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- From: lhuffman@stsci.edu
- Subject: Re: a friend gone
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.145227.1@stsci.edu>
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- Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute
- References: <1e1u0tINN3lq@natinst.com>
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 19:52:27 GMT
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- In article <1e1u0tINN3lq@natinst.com>, Thad_Engeling@quickmail.natinst.com (Thad Engeling) writes:
- > My mother called me this afternoon at work.
- > This morning around 10AM our calico cat Princess was put to sleep.
- > She was suffering from kidney failure, and couldn't even move anymore.
- > She only weighed 4 pounds because she had stopped eating.
- > She was over 18 years old.
- > I've known her longer than I've known most of my human friends.
- >
- > I'm finally really feeling the loss as I write this.
- > I don't cry very often, but now I can hardly see to write.
- >
- > I remember the day we went to get her.
- > A friend of ours had given her to our pastor's family,
- > but his wife was exceedingly allergic to and fearful of cats,
- > so he asked us if we wanted her.
- > We were very happy to have her.
- > She was about 8 weeks old if I remember correctly.
- > Tiny.
- > A curious and playful ball of multi-colored fur.
- > She quickly became an integral part of our household.
- > She went camping with us.
- > She went on walks.
- > She slept on my parents bed every night, and turned my dad into a cat lover.
- >
- > So many memories flood my mind right now.
- > She used to shred the toilet paper off the roller
- > until it was just a big pile on the floor.
- > She loved to pull ornaments off the christmas tree.
- > She would wake my parents in the morning by
- > running her paw along the mini-blinds.
- > When she was hungry she would tip her food bowl so
- > that it rocked back and forth until someone paid attention.
- > She loved popcorn and ear-wax.
- >
- > at Thanksgiving dinner, 1989, all our older relatives over,
- > she brought her in her trophy, a still live rat, and laid
- > it at the feet of my great aunt.
- >
- > She touched my life as much as any person.
- > I loved her, and I will miss her.
- >
- > -Thad
- >
-
- How very fortuneate she was to have lived her life with you; and how much
- richer yours is from having known her; your high praise will do her well
- in her life beyond. I am touched by your memories.
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