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Memories of ALABASTER

I ALWAYS TREASURE THE DAY WE FIRST MET. WHEN THE CARETAKER AT HSUS OPENED YOUR CAGE, YOU EAGERLY CLIMBED UP ON MY SHOULDER, YOUR GOLDEN EYES GLEAMING. WE ADOPTED EACH OTHER ON THE SPOT AND FOR 10 1/2 YEARS, I HAD NOT ONE REGRET. WHEN WE MOVED FROM CT TO MA IN A RICKETY OLD U-HAUL, YOU SAT ON MY LAP FOR THE ENTIRE JOURNEY WONDERING WHAT ALL THE FUSS WAS ABOUT. EVERY HALLOWEEN YOU GREETED THE YOUNG TRICK-OR-TREATERS, ALLOWING THE LITTLE ONES TO PET "THE BIG WHITE KITTY". PRESCHOOLERS ACROSS THE STREET OFTEN LOOKED OVER AT OUR FRONT PORCH TO SEE IF YOU WERE THERE. FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, YOU WERE A SOMETIMES EXPECTED VISITOR AT THE FIRE STATION, WANDERING INTO THE OPEN ENGINE ROOM AS IF IT WAS YOUR HOME. EVEN KNOWN "CAT HATERS" BECAME CAT LOVERS WHEN THEY MET YOU; NO ONE COULD RESIST YOUR ELEGANT MANNERS, YOUR IMPECCABLE CHARM. YOUR BRIGHT WHITE FUR AND AMBER EYES LIT UP RAINY DAYS AND DARK NIGHTS. YOU HELPED ME WITH COUNTLESS TRANSITIONS FROM DWELLING TO DWELLING, JOB TO JOB, THE DEATH OF BOTH OF MY PARENTS. ALABASTER, YOUR UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND DEVOTION MADE SOME OF THAT PAIN MORE BEARABLE AT THE TIME WHEN I NEEDED A NONJUDGEMENTAL FRIEND. NOW THAT YOU'RE NOT NEXT TO ME, MEMORIES OF LOVE AND EVERLASTING FRIENDSHIP GUIDE ME THROUGH TOUGH TIMES. SASHA WANDERS AT TIMES, PROBABLY MISSING HER OLDER BROTHER'S PLAY SESSIONS. BASHEBA, NEVER AN ACCEPTED FRIEND, PICKED UP AND USES SOME OF YOUR ENDEARING TRAITS, LIKE COLLAPSING IN FRONT OF HER DINNER BOWL, LOOKING FOR A BELLY RUB OR SOME TREATS. HOW MANY OTHER CATS DINED ON FRESH ESCAROLE, BROCCOLI, AND GREEN BEANS AS "TREATS"? DAD AND I LAUGHED WHENEVER YOU CHASED WAYWARD PEAS ACROSS THE FLOOR, STABBING THEM WITH A PAW BEFORE CHOWING DOWN. I HAVEN'T EATEN BROCCOLI OR PEAS SINCE YOU PASSED SEVEN WEEKS AGO. IT'S HARD TO STAY OUTSIDE PREPARING THE GARDEN BEDS WHEN YOU'RE NOT HERE TO OFFER YOUR "KITTY PERSPECTIVE" ON THINGS. I WON'T EVER FORGET YOU, I'LL ALWAYS TREASURE YOU, MY BABY, MY BELOVED ALABASTER... IT'S 13 MONTHS LATER AND A LOT HAS CHANGED. THE HOUSE AND GARDEN LOOK BETTER, THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WOULD HAVE GOTTEN A KICK AT YOU INVESTIGATING AND "SUPERVISING" THEIR WORK OUTSIDE. I SAW YOU THERE AND THOUGHT ABOUT HOW YOU'D ACT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS FINALLY RELOCATING, NO BUILDING FOR YOU TO SNEAK INTO. SO MANY MEMORIES, NEW AND OLD ONES COMBINED, REMIND ME OF MY TIME WITH YOU. I WOULD TRADE ALL OF IT IN A SECOND TO HAVE YOU BACK. tODAY MY HEART THROBS JUST LIKE IT DID THE DAY AFTER YOU LEFT. SPRING IS FAR FROM THE SAME, PARTICULARLY ON DULL RAINY DAYS. I'VE STAYED AWAY FROM THIS SITE FOR SIX MONTHS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GET STUCK IN GRIEF. YET IT HAPPENS. PEOPLE SAY IT GETS EASIER. IT WAS EASIER AFTER YOU PASSED OVER BECAUSE I KNEW YOU WEREN'T SUFFERING ANYMORE AND I WAS RELIEVED YOU WEREN'T STUCK IN A CRIPPLED ACHING BODY. NOW I HAVE THE ACHING BODY. EVERY MOMENT OF LIFE MEANS MORE TO ME SINCE YOUR DEATH. YOU REALLY HELP ME APPRECIATE WHAT IT MEANS TO LIVE. UNTIL I SEE YOU AGAIN, YOU ARE STILL WITH ME. here it is a little over two years since you passed and i still think of what you'd be doing in the garden. i've taken care of squirrels these past two years, feeding some by hand, not realizing at first that they were moms preparing to raise their own families. you'd probably watch me and think about why i bother to do such a thing. i thought so much about you this month as i made two more raised beds in the back garden and planted hydrangeas in the corner where you used to chase away neighborhood cats. everything will be blue in memory of you, not because i am forgetting you. i still think of you each and every day. there are so many changes in our neighborhood; how i wish you were here to see them and let me know in your regal way whether or not you approve...

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