it’s been a sad time for us as we said goodbye to our dear misty last thursday. poor girl has been on a slow decline from kidney failure since january, but we were fortunate to have had a good ten months to spend with her in the end.
i hesitated to even post this because it’s just so sad for me to do. she’s been a huge part of my life for 18 years. she kept me company by sitting on my lap while i studied in junior high, high school and college, and in these final years when i sat at the computer doing work. sleeping by my side each and every night, as a kitten she’d bite and leave marks on my ankles. when i lived on my own after college, she started sleeping on my head, sometimes i’d wake up to her cleaning my forehead. for the past five years of being married, she slept on tommy’s chest {we called it domination}, or in between us stretched out, pushing us to the very edge of our side of the bed. as my stomach has been expanding recently, she would drape her little body over the bump – one time jolted awake from a baby kick.
misty could never be replaced and i’m finding very little interest now in ever getting another cat. we have belly, and she’s special in her own way, but misty will always be our #1 {we tell belly that she will only be #2, no matter how hard she tries}. what a good, long life misty had. i’ve been blessed to have had her for such a wonderfully large portion of my own life.
our entire family was blessed to have misty as part of us. she was the biggest part of kristin, lauren and craig's childhood. she'll always be remember for her misty blue eyes and trying to drag herself up the stairs when she was a kitten and had lower rider legs. mom | 4:02pm on 5/13 i am so sorry. it is so hard. i had to put my kitty of 17 years down last december. to this day i tear up thinking about her. i am thinking about you and your little kitty cat. mandy mester | 9:02pm on 11/6 i love the auto correct you and tommy set up. i wish i remembered what they all were. steven | 12:50pm on 11/5 sorry to hear about misty. she had been around a while, and while i think that she never really liked me, i am glad that she got to spend her whole life with you. steven | 11:21am on 10/31 hi kristin, i am so sorry about your cat, it sounds like misty was a great pet friend! take care bbb bianca | 3:59am on 10/28 oh kristin!!! oh misty. i am heartbroken for you. you are now the 5th person i know that has had to put down a beloved pet in the last month. not joking! two neighbors, two of my girlfriends, and now you. i am so sorry. she is in a better place (kitty heaven, of course - waiting for you) and out of pain. you did good, you were an excellent mom. you can't ask for more than that! 18 years - that girl is a trooper!!! not for putting up with you, i mean just for living that long...oh you know what i mean. christin | 9:11pm on 10/27
September 14, 2009 at 11:47 pm