at our side. Our family chain is broken, And nothing seems the same, But as God calls us one by one, The chain will link again.
This kept being pushed on my recommended videos and, oh my gosh, they were SO small. Seeing Tiny Sagan just reinforces how much he was loved and loved you guys. Along with Tiny Kepler.
I don't! I rented it back in the day and thought it was awesome. I'm hoping to find a copy soon. They had one at the yard sale but it didn't have the manual so I skipped it.
I will admit, because of personal things, it's been hard to keep up with the vlogs! But with Sagan's passing, it has made me want to rewatch Stephan and Mal! They work their asses off by providing great content for their viewers, wheater it's vlogs, let's plays, or beautiful pieces of art!! Stephen, if you or Mal reads this, I wanna say, you and Mal are some of the hardest working TH-camrs that I still watch to this day! Never ever change! Thank you so much for the hard work you both put in! Godspeed Sagan!!! 2012-2020! Fly to the angels bud!!
Ah, yes I knew this would day eventually come on The Journey. Ah well, rather than just be sad at what has happened, let us celebrate the good times that we've had (or rather, will have in the context of the Journey) with them instead. Also it's so weird hearing you refer to them with their old names.
God, I don’t know why i’m torturing myself rewatching this, but I just wanted to go back to the beginning, with Sagan being such a small baby, the start of their family.
God, Sagan, please rest well and return to the stars in which your name explored so greatly.
Pixillated .-. I needed to smile after the news yesterday. This makes me smile. They were so tiny
Pixillated .-. I’m right there with you. Been trying not to cry all day. Now I’m just going back and torturing myself because now that I’m home I can get a good cry out and hopefully be ok
I'm actually crying more here than I was at the video released yesterday
TH-cam literally just suggested this to me..... Perfect, i guess....
I lay in bed watching the Astronocats playlist last night :')
It's only right to pay respects here. Rest peacefully, Sagan. You were a source of joy to many people, just as your 'parents' and brother were.
Rest in Peace Sagan. You were loved and will be missed.
This vid got recommended after I just saw their latest one. Algorithm's fucking cruel man
@@SuperArjun11 same it for recommend to me to. Wtf TH-cam
I lovehis old name, Chronos
It took a couple minutes to find this but I needed to find this with the recent news of Sagan. This was the start of their new family but one of them was lost today. He will be dearly missed and it will not be the same.
Yes, it surely won't be the same. It feels a lot different now.
I really hope Kepler takes it fine when my uncle had a dog pass, the other got depressed. We lived with him also, and man was it sad to watch.
@@Xeno_Des yeah...animals tend to notice when their sibling/family member isn't there. My brother's dogs knew something was up when my Nephew passed away nearly 3 years ago. Animals just know when something is up.
@@newstarcadefan yeah it was years ago, they had a little but too, and now when ever he sees big dogs he just gets sad and howls.
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 RIP sweet Sagan 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
After watching the latest vlog, of course the beginning of Stephen and Mal's family would appear in my recommended videos a few hours later. It's terrible that Sagan passed away so soon. Seeing the kitties and Stephen and Mal look so young takes me back to when I started watching the vlog.Yes, this uploaded before I began watching, but I can't imagine what everyone who watched for years, took the journey or just watched Sagan and Kepler grow must be feeling for poor Sagan. I'm not sure if Kepler knows what's happened to his brother. May Sagan live on forever in our memories and on the vlog.
Oh Sagan. You were such a sweet and cute kitten. I really don't have the heart to watch this right now. I'm literally crying off and on for the past hour and a half. I love you Sagan. Never forgotten.
I just love the "We are going to LOOK, LOOK, LOOK. There is a very small chance that we will buy cats." 2 seconds later "I'm really proud of us, that we came out with only 2 cats" 😂😆
Steven said, “this is the start of something beautiful I think”, and he was right! We all love. And miss Sagan!!!
It was the start of something beautiful... and it ended way too soon...
This really ended up popping into my recommended...it's so difficult to grasp how quickly the lights of our lives can be taken away in an instant. Take all the time you two need to recover from this drastic change. Cherish your time with Kepler well.
The same happened to me.
Sagan is so, so tiny.
I'm gonna miss seeing him in the vlogs so much
Merlow You too? Just showed up in my recommendations as well.
Same with me...just popped up in my recommended and I'm not sure if I appreciate it or not. I hope they are okay...its so hard losing a family member...
A lot of videos dealing with Sagan have been popping up in my recommended. TH-cam just does too much. Same thing happened when I was watching TRG and Jon mentioned a specific video about All Star. The video specifically starts from the guy asking for some change, HOWEVER smash mouth says no. If this makes that video appear in your recommended let me know.
We love you so so so much Sagan, we’ll miss you forever, but you’ll live on in eternity through these vlogs and our memories. Rest In Peace, young Astronocat.
Sagan will forever be in our hearts... beginning with this vlog! He’s in paradise, and his memories will forever live on in the journey ❤️
One does not simply "Just look" at a cat rescue/shelter.
9:04 After what just happened, I had to come back here to see the beginning of it all. Just to remember the happy times well.
Since this is starting to pop up in everyone's recommended after the 02/20/2020 vlog, lets remember this is the start of something beautiful. Sagan will live forever in the vlog, and in the hearts of everyone here
This vlog was in my recommended today, I remember watching this seven years ago when you got the boys and watching them grow with you over the years. Sagan...sweet baby boy, you will always be in our hearts.
RIP Sagan. Decided to watch this vlog and I can't stop crying.
He was always such a beautiful and well behaved boy. I'm gonna miss watching him in these vlogs. Thanks for the memories you've given us Sagan. I'll never forget you.
youtube recommended this to me after i watched the vlog from today, as if it just knew. seeing this vlog hits a lot differently now. rest in peace sagan, you were such a good astronocat and we’ll all remember you forever.
i hope that kepler will be alright after today, too. i know it’ll be rough on him even if he can’t understand it the same was as us. wishing all of you the best and much love 💖
Came to rewatch after the 2/20/20 vlog. Thank you for being a wonderful kitty Sagan.
Where it all began...
...Rest in peace Sagan you beautiful cat we all miss you greatly
We all miss you, Sagan. I rescued 2 small kittens from the streets almost 2 years ago and they're my whole world. Back in November I moved across the country with just my boys and no one else. We don't deserve cats, they're too perfect.
Came back to here to see baby Sagan. The time you were with us was amazing. We're all gonna miss you.
Rest easy Sagan... Stephen and Mal hope you guys are okay, take as much time as you need.
Watching this feels different now. Thinking of y’all.
8:59 Stephen "We are parents... of cats" 2012
15:50 vlog mention of Sagan's name
26:51 vlog mention of Kepler's name
This was always a favorite vlog but it means so much more now.
We'll miss you buddy.
After watching the 2/20/2020 Vlog, my entire recommended was filled with all sorts of monumental videos for the cats, and at first I didn't want to force myself to watch them, but starting to watch through them, I just can't stop. I don't want to have to watch another vlog without "Sagan and Kepler" because that's how they've always been. There is no choice in that anymore, but at least I know that he will be forever remembered throughout all the vlogs, same with everyone who's ever shown up. It's comforting in a way to have some way of seeing all the adventures they've had and know that it isn't lost forever.
RIP Sagan you will be missed
Came back here after today's events and just my heart I love these cats (Segan was so cute) rest in peace buddy.
7 years is way too short
For whatever reason, the TH-cam Algorithm recommended this to me immediately after 2.20 and 2.21, and I just want to say I'm sorry for your loss. Sagan was such a good boy and I'm glad that we all are able to go back and relive all his best moments. He's truly one of the best cats I've ever seen.
This was always my favorite episode of the vlog, but now there’s even more reason to come back. May he rest in peace.
Sagan and Kepler are _so freaking cute_!
I didn’t think this would get to me, but seeing Mal in the back seat with Sagan in a box.... knowing that in seven years they would be repeating this... you will forever be in our hearts Sagan. ❤️
Who’s here after the news yesterday? RIP Sagan
I looked up this video again after just seeing the news of Sagan passing. Rest in peace, little friend.
Today is 1/28/23 & took me about 6 and a half months from starting all over on Day 0 starting "The Journey" on July 13th, 2022 ... I am fully aware this is gonna be pure torcher from here on out because I didn't start watching all the vlogs till the devastating news hit but that is all the more reason why I wanted to start from the very beginning thank you, Stephen & Mal, for documenting all of the AstronoCats lives 💕
Why did I come back to this episode. I knew this episode name by heart. I searched it myself. I clicked on it myself
Why did I do this? Maybe it will help, I don't know. It's just not gonna be the same without our calm furry friend.
RIP Sagan :(
Segan reminds me of my old cat who recently past away. He reminds me of him so much, I actually started to cry.
rest in peace Sagan😭, we will always miss you and love you good boi 💖
Stephenvlog achievement unlocked: Kitties!
The irony of this being where I found the vlog and after today's video I'm so sorry for your loss Stephen and mal.
I've probably said this before, I like how Kep and Sagan ended up trading S and K sounds from their original names.
THE BEGINNING OF THE ASTRONOCATS.
I was looking forwards to getting here in the Journey. =D So much so that I almost skipped August.
I am so happy you looked.
Damn, it really was nearly 8 years ago. Rest in peace Sagan :(
I remember watching this for the first time all those years ago just seeing how lively segan is just makes me sad goodbye forever segan
Rest in Peace little guy. :'(
We're gonna miss you Kronos. I hope Siddharta is fine.
I needed a day to search this because I have not watched this before. Part of healing is remembering and to do that. . . we have to start at the beginning. Going through the Journey is going to be really hard someday.
I will always love and remember Sagan
I remember when I got my first cat, his name was Peanut Butter. When we took him to the vet for the first time, his full name didn't fit in the computer and so it read "Peanut Butt", and the name stuck.
This reminds me of the story of how my mom got her dog Goober. She went out with money to go buy a new pair of shoes but saw this Cocker Spaniel with such sad eyes in the window of a pet shop. When she went in, the clerk told her that his sister had been bought a few days before and he had been so lonely ever since. So, instead of coming home with a pair of walking shoes, my mom came home with a wonderful new family member.
Goober was before my time, I had Oscar Wilde the Maltese, Spartacus the cat, and now we have Honey the King Charles Spaniel. Oscar and Sparky passed away nearly a decade ago, but gosh they were great. Poor Honey's eleven now, but she looks like she's five! Oh I adore her~ I feel like no family is complete without pets.
It's always a high moments of the journey see those two boys.
Thanks for being a good cat Sagan, you'll be a memory in everyone's heart and on the internet forever
TH-cam recommended that I watch this video again. For the fifth time. Like any good cat-person, I did as I was commanded, and will continue to do so every time this repeatable quest is given.
I always get a chuckle from "we are just gonna look". Love ya Sagan RIP.
It sounded like Kep was actually saying "Meow" like a person. So adorable.
Always love how the first bit of this vlog has no indication of getting cats despite how big of a choice and change to the vlog it is. Love these two so much
Who else has come to watch this again, after the most recent vlog?, so lovely to see him as a kitten xxxx
After the most recent vlog, I had to come back here. It's still hard to believe he's gone.
The whole time I was watching this I just couldn't take my eyes off him. I love these cats. Sagan will be missed.
Looking at Kepler here, back from four years ago, he reminds a lot of the creature that will be in The Last Guardian. His colour, back, and ears, and frame remind me so much of Trico's own.
Rest in peace Sagan, you were loved by some amazing people and will be remembered all over the world
this vlog just appeared again in my reccomended and now im sad :( rip sagan
I remember watching this when I was younger. I think it was actually the first vlog i watched. This came into my recommended right after i watched the last vlog. Rest well, Sagan
quickly came here after seeing the news. :(
This specific vlog kept getting recommended to myself and a few of my friends after watched the Sagan vlog. We're not sure if it's the algorithm just doing it's job or if it just *knows.* It's so surreal that Sagan is gone... RIP Sagan. You were the best cat in the whole world...
This was on my recommendations, figured out I'll watch it again. Thank you Stephen and Mal, for entertain every single one of us. We love you, we love Sagan, we love Kepler, hope you get well soon.
I don't know about anyone else, but I had to come back here after 2/20/20
TH-cam recommended me this video. It’s so nice yet hard to watch. Sagan was an amazing cat. We will all miss you. We love you Sagan
And to pay my respect by watching the first day Sagan came into our lives to the gaming community, we'll truly miss him very dearly and now Sagan is in gods cat house where there's mountains of food, and cat toys and a endless garden of catnip and a road that stretches for miles made of yarn for him to play and run in. Rest In Peace Sagan Georg we'll love you forever and always.
You were loved and will always be in our hearts Sagan
Rest In Peace Sagan. You were very loved by everyone.
I remember this episode well. When I watched this, it reminded me of when my family got our two cats, Rocky and Willie, back in 2007. I'm so heartbroken about Sagan. Rest easy, buddy.
I frequently remember this vlog 💕 it's such a wonderful video. Even all these years later (2022)
We've been doing that (but you'll see in the coming vlog days). The process is really, really slow, but I'm starting to see that it's (sort of) working.
I've been following Stephenvlog (and plays) for 3 or so years now. Looking back to this video I almost teared up. The kitties are so amazingly cute. I just wanna pick them up and hug them forever!
1) No, though we're considering it.
2) There's been a *few* accidents, but they're getting better. The vlogs will be out soon and show what's been going on lately.
I like how Stephen says "Convention center sale" like he was gonna use it as the vlog title, not knowing that he would soon get cats.
Here after watching Sagan's goodbye vlog. God he's so small...❤ 😢
I completely forgot how small Sagan and Kepler were. This video made my heart melt.
It's my first time watching this vlog since Sagan passed and each time I go through the Journey now I'm just gonna be reminded of how much I miss Sagan.
Yep! She had a lot of fun making it.
I've caught up to the kitties in the Journey! Yaaaay!
nice grammar 10/10
ThatOneIdiot I'm a year late but if you see this, the Journey is when you go back and watch his previous vids in order.
You probably know this though.
RIP Sagan
TH-cam keeps recommending vlogs with the kitties focused on, so I might as well give them a watch. It stings, but it makes me happy to see them too.
I got recommended this via youtube algorithm and i was crying the entire time... we will all miss you Sagan...
TH-cam, why of all days did you have to recommend this video today?
Rest In Peace, Sagan. You are now amongst the stars whom your namesake explored, watching your family, and you will never feel pain again, and one day you, your brother, and your mom and dad will reunite in heaven after all of you walk that rainbow road that leads there. We love you, Sagan, and you will always be loved by us, even though we all now have a pawprint shaped hole in our hearts. God bless you and your family.
I would also like to share a poem I found. Yes, it has some religious theme to it, but I still think it’s beautiful and relates to the situation, even a month after it happened:
The Broken Chain
Author: Ron Tranmer
We little knew that day,
God was going to call your name.
In life we loved you dearly,
In death, we do the same.
It broke our hearts to lose you.
You did not go alone.
For part of us went with you,
The day God called you home.
You left us beautiful memories,
Your love is still our guide.
And although we cannot see you,
You are always at our side.
Our family chain is broken,
And nothing seems the same,
But as God calls us one by one,
The chain will link again.
This kept being pushed on my recommended videos and, oh my gosh, they were SO small. Seeing Tiny Sagan just reinforces how much he was loved and loved you guys. Along with Tiny Kepler.
Rest in peace, Sagan. You brought joy to many, many people. Thank you!
Stephen Vlog: Cat Origins
R.I.P. Sagan 2/20/20
I had to come back here after yesterday's vlog.
Rest well, little buddy.
RIP Sagan. Stay atrong you two, much love
Just came back here to see the cats and they are so tiny it's ridiculous
so happy to reach this milestone in the journey; probably was one of the first vlogs i watched like a decade ago lmao
I don't! I rented it back in the day and thought it was awesome. I'm hoping to find a copy soon. They had one at the yard sale but it didn't have the manual so I skipped it.
I will admit, because of personal things, it's been hard to keep up with the vlogs! But with Sagan's passing, it has made me want to rewatch Stephan and Mal! They work their asses off by providing great content for their viewers, wheater it's vlogs, let's plays, or beautiful pieces of art!! Stephen, if you or Mal reads this, I wanna say, you and Mal are some of the hardest working TH-camrs that I still watch to this day! Never ever change! Thank you so much for the hard work you both put in! Godspeed Sagan!!! 2012-2020! Fly to the angels bud!!
Ah, yes I knew this would day eventually come on The Journey.
Ah well, rather than just be sad at what has happened, let us celebrate the good times that we've had (or rather, will have in the context of the Journey) with them instead.
Also it's so weird hearing you refer to them with their old names.