Today, I say goodbye to a dear friend. She was a sweet little girl whom we called, Tabby. Dear little girl, your first hours of life were not an easy one. Someone did not want you or your brother and thought the best thing to do, was to throw you out like trash, on a very cold spring day. With your eyes closed and blind and your cord still attached, you decided to struggle and free yourself from the towel you were wrapped in. Unable to walk, becuase you were just a few hours old, you scooted across the grass, until a city worker saw you. He brought you and your brother inside to the caring "cat person", who happened to be my mom. She quickly put your cold bodies inside her shirt, to warm you up and rushed home. As they days went by, I had the joy of bottle feeding you and watching you grow. You grew up to be a beautiful silver colored tabby, with golden eyes and a cute red nose. You loved my mom dearly and spent many hours by her side, when she became ill with MS. When she passed away, I knew you missed her as much as I did. I heard you cry many times as you looked for her. There is not enough space here, to write about all the good times we had. But, like most things, all the good times have to come to an end. You became ill and my wife and I took great care of you. Even Amber knew you did not feel well and tried to take care of you. Today however, I knew you were in too much pain to go on. So, I sat down next to you and looked into those golden eyes. I knew what you wanted, you wanted to be free of your pain. It wasn't that you did not want to be with us, but you had suffered long enough. So dear girl, I said to you with tears in my eyes, I will release you from your pain. I wasn't able to go with you and my wife to the vets office, because I had to work. But, before I left, I said goodbye and thanked you for being a part of my life for 14 years. You said goodbye too, with purrs and one last head bonk and chin rub. Dear Tabby, you are free now. Don't look back as you cross the bridge. You are in God's hands now and you will never feel pain again. I will never forget you and I will always see you lying in the sun in your favorite window. RIP my sweet little Tabby girl
Our sweet little Tabby girl.
Our sweet little Tabby girl.