Oh, Sweetheart,
My Special Friend,
How to express in words all the things you meant to us?
I found you in the shelter with no intention of adopting, yet you won me over when you licked me on the lips and I brought you home in 1989.
You were the only cat I’ve seen with a brown and green eye, sometimes full of the devil and with a mind of your own. And through the years, though we took in additional kitties, you were the one who remained closest to my heart; there to lick away my tears and lead me around on a leash, sleep beside me on the pillow and unconditionally love me, right up until the end.
The last couple of years saw your once robust health ebbing and we prepared for the inevitable. I’d sobbed for years dreading this coming day, yet you would lick away my tears, not knowing the source of my sorrow.
The last month saw the steep decline. Your kidneys were failing and we’d discovered a cancerous tumor. We spent the last weeks in bed and you eagerly lapped the baby food I now spoon fed you. But when you went blind and stopped eating, we knew in our hearts the time had come.
We scheduled your appointment; but when your breathing became labored the night before, we took you instead to the 24-hour clinic. I’d always imagined being unable to go through this, but as you suffered those last moments, there was nothing I wanted more than for you to have that sedation as our last act of love. So we sobbed and held you in our arms and finally let you slip from us.
So now you reside beside your old friends, Miss Priss and Pucky. May you rejoice in this reunion.
For
Forever I will love and remember you. And until we meet again you will remain.
Beloved by,
| Samantha |
| 21, Sep 2004 |
| Ed & Kelly |