Ode to the Cat

**momcat** · 10-24-2011, 04:08 PM

Wow! Pat, that is fantastic. As well as I know my sweet Groucho (or think I do) in many ways he's a mystery. Maybe that's why I love him so much

**phesina** · 10-24-2011, 05:21 PM

Isn't that great? I love it. I'd never seen it before.

Their cat Bobby (no relation to my Bobby

) was getting on in years and had been going downhill recently. He passed away peacefully at home last week, with his Meowmie and Pawpie sitting with him petting him and talking to him, and his two big sisters with him online via Skype, one from Morocco and the other from Brunswick, Maine. Claudia (his Meowmie) said he was watching the Skype transmissions and knew his big sisters were there with him too.

His kitty brother Toddy passed away from diabetes a couple of years ago. I told Claudia, "What a fine passing Bobby had.. at home surrounded by those he loves most, after a wonderful long life full of love and warmth and good food.. We should all be so blessed! Now he and Toddy are back together waiting at the Bridge for the grand reunion.. One Fine Day.."

(And thank you, Gary, for planting that wonderful phrase in my mind regarding such circumstances!

)

**kitten645** · 10-24-2011, 11:18 PM

Pablo is my most favorite poet. Thank you for reminding me of that. It was the first spanish book I read. Beautiful. Expresses exactly the nature of a cat. xxxooo
Claudia