Lost 2 cats in 2 weeks
It’s been an awful two weeks… 💔❤️💔
My younger cat Indy was about to turn 5 on May 1st. He unfortunately passed on April 30th from acute kidney failure.
I loved my lil chooku with all my soul and it destroys me to see him go, and so early.
I buried him with his favorite toy that he used to jump 4 feet in the air doing somersaults for. I hope he is doing somersaults somewhere else right now, and I wish I could join him.
I’m so sorry buddy, I really wanted many, many, many more years with each other.
Rest in Peace, Indiana Jones.
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That was days ago, and today…
Leo, my 14 year old cat passed this morning after battling with chronic kidney disease for a year or so. The timing is horrendous and it sucks in all the ways possible.
I had him since the summer of 2012, he went to college with me, lived in 5 cities all across the country on both coast. He was truly the most loyal animal I have ever encountered. I’ve had many, many, many cats and dogs throughout my life and none have made such an impact on me.
It is sad, I would’ve loved another 14 years and then another hundred thousand but that’s not how life is. But this is an appreciation of him, and his life. Everyone who ever met him loved him. He was adored and spoiled and would sit every morning with me outside drinking coffee. He would play fetch with oranges and roll around and “swim” ‘till he was dusty in the sun. He would crawl in your arms and make you hold him like a baby as he purred loud as an engine nearly every night.
He is the greatest cat who ever lived. There’s no doubt in my mind. In the loneliest, hardest times of the last decade and a half he was always there. He was a Legend. Truly.
I’ll miss you, but I’ll always carry you with me. I promise lil buddy.
Rest in Peace, Leoboy ❤️❤️❤️
I wrote a poem for him:
My yoda, my dusty bud
My tuna demon, my pigfish
The silk-furred seal who swims in the sun
My fuzzy guy who plays fetch with oranges
You have lived in every house I laid in
Except Summer Harbor— but you come from there
Out east where all my younger years were spent
Then came west like the settlers on wagons,
You were alongside like a trusty sidekick
Followed me around like a dog with a stick
On planes, cars running amuck with
No leash, no need to be kept inside
But you always stayed close
Like how I never left your side
I hope you purr as loud as you do now
Wherever you go, and they love you so
And keep you right until I see you again,
I wish I believed deeper
It’s why it makes saying goodbye harder
I don’t want you to leave here
I loved you like my own brother
Eyes of green, grey and striped in black
At night you’d knead on my back
A wet, warm auburn nose kissing my face
Licking my arms and claws in my knees—
I’d take every stab from you again with glee
Shrieking for food like a rooster alarm
A chunky twerp in your middle ages,
My drooling fool,
My buoyant dude,
You’d sit on my chest in the winter for warmth
You’d lay in the shade in the summer to cool,
Too cool for me— I didn’t deserve you
But you were at every party I invited you to
College, my twenties and my thirties
Everyone who met you loved you dearly
Turned many cat haters into kitty lovers
My loneliest days you were by my side
Would flood me with love on my lap ‘till I stopped cryin’
You knew more about me than I knew of myself
14 years I called you mine
I’ll still ‘till the day I’m 89 then still keep goin’
‘Till the sun is gone and still never stop,
I skipped meals so you ate,
We shared ham so you didn’t starve,
Remember Sylvester? Or Henri?
Rafi, Violet or Indy?
The scar in your ear from your brother
You’ve worn since you were only one
Gave you the street smarts to live this long,
I hope I did my best,
I hope you understand
I hope you know I love you beyond
Any feelings between man and creature
You were perfect— thank you for that,
I know I ramble and lose the point
But not in this case, not yet
But it’s hard to write about my favorite pet
Who lays in my arms as I write this,
As he takes his last breathe
Please know you were
The greatest cat who ever lived,
My Leoboy.