1984 —- Nov. 24 2000
Cat
I REMEMBER OPENING THE DOOR AND THERE HE WAS
BIG GREEN EYES SKINNY AND A MEOW THAT WAS SO TOUCHING.
I INVITED HIM IN KNOWING PETS WERE NOT ALLOWED BUT THAT MEOW.
WELL I KNEW HE WAS NOT GOING BACK OUTSIDE SO I CALLED HIM BOOTS.
WE HAD TO MOVE AFTER A YEAR AND MY LITTLE SKINNY BOOTS WAS
NOT SO LITTLE ANYMORE HE WAS 22LBS AND BOY HOW HE
KNEW HE WAS THE KING.
HIM AND I WOULD PLAY HIDE-N-SEEK AND STRING HOW HE LOVED
THAT AND REALLY WHATEVER THERE WAS TO PLAY
WITH HIM AND I DID.
BOOTS LOVED TO WATCH ME EAT CEREAL AND HE WOULD SIT
THERE TALL WAITING BECAUSE HE KNEW AS SOON AS I DRANK
THE MILK THE REST WAS HIS HE’D LICK THE BOWL CLEAN.
WHATEVER I ATE BOOTS SEEMED TO LIKE NO MATTER WHAT IT WAS.
WE TRUSTED EACH OTHER MORE THAN I COULD EVER TRUST ANYONE.
BOOTS LOVED TO CUDDLE AND GO NIGHT NIGHT.
HE WOULD PUT HIS HEAD ON THE PILLOW AND LET ME WRAP
MY ARM IN HIS LEGS TOUCHING HIS FACE.
BOOTS WORLD WAS ME AND ME HIM.
HE LOVED MY SHOES,CLOTHES WHATEVER HAD MY SCENT
HE WAS SURE TO BE ON IT.
AT 12 YEARS OLD BOOTS WAS DIAGNOSED WITH DIABETES,
HOW THINGS CHANGED BUT I NEVER ONCE CARED .
TWO TIMES A DAY HE REQUIRED SHOTS AND EVERY 7 TO 10 DAYS
HE HAD TO GO THE VET FOR A CURVE THEY POKED HIM 4 TO 8
TIMES A DAY TO SEE WHERE HIS SUGAR WAS WELL .
AFTER 2 YEARS OF THAT IT GREW OLD FOR HIM BUT YOU SEE BOOTS
AND I SHARED SO MUCH HE WAS MY LOVE AND AS LONG AS THINGS
WERE GOING GOOD WE’D CONTINUE. WELL THE 3RD YEAR WE BEGUN
TO MELLOW OUT ON TRIPS TO THE VET BOY WAS HE HAPPY ABOUT THAT
AND ME TO BECAUSE IT WAS HARD FOR HIM.
WELL THE 4TH YEAR WE STARTED CONSTRUCTION ON OUR HOME
AND THE 1ST DAY SOMETHING HAPPEN TO BOOTS I WASN’T SURE .
ALL I KNOW IS I PICKED HIM UP AND GOT TO THE VET WELL BOOTS
SUGAR HAD DROPPED LOW I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
ALL I THOUGHT OF.
WHAT WAS I GOING TO DO? WHAT DID THIS MEAN?
WELL IT ALL WORKED OUT. IT WAS SO HARD BECAUSE IN 4 YEARS
THIS NEVER HAPPENED.
YOU KNOW ALONG THE WAY BOOTS ALSO GOT LOTS OF FRIENDS
HE HAS 15 BUDDIES 6 DOGS AND YOU KNOW HE STILL WAS THE KING.
WELL A FEW WEEKS LATER ANOTHER EPISODE HAPPEN I GOT
REALLY SCARED BECAUSE THINGS WERE HAPPENING FAST
AND MORE FREQUENT THEY JUST KEPT COMING. WELL BOOTS
STARTED REALLY LOSING WEIGHT IN THE AND THINGS JUST
WEREN’T RIGHT SO THEY DECIDED TO DO A ULTRASOUND.
THEY FOUND SOMETHING THEY WEREN’T TO SURE WHAT IT WAS
SO THEY FELT SURGERY WAS NEEDED WELL I CRIED.
YOU SEE BOOTS WAS 16 YEARS OLD AND HOW I FELT I HAD NO CHOICE
BECAUSE I LOVED HIM AND HAVE TO DO WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR HIM.
I CRIED SO HARD AND HELD HIM AND TOLD HIM PLEASE BE STRONG
TRYING NOT TO ALARM HIM TO BAD. BUT INSIDE I WAS DYING.
YOU KNOW I KNEW HE WAS IN THE BEST HANDS AT THE HOSPITAL
WHERE HE WAS. HIS DOCTOR I CAN NEVER REPAY HER FOR THE LOVE
SHE GAVE BOOTS AND HOW MUCH HER HEART WAS SO INTO HIM.
WELL HE HAD THE SURGERY I WAS THERE FOR THE DAY.
HE CAME THROUGH IT WELL.
I FINALLY WENT HOME AND THAT NIGHT WENT BACK TO SEE HIM.
WELL THE VISIT WENT WELL. THEN I WENT TO BED AND THE PHONE
RANG AND MY HEART SUNK.
WELL BOOTS TUBE CAME OUT THEY HAD TO GO IN AND DO
SURGERY AGAIN WOW WHAT A BLOW.
I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND WAITED TILL 3:00 A.M. HE WAS
DOING GOOD SO I WENT HOME.
WELL BOOTS WAS THERE FOR ABOUT 5 DAYS THEN
HE GOT TO COME HOME. BOOTS WAS DOING GOOD BUT I WISHED
HE WAS DOING BETTER. FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS BOOTS
WOULD END UP IN AND OUT OF THE HOSPITAL.
WELL THANKSGIVING NIGHT WE GOT A PHONE CALL AND
BOOTS HAD DIED BUT THEY BROUGHT HIM BACK AND WANTED US
TO GO THERE.
WE RUSHED OF COURSE THINGS HAPPENED SO FAST.
WELL HOW BOOTS PURRED TO SEE ME AND THERE I WAS FACED
WITH HOW ARE WE GOING TO HANDLE THIS?
YOU KNOW IT’S THE HARDEST THING IN THE WORLD WHEN YOU HAVE
TO MAKE DECISIONS ON SOMEONE THAT YOU LOVE SO MUCH LIFE.
I WANTED BOOTS WITH ME SO BAD IN NO WAY WAS I READY TO
LET GO BUT YOU KNOW BOOTS LET ME KNOW IT WAS TIME.
I TRIED TO LET BOOTS GO ON HIS OWN YOU SEE HE HAD 3
TRANSFUSIONS THAT DAY AND NEEDED ANOTHER.
THEY HAD NO IDEA AT THE TIME WHERE HE WAS BLEEDING FROM.
WELL BOOTS LEFT AND LEFT ME WITH THE BIGGEST PART OF HIM.
I KNOW HE IS WITH ME AND I THANK YOU BOOTS FOR THE LAST
16 YEARS OF UNCONDITIONAL LOVE THAT YOU GAVE ME.
I KNOW YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I MISS YOU.
IT HAS TAKEN THIS TIME SINCE NOV 24,00 TO GET WHERE
I AM AT TODAY.
WE ALL MISS YOU SO MUCH.
I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART AND SOUL.
I MISS EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU.
BOOTS I KNOW SOMEDAY WE WILL BE TOGETHER AGAIN.
YOU KNOW BOOTS I THINK ALWAYS WHAT MIGHT HAVE
BEEN BUT YOU ARE GONE AND THE HARDEST THING I’VE
EVER DONE WAS TO SAY GOOD-BYE TO YOU.
UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN BOOTS I LOVE AND MISS YOU EVERYDAY.
THERE SO MUCH MORE I WANT TO SAY YOU KNOW I CAN NEVER
STOP THINKING AND HAVE SO MUCH TO SAY HONEY BUT THIS
IS BYE BECAUSE GOOD-BYE MEANS FOREVER AND
UNTIL WE SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN
I LOVE YOU AND EVERYONE MISSES YOU.
KELLY
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