ATHENA by KATHY / MOMMY

THENA,

BABY GIRL I LOVE YOU SO MUCH! AND MISS YOU MORE THEN YOU WILL EVER KNOW. I MISS YOUR HUGS. I MISS HOLDING YOU, AND I MISS ALL THE LOVE THAT YOU GAVE ME. YOU ARE SO SPECIAL TO ME, AND I WILL NEVER FORGET ALL THAT YOU BROUGHT TO MY LIFE WHEN YOU FOUND ME. I MISS COMING HOME AND HAVING YOU WAIT AT THE DOOR FOR ME TO GET MY HUG. THERE AREN’T MANY KITTIES OUT THERE THAT COULD LEARN TO “ROLL OVER,” “SIT,” “STAY,” AND “LAY DOWN” LIKE I HAD TAUGHT YOU AND I MISS TAKING YOU FOR A WALK. YOU ALWAYS FOLLOWED ME EVERYWHERE I WENT, AND NOW IT SEEMS SO LONELY WITHOUT YOU.

WE ONLY HAD LESS THEN 5 YEARS TOGETHER, AND I ONLY WISH WE COULD’VE HAD MORE. YOU WERE ABANDONED WHEN YOU FOUND ME, AND WHEN I TOOK YOU IN I PROMISED YOU THAT I WOULD NEVER ABANDON YOU LIKE THAT. BUT YOU WERE ALSO SICK, AND HAD PROBLEMS WITH YOUR STOMACH. I TRIED MY BEST IN THE FEW YEARS WE HAD TOGETHER TO HELP YOU AS MUCH AS I COULD. I ONLY WISH I COULD’VE DONE MORE, BUT DESPITE THE PROBLEMS YOU HAD YOU ALWAYS MANAGED TO REMAIN LOVING, CALM, AND GENTLE.

YOU WERE MOMMY’S LITTLE GIRL. YOU WERE THERE FOR ME WHEN IT SEEMED LIKE NO ONE ELSE WAS. IF I WERE SAD OR CRIED YOU ALWAYS MANAGED TO BRING ME OUT OF IT BY CRAWLING INTO MY LAP AND LAYING CLOSE TO ME. YOU WERE THE MOST COMPASSIONATE KITTY.

THESE LAST TWO MONTHS WERE THE HARDEST. YOU GOT SICK AND STOPPED EATING COMPLETELY. THE DOCTORS COULDN’T TELL ME WHY, BUT I HAD YOU IN THE HOSPITAL AND THEY MANAGED TO GET YOU EATING AGAIN. I WAS SO GLAD FOR THAT. THEN YOU ENDED UP BACK AT THE HOSPITAL SHORTLY THEREAFTER. THE DOCTORS TOLD ME THAT THEY THOUGHT YOU HAD HAD A STROKE. BUT I TOOK YOU HOME, AND IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS THAT FOLLOWED YOU MANAGED TO OVERCOME THIS SOMEHOW, AND YOU GOT BETTER.

THE LAST TIME YOU GOT SICK AND STOPPED EATING MOMMY TRIED TO HELP YOU AND GET YOU EATING AGAIN. I TRIED FORCE FEEDING YOU LIKE THE DOCTORS HAD SAID TO DO BEFORE, BUT IT DIDN’T WORK. THE NITE I TOOK YOU INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND YOU DIED WAS THE WORST AND HARDEST DAY OF MY LIFE. ON THE WAY TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM I KEPT TALKING TO YOU AND TELLING YOU TO STAY WITH MOMMY, AND I KNOW YOU TRIED, BUT I KNOW YOU HAD BEEN SICK FOR SO LONG AND IT WAS TIME TO GO TO JESUS. I LOST MY MOST PRECIOUS LITTLE GIRL. MOMMY MISSES YOU SO MUCH.

YOU WERE THE GREATEST GIFT THAT GOD GAVE ME, AND I WILL ALWAYS BE THANKFUL FOR THAT. AND I KNOW THAT IN HEAVEN YOUR HEALTH IS RESTORED AND YOU ARE NO LONGER SICK. AND I KNOW THAT YOU ARE WITH JESUS, AND THAT HE IS TAKING CARE OF YOU FOR ME UNTIL I SEE YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH BABY GIRL FOR ALL THAT YOU BROUGHT TO MY LIFE. YOU ARE MY MOST PRECIOUS ANGEL.

 

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH !
ATHENA
15, June 2004
KATHY