My Dearest Baby Kitten, Remember all those times that I would put my head gently on your side and talk to you while my tears would occasionally fall on you otherwise immaculate coat? Sorry about that. You see I was preparing myself, trying to appreciate your presence and your wonderful energy with all my might, trying to lock those moments in my memory as best I could. For I knew that one day you would have to leave us. I told myself over and over as I felt your warmth and the vibration of your purring, "You're here now, and I cherish every day I get to wake up and feed you, to see the excitement on your face when you wake up to see that I have come home." Then it happened. Not right away, but over a couple of months. You got sick, one of your eyes wouldn't open all the way, Your head tilted and your hind legs stubbled when you walked. Eventually you spent you days and nights hiding under furniture. Though we wanted to deny it, to believe you would get better,...
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