i sure am missing my fat cat a lot right now

[fizzgig]

it's been 8.5 months since we said goodbye. i can't believe it's been that long because it still feels like yesterday.

this popped on my fb feed today and it made me miss her all the more



she was my late-night friend. she'd come sit in my lap after the husband and dim one went to bed, but harvey isn't a lap cat and doesn't spend much time next to us. late at night has become a lonely time for me and it's really rough.

le sigh

[shenmue]

1. Le meow

Les hugs.

[Paper Roses]

2. I know how much you miss your special friend.

Six years after my special kitty died at 14 years old, I adopted a new shelter kitty. I have had her for about 5 years now. I love her and she is my current companion. I still miss my last kitty and think of her frequently. I have a special place for my old cat and hope my current friend lives a long and happy life as the last one did.

I waited for so long before I adopted Emmie. I guess I thought that no cat could replace my old one. So many wonderful pets are available for adoption. Take a look at your local shelter. The right one will come to you and you will know.

Our pets are special to us and I hope all of us keep their memories alive.

[fizzgig]

4. i got fat cat as a pair with my dim one

so i had her, but i didn't even last three months before we went to the shelter and brought home a new monster. i have always had multiple cats and having just one wasn't right for anyone in my little family.



mira is the grey one who came alongside fat cat ten years ago. harvey is the siamese we brought home six months ago. he's brought so much love to my home but i don't expect him, or any other cat, to ever fill the hole that my fat cat left.

[edgineered]

3. Everyone loves a special cat.

Flipper became a neighborhood celebrity, going on walks with people without a leash, playing with the local kids, always pulling zany acrobatics with his high, fearless leaps and daredevil climbs on trees, fences, and roofs. It was many years ago while staying with my sister in Orlando that he adopted us; he was the cat in the shelter that no one wanted. The big handcrafted sign on his cage shouted 50% off.

There were two cat rooms, each with cages lining three walls from floor to face level, and an enclosed play area for the more friendly and social cats on the wall facing the lobby. As is typical when entering the cat room, the entire spectrum of cat-ness was on display. There were paws reaching into thin air through the wires, tall arching backs strutting in the small containers, soft fluffy bellies twisting and wriggling to be rubbed, there were purrs and meows and mews and choruses striving for encores. And then there was Flipper - the cat that had been there the longest, lying with his back to the cage door and facing the back, feigning sleep.

I don't know why I approached his cage. It was slightly below eye level for me and he looked looked like no one had pet or brushed him recently. Aloud I asked him what the hell he was doing here? His eyes opened, his head rolled toward me, and he answered with a single meow. The long story short, maybe the way I see Flipper isn't the popular world view, but he, like your cat, will always be remembered fondly. Your fat cat knew she was loved.

[Skittles]

5. I hear you

My almost-17 year old cat Clance-man passed in April, and it's poignant the things I miss......he always visited me while I was in the bathroom, and would announce himself loudly.

[CountAllVotes]

6. awwww

So sad for you.

Is another fat cat in your future perhaps? There is one somewhere that needs you somewhere ...

[restorefreedom]

7. the pain never goes away

i think we just figure out to bear it over time

so sorry

[TorchTheWitch]

8. I miss her too, and I didn't even know her

I can't believe it's really been that long. It seems so much more recent.

It's so lovely to see a photo of her again though especially one where she looks so healthy and ridiculously adorable. Cats do have a way of looking outrageously comfy.