Coco, I knew you were a special cat from the moment I saw you with your chocolate brown fur. I brought you home and introduced you to our other kitten Georgie, and you two quickly became inseparable. Daddy wasn’t sure about having two kittens, but even he could not help but fall in love with you. You are so loved and missed by your mama, daddy, and brother. I wish there was something I could do to bring you back. We are all grieving your loss and we miss you so much.
I was worried when you did not come home for dinner one night. It is not like you to ever miss out on food! I called for you all over the yard, but figured you would be back in the morning. When I woke up, you still were not there and I began to really worry. I looked everywhere around the property, called the shelter, and posted an ad but I could not find you. Finally, on Saturday I was feeling distraught wondering where you could possibly be and I set out on foot with flyers to give to all the neighbors. I even brought a can of food to bang on as I called your name, but no one saw you and you never came. Then, the most tragic thing happened when I got home. My brother and his wife said that they saw a cat that looked like you on the side of the freeway three or four miles from our house. I rushed over there with Daddy and we saw your sad lifeless body all alone on the side of the freeway so far from home. You had just been hit that day and it breaks my heart to think of you lost and wandering the highway for two days before that. All I can think of is how you suffered and how scared you must have felt to have been lost so far away when all you wanted was to be home with your family. I am sure you were hungry, thirsty, and exhausted and I wish that I could have found you and saved my little baby.
We brought you home and let Georgie see you, so he would know what happened. We had a funeral and burial for you under the old oak tree. After we buried your body, Georgie would not leave your grave for hours. We are having a hard time getting used to life without you.
I want you to know that I did try to find you. I feel a lot of guilt that I did not find you and that I did not look hard enough or in the right place, but I want you to know that I would have done anything to save you. We all miss you and wish we could have our baby back. Mama loves her little baby!
Love,
| Coco |
| 5, September 2009 |
| Amanda |