Rusty is a CAT THAT EVERY BODY LOVED SO MUCH. THERE WAS NOT A DAY YOU COULD NOT BE WITH OUT HIM. IN JUNE OF 2000 I SAW 2 LITTLE KITTENS RUNNING AROUND THE HOUSE. THEY WHERE WILD SO I TOOK BOTH OF THEM IN. I TAMED THEM AND WE GREW A QUICK BOND. I NAMED HIS BOTHER SIMON. HE WAS SHORT HAIR AND RUSTY HAD LONG HAIR AND THEY WHERE BOTH ORANGE AND WHITE. SIMON DIED 3 MONTHS LATER GOT HIT BY A CAR. IT HIT RUSTY VERY HARD. HE CRIED FOR DAYS AND HE WOULD SIT IN MY LAP AND REFUSE TO GO NEAR ANY ONE ELSE. I WORKED WITH HIM FOR MONTHS ON TO LOVE EVERY ONE AROUND HIM. IT’S WAS A BOND I’LL NEVER FORGET.
HE WOULD ALWAYS WAIT FOR ME TO COME HOME FROM SCHOOL AND WORK AT THE DOOR. ONCE I WALKED IN THE DOOR HE WOULD RUM MY LEG AND JUST TALK TO ME. THEN I BROUGHT IN TWO OTHER KITTENS SPOT BLACK AND WHITE BLIND IN ONE EYE AND TAFFY A TAFFY COLOR AND HAD STRIPES IN HIM. RUSTY GOT ATTACH TO THEM AND TOOK CARE OF THEM BECAUSE WE HAD A BARN FIRE AND THEY LOST THEIR MOM IN IT. SHE WAS HAVING KITTENS AT THE TIME. IT STILL HURTS ME TODAY. RUSTY WAS TRYING TO KEEP A SMILE ON YOUR FACE IF YOU WHERE SAD AND HAD TEARS HE WOULD LICK THEM AWAY AND IF YOU WHERE SICK HE WOULD NOT LEAVE YOUR SIDE FOR ANYTHING.
I MOVED IN MAY OF 2005 AND THE HOUSE DIDN’T ACCEPT PETS AT THE TIME. I HAD TO LEAVE RUSTY BEHIND AND SPOT. FOUND TAFFY A HOME. MY LAST GOODBYE FOR SPOT RUSTY WAS AUGUST 2005. I GOT A PHONE CALL FORM MY ROOMMATE SHERRIE. A LATE AFTERNOON SHE WOULD CALL START CRYING AND HANG UP THE PHONE I DIN’T KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG. SHE GO JENNIFER I DON’T KNOW HOW TO TELL YOU THIS I WENT FOR A WALK AND FOUND RUSTY CRUISED IN THE ROAD. SHE SAID HE GOT RAN OVER ON THE ROAD I DROPPED THE PHONE THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO PASS OUT AND JUST CRIED AND CRIED. I WAS SO HURT. I STILL HURT TODAY. HE NEVER WENT ON THE ROAD. HE’D GO OUTSIDE AND STAY IN THE YARD. IT STILL HURTS ME TODAY 3 YEARS LATER.
RUSTY WAS MY LITTLE ANGEL AND HE WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR ME FOR WORST AND GOOD. I KNOW HE’S IN MY HEART AND HE’S WAITING AT HEAVEN GATES FOR ME. LOVE YOU RUSTY.
JENNIFER NELSON, SHERRIE F, TINA B, ROBERT
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