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Years ago one Christmas, our youngest 2 children got a puppy and a kitty from Santa! That story is another one all on it’s own but for another day maybe. Elizabeth’s little kitty had kittens about 6-8 months after she got her! She would have loved to keep them all but I already thought the mama was enough; we did let her keep one male kitten and she was happy to have 2. They have stayed here for a while now even though Elizabeth has been gone away to school. I knew she couldn’t have them in the dorm but I really wanted her to take them to her apartment……that didn’t happen! Then I hoped she would take them to Tuscaloosa but she said her roommate was allergic! I was becoming resigned to the fact that she would probably never take them with her and they’d live with me forever. She asked about them frequently and would make sure I was feeding them…..for the record, I did feed them! They were outdoor cats who would disappear at different times and come home again a few days later or maybe a week. But recently the mama cat went off and now it’s been 2 weeks since we’ve seen her. I know Elizabeth will be sad that her cat’s gone; we’ve told her about it but she’s been so busy with exams and the end of school that I don’t think it will hit her until she comes home to visit. Then it might make it more real. I really didn’t want anything to happen to them on my “watch” but I guess if they were going to be here permanently, it would be inevitable at some point. For the first week, Arthur, the remaining cat, would meow and whine almost every time he saw us. I think he didn’t quite know what to do without Scraps, the missing cat, but he seems a little more like himself now.
Realized as I was looking for pictures that I don’t have as many as I first thought, hope Liz has some she took with her camera! These 2 cats looked almost alike but the one on the right in this shot is the one that’s gone now, she was a bit smaller than Arthur and lighter color around her face. They have a little perch to jump up on where their dishes are.
This might be the last pictures I took of her, during the winter when some of the kids were home……Don brought the cat in and baby Katelyn wanted desperately to hold her/touch her!
The hardest is probably not knowing what happened…….at times I think I’ll miss her being gone.
May 8th, 2007 at 10:25 am
Oh gosh I know that’s hard and you do wonder what happened to them. About 7 years ago I had a sheltie and she went missing which was weird b/c she never left the yard and still today I wonder what happened?
BTW-love the picture of them 🙂
May 8th, 2007 at 1:56 pm
How sad! We had two cats and a dog when I was growing up but we were DEFINITELY cat people. We didn’t give Honey the attention she needed and she ran away one day. Someone saw here in downtown Clinton, but by the time we got there, she was gone. I just hope someone got her that would love her and play with her. Bebo (“my” cat) was mama to Cloudy (“Philip’s” cat). We put Cloudy to sleep when I was in high school b/c she had some kind of tumor in her abdomen that wouldn’t go away even after drainage. Bebo lived a nice long 18 years. She apparently had a strong heart but I think Mama stroked her out when we gave her a bath one day…she had gotten so arthritic that she couldn’t even bathe herself. That was my freshman year in college. no pets for us since and I would have one in my partment but we can’t! Sorry so long…just thought I’d give my pet story! 🙂
May 8th, 2007 at 2:54 pm
I hope she will come home! It is so hard to wonder and not know what happened!
May 8th, 2007 at 3:48 pm
Hope things work out..We love our animals..Thanks for posting pics today!
May 8th, 2007 at 5:17 pm
Such pretty kitties. I hope she’s OK. I’ve had a couple of cats that got out and got lost – the wondering about them is so hard.
May 8th, 2007 at 9:11 pm
Oh no, Elizabeth will be heartbroken 🙁 I hope Scraps comes back soon, for Liz and for Arthur. I bet he is really lonely without her.
Of course, you know me, I am not a cat person, but I wish she were home, safe and sound and not lost or worse. I hope she’s ok and maybe is just hanging out at another house. Did you guys put up signs or anything?
Poor Scraps 🙁
May 9th, 2007 at 6:31 am
Oh no. How heart-breaking! I do hope she still manages to find her way home!
May 9th, 2007 at 5:53 pm
I know you will miss the cat…and eliz. too. Maybe will come home soon………
May 9th, 2007 at 9:37 pm
I hope your cat comes home soon. When I was a young girl, my cat ran away and was gone for a year. Can you believe he came back after a year? We were shocked.