"Benny" 1984 ----- November 6 1999
Cat
A Tribute to Benny
From the first moment
that little black ball of fur saw me
and cried out to be taken home
Benny had been my bestest buddy.
He was a real talker being part siamese
always making his presence known with his vocabulary of
meows and expressions.
He was friendly to all humans young and old.
He even had an over sized purr motor because he needed one.
He loved it when we moved out to farm country.
This seems to have really allowed him
all the prowling room he needed.
Always a whistle away
he was an expert mouser and seemed to enjoy the times
he brought home mice birds
bats and even a small rabbit for my approval.
When I met Natalie and her children
Brittany and Alex
he welcomed them into our home.
Natalie and I were married on October 19 1999 and sadly when
we returned from our honeymoon
we noticed Benny's health rapidly
deteriorating.
It was as if he knew that it was time
to pass on the responsibility of
loving me and caring for me to someone else.
After 15 wonderful years he was slowing down
and perhaps didn't feel he
could live up to the high level
of care and giving
he had set for himself in that time.
So the torch is passed on to Natalie
who has vowed to love me
forever.
It is hard for me to believe
that any human or animal
will ever replace the love I have for my Benny
bestest kitten of all time.
He pledged to love me forever with every fiber of his being
every single day in every
way that a cat can say I love you.
I don't know if there is a heaven.
But Benny will certainly be welcomed in
that place where all great family pets must go.
Thank you for letting
me post this tribute to my wonderful cat.
My condolences to all who have felt the
pain of losing a best friend and companion.
Probably the most unhappy and loneliest time of my life.
I feel better knowing
that he is buried in our back yard
with a stone monument
marking his resting-place.
I will visit his grave for a quiet moment every day,
just to reflect on how lucky I was
to have known such a fine and loving
creature.
Thank you,
Neil
| Benny |
| Neil |