Author: Denise

Dear Marcel,

The tears I’m shedding won’t stop falling. You were always there to butt my chin when I cried, but now you’re gone. I can’t believe the hole in my heart where you belong…

Once in a lifetime a cat comes around who is everything you need, plus some. Where some cats will be friendly, loving, and affectionate for just their human companions…you had love for everyone.

I’ll never forget the day I brought you home from the Humane Society. You had been silent when I’d picked you out, so I decided to call you Marcel. You made my words a lie that day, though. All the way home…miaow and purrs…all together. You never stopped purring from that day on. I’d look at you, and you’d purr. I’d smile, and you’d purr.
I’d cry, and you’d purr.

I’d put you in my roommate’s arms, and you’d purr and snuggle up to them. I’d hold you, and you’d purr and butt my chin with your head. You loved to melt your head and neck into the contours of my neck when I held you. I can’t begin to tell you how much I loved that, how much I’ll miss that.

I’ll miss opening the door to come upstairs, to see you waiting at the top like the majestic Sphinx, and the second I got three steps away, you’d be on your back, legs sprawled, stretched out, and purring.

I’ll miss everything about you. You were the lovebug. The reason I could smile at night, and the reason I was able to get out of bed in the morning. And I’ll never forget how you tried to purr for me one last time as I held you in my arms while trying to get a vet to let us come in.
I love you, Marcel. I always have, and I always will.

Rest well, and know you are missed.