SOME DAYS I THINK THE PAIN WILL NEVER GO AWAY.
MY HEART IS SO HEAVY AT LOSS OF LOSING YOU .
BUT THEN I REMEMBER WE HAD OVER 18 WONDERFUL
YEARS TOGETHER . I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I
SAW YOU . IT WAS AT A ANIMAL SHELTER IN ENGLAND .
I FELL IN LOVE WITH YOU THE MOMENT OUR EYES MET .
YOU WAS THE RUNT OF THE LITTER . YOUR LITTLE BODY WAS
SO VERY SMALL. BUT TO ME YOU WAS PERFECT .
WELL YOU DID NOT STAY SMALL FOR LONG .
YOU GOT TO TIP THE SCALES AT 23 POUNDS .
MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT YOU WAS A MOUNTAIN LION .
EVEN THE DOGS SEEMED TO AVOID YOU . AS YOU HAD NO FEAR .
THEN WHEN YOU WAS 2 YEARS OLD WE MOVED TO THE USA .
EVERY NEW BASE THE MILITARY SENT US YOU WOULD JOIN US .
YOU LOVED TO TRAVEL BY PLANE OR CAR .
AS LONG AS YOU WAS WITH US . AND WAS SO VERY HAPPY IN EACH
OF YOUR NEW HOMES . THEN WHEN YOU WAS 12 YEARS OLD YOU
GOT VERY SICK . THE VET SAID YOU HAD FELINE HEPATIC LIPIDOSIS.
YOUR WEIGHT DROPPED TO UNDER 8 POUNDS. THEY SAID THEY
HAD NEVER SEEN A CAT LIVE THROUGH THIS DISEASE
AS BAD AS YOU HAD IT . THEY GAVE YOU A WEEK AT THE MOST TO LIVE .
BUT I WAS NOT GOING TO GIVE UP ON YOU . I SPOON FED YOU ON TUNA
AND SALMON. I EVEN HAD TO CARRY YOU TO YOUR LITTER BOX ,
AS YOUR BODY WAS SO WEAK EVEN TO WALK .
THEN ONE NIGHT I TOOK YOU OUT ON THE PATIO. I LOOKED AT YOUR
POOR FRAIL LITTLE BODY AND THE TEARS JUST STARTED TO FLOW .
I BEGGED GOD TO LET ME KEEP YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER .
I WAS NOT READY TO PART WITH YOU . YOU CRAWLED OVER TO ME ON
YOUR BELLY AND PUT YOUR HEAD ON MY LAP AND LOOKED UP
AT ME AS TO SAY DON’T CRY . I WILL GET BETTER I PROMISE .
AND FROM THAT DAY ON YOU DID GET BETTER . THE VET WAS
AMAZED AT YOUR RECOVERY .
SHE SAID MY LOVE MUST HAVE PULLED YOU THROUGH .
THEN WHEN YOU 18 YEARS OLD YOU SEEMED TO GO DOWN
HILL REAL FAST . I RUSHED YOU TO THE VETS .
THEY SAID YOU HAD SUFFERED A BIG STROKE .
YOUR HIND LEGS HAD GONE LAME . ALSO YOUR HEART WAS FAILING .
I KNEW THEN I COULD NOT LET YOU SUFFER ANYMORE.
THE VET LET ME STAY WITH YOU FOR OVER A HOUR .
I KEPT TELLING YOU HOW VERY MUCH I LOVED YOU .
BUT I THINK YOU ALWAYS KNEW HOW MUCH YOU WAS LOVED .
I’M SORRY I COULD NOT BE WITH YOU WHEN THEY PUT YOU
TO SLEEP . I COULD NOT BEAR TO SEE THEM PUT A NEEDLE IN YOU .
KNOWING YOU WOULD NEVER WAKE UP AGAIN .
BUT I PROMISE ONE DAY WE WILL BE TOGETHER ONCE AGAIN .
UNTIL THEM SMUDGE ,
I LOVE YOU FOREVER IN MY HEART .
WENDY
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