WHEN I FIRST SAW SMOKEY HE WAS A KITTEN AND MY FIANCÉE
BROUGHT HIM HOME TO US. WE IMMEDIATELY FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM.
HE WAS GRAY AND WHITE AND FULL OF ENERGY.
HE SLEPT WITH US EVERY NIGHT.
AS HE GOT OLDER HE DEVELOPED QUITE A PERSONALITY.
HE SEEMED TO “TALK” TO ME.
WHEN I SAID HIS NAME HE MEOWED HIS RESPONSE.
I LAUGHED BECAUSE HE REMINDED ME OF A DOG!
HE NEVER USED A LITTER BOX ONLY WENT OUTSIDE..
WHEN HE WANTED TO COME IN HE KNOCKED ON THE WINDOW!
HE FOLLOWED ME TO EVERY ROOM IN THE HOUSE.
HE HAD HIS OWN BLANKET ON THE COUCH AND NO ONE
WAS ALLOWED TO USE IT!
HE ALSO WALKED WITH ME. WHEN I WOULD GO OUT FOR A WALK
HE WOULD COME TOO AND FOLLOW ME HE WOULD
TURN AROUND WHEN I DID.
HE WAS SO SPECIAL TO ME.
I CALLED HIM “MY BEST GOOD FRIEND”.
HE WAS LOYAL AND THE BEST KITTY EVER.
HE LOVED US UNCONDITIONALLY.
HE MOVED TO 3 HOUSES WITH US AND SEEMED TO ACCEPT
JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.
HE TRUSTED ME TO CARE FOR HIM AND I GAVE HIM ALL
THE LOVE I COULD.
ONE DAY I CAME HOME FROM WORK AND HE WAS LAYING
IN THE BATHROOM ON THE FLOOR.
HE WAS VERY TIRED AND HE COULD BARELY OPEN HIS EYES.
I TOOK HIM TO THE VET AND THEY DID SOME BLOOD TESTS
ON HIM AND DETERMINED THAT HE HAD AN INCURABLE DISEASE.
THE VET SAID THAT HE WOULD GET WORSE AND WOULD
SOON DIE AND SUGGESTED PUTTING HIM DOWN.
I MADE THE PAINFUL DECISION TO LET HIM GO..
I STAYED WITH HIM AND HELD HIS LITTLE HEAD IN MY ARMS.
IT WAS THE MOST PAINFUL AND SORROWFUL THINK I
HAVE EVER BEEN THROUGH BUT I COULDN’T LET
MY LITTLE FRIEND SUFFER.
I WHISPERED IN HIS EAR HOW SORRY I WAS AND HE WENT
TO SLEEP FOREVER. HOW I MISS MY LITTLE SMOKEY.
I SLEEP WITH THAT SPECIAL BLANKET OF HIS AND SOMETIMES
AT NIGHT I CAN HEAR HIS FEET IN THE KITCHEN!
I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU SMOKEY
YOU WERE MY BEST FRIEND AND MOST
LOYAL COMPANION.
LOVE,
MOMMY
| Smokey |
| Lori Ruberti |