Just when I thought my husband and I would never find another cat we could love as much as our last three, there was “Alex.”
My husband and I were at the MN State Fair with two of our oldest grandchildren, Rachael and Geoff. We were done for the day and on our way out to head back home when my husband yells “I suppose you want to check that out.” I had seen the Humane Society trailer, but ignored it for some reason, maybe because I just didn’t want to think about replacing our last cat. But when I heard my husband say that, I looked at my two grandchildren and asked if they would like to go take a look and see what pets were there. So, we all rushed over to see.
As soon as I walked through the door of the trailer, my eyes went right to this beautiful cat in the bottom of one of the cages. I don’t know what it was, but I had to hold him. I asked one of the attendants if I could and she said sure, but put a lease on him just in case he tried to get away. Well, when I picked him up, he put one paw on one side of neck and the other on the other side and his little head down and gave me a hug. Right from that moment, I knew I had to have him. He was 1 1/2 yrs. at that time. We started the process of adopting him and I didn’t want to wait till the next day to fill out the rest of the papers at the Humane Society, but I had to. First thing when they opened up the next day, we were all there to bring our precious little Alex home.
He was with us for 4 WONDERFUL years and just passed unexpectedly while being boarded. There were no signs of any problems with him when I brought him for boarded, but the night before we were to pick him up he passed away. Our beloved baby was now gone and
in God’s hands now.
I miss him so much words cannot express and yes I do have great guilt feelings about not being there with him when he passed, but I will go on with the love he gave each and every moment we had him. I feel so VERY, VERY lucky to have shared in his life. Bye, bye sweet baby you are missed so much. Love, Mama and Daddy
You will a special place in our hearts forever!
| Eileen & Bob |