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November 18, 2006
I don't have a title for this, maybe I'll think of one later. The one thing I know is that I have to write this now. We met when I was five and a bit. I can't remember the bit, but I think it may have been in the November or December of 1988. Being young, I liked all things cute, and she certainly was cute. She wasn't expected to live very long, being the only surviving kitten in the litter, she also had kidney problems. In fact, we weren't even meant to get her, but by some hand of fate, she joined our family. She was mine. I loved her like a sibling. In fact, I think through most of my teenage years, she may have taken preference over my brother.
She would strut, and let all the dogs in the neighbourhood know who was boss. She had sass and style, and knew how to drape herself to get the attention she wanted. She was the epitome of "Honest, it's not fat, it's just fur". She always knew when something was wrong with me. She would find me when my mom called my name. It became a game at one stage....find Katherine. Her character was noted by most. She really did have a personality which outweighed her fabulous good looks, everyone who met her fell in love with her. She was the strongest cat I've ever known, always persevering, but today she couldn't do it any longer.
It hurts so much to think that I couldn't say goodbye to her, so this is my farewell. I gave as much love as I got from her. I couldn't have asked for a better cat, and no one will ever be able to replace her. She put up a good fight against the odds, and she won her battle in the end.
Thank you for disrupting my study sessions, thank you for waking me up at 3am with taps on my nose, thank you for the hundreds of pictures I have of you in those silly poses, thank you for being able win your way into everyone's hearts so that they agreed when I said you were the best cat ever, thank you for being my friend when I was down and had no one else to talk to, thank you for biting my ankles and hanging onto them as I dragged you down the hall, thank you for keeping me company up on the roof when I couldn't stand being in the house with my family, thank you for being the most dignified persona I know, thank you for greeting us when we came home, thank you for talking to us and understanding what H-A-M meant, and lastly, thank you for leaving in peace.
Posted by kat at November 18, 2006 9:18 PM
