WHEN I FIRST SAW SMOKEY HE WAS A LITTLE KITTEN.
MY FIANCÉE WAS WALKING DOWN OUR STREET HOLDING HIM
SAYING LOOK WHAT I GOT YOU!!
HE WAS SO TINY AND I IMMEDIATELY FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM.
WE NAMED HIM SMOKEY BECAUSE HE WAS GRAY AND WHITE.
I SPOILED HIM RIGHT AWAY AND HE WAS A SHEER JOY TO HAVE.
HE MOVED TO 3 HOUSES WITH ME AND NEVER COMPLAINED
ABOUT IT.
HE WAS ALMOST LIKE A DOG THE WAY HE WOULD WAKE ME
UP IN THE MORNING TO GO OUT OR EAT.
WHEN HE WANTED TO COME IN HE KNOCKED ON THE WINDOW!
HE WAS ALWAYS LOYAL AND I LOVED HIM LIKE A CHILD.
HE SLEPT WITH ME AND ATE WITH ME AND ALWAYS
GREETED ME AT THE END OF THE DAY.
HIS LITTLE KITTY EYES WERE SO BRIGHT AND
FULL OF LOVE.
WHEN I SAID HIS NAME HE TALKED BACK TO ME.
HE WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR ME NO MATTER WHAT.
SMOKEY STARTED TO GET SICK IN HIS 5TH YEAR.
WE COULDN’T BELIEVE IT..HE IS SO YOUNG.
HIS LITTLE BODY WAS LITERALLY SHUTTING DOWN.
HE HAD CONTRACTED FELINE AIDS FROM THE BITE OF
ANOTHER CAT AND THERE WAS NOTHING WE COULD DO.
WE MADE THE DECISION TO LET HIM GO RATHER THAN
TO SUFFER. IT WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT AND PAINFUL
DECISION I HAVE EVER HAD TO FACE.
HIS LITTLE TRUSTING EYES WERE JUST LOOKING AT ME AND
NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND I KEPT
APOLOGIZING TO HIM.
I HELD HIS LITTLE HEAD AND WHISPERED IN HIS EAR
HOW MUCH I LOVED HIM AND HOW MUCH I WILL MISS HIM.
AFTER THE INJECTION IT WAS ONLY A MINUTE AND HE WENT
PEACEFULLY TO SLEEP WITH MY VOICE IN HIS EAR.
SOMETIMES I CAN HEAR HIS LITTLE FEET ON THE
KITCHEN FLOOR.
I WILL MISS YOU MY LITTLE SMOKEY.
YOU WERE MY BEST FRIEND AND I WILL
NEVER FORGET YOU.
MOMMY
| Lori |