Tyrant by Debbie Quantrill

IT SEEMS LIKE ONLY YESTERDAY WE FOUND YOU

AND YOUR SIBLINGS LEFT ALONE IN A BOX IN A TRUCK THAT MAY DAY.

I TOOK YOU HOME AND I COULDN’T BEAR TO GIVE YOU TO A NEW HOME,

SO YOU BECAME MY SECOND KITTY.

THAT DAY I SAVED YOUR LIFE BUT UNFORTUNATELY ALMOST

SEVEN YEARS LATER THE VET GAVE ME THE NEWS THAT YOU HAD

SEVERE LIVER FAILURE. WE BOTH FOUGHT SO HARD TO KEEP YOU HERE.

YOU WERE DOING SO WELL UNTIL THAT LAST DAY AND EVEN IN YOUR

LAST HOUR YOU FOUGHT SO HARD TO STAY BUT IT WASN’T MEANT TO BE.

FOR TWO MONTHS YOU FOUGHT THIS ILLNESS AND JUST WHEN YOU

SEEMED TO BE IMPROVING SO WELL YOU LEFT ME.

I HOPE YOU WILL FORGIVE ME FOR YOUR HOUR OF SUFFERING BUT

THERE WAS NO TIME FOR A VET. I HELD YOU IN MY ARMS UNTIL THE END

AND WHEN YOUR PAIN SEEMED TOO MUCH I LAID ON THE BED WITH YOU.

EVEN AFTER YOU WERE GONE LETTING THEM TAKE YOU TO THE

VET DIDN’T SEEM REAL. IT STILL DOESN’T. IT IS SO QUIET AND LONELY HERE

EVEN WITH YOUR OTHER THREE FELINE BUDDIES.

YOU WERE ALWAYS MY LITTLE TROUBLE-MAKER ! AND THE ONE WHO

ALWAYS WANTED TO BE WHERE I WAS.

I MISS COMING HOME TO YOU SITTING AT THE DOOR WAITING.

WE ALL MISS YOU. KYANA IS SO UPSET BECAUSE YOU WERE HER

FAVORITE BUT SHE KNOWS YOU ARE IN PET HEAVEN AND

SOME DAY WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN.

YOU WILL ALWAYS BE IN OUR HEARTS AND YOUR MEMORY WILL ALWAYS

BE THERE. NO KITTY COULD TAKE YOUR PLACE BABY GIRL.

WE ALL LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND I DON’T THINK THE REALITY THAT YOU

ARE GONE FOREVER HAS EVEN REALLY HIT ME YET.

I KNOW YOU WILL BE IN HEAVEN WAITING FOR US AND I AM SURE YOU

KNOW THE PAIN WE ARE FEELING OVER THE LOSS OF YOU.

YOU WERE ALWAYS STRONG RIGHT UP TO THE LAST FEW SECONDS.

I KNOW YOU DID NOT WANT TO LEAVE US AS MUCH AS WE DIDN’T WANT

YOU TO GO. I PRAY YOU ARE HAPPY AND NOT SUFFERING.

AND PLEASE BABY GIRL KNOW HOW MUCH YOU ARE MISSED BY YOUR

FAMILY FRIENDS OTHER PETS BUT MOST OF ALL BY MOMMY AND KYANA.

YOU’RE IN OUR THOUGHTS EVERYDAY AND OUR

PRAYERS BABY GIRL TY TY.

LOVE MOMMY

MARCH 9th-2001

 

Tyrant
Debbie Quantrill