Goodbye Smokey

<div style="text-align: center;">On the weekend, my parents called to tell me that my beloved childhood cat Smokey passed away. My heart is truly broken that I will never get to see him again, and that I wasn't there for his last few days or to say goodbye. But I know he is in a better place, and that he is not suffering, and that is all that I can ask for.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfOB4icwmEepA9GXU1WniQ7A2t3s9aj-Ww0SmL0N5Elp76vxcjXnOIp5SSmMhme8cRzXBb-OEj30kyF1ifBG4xSIRQmjj2QcPuoAJQh_DcPGB5Rc1I4tGHe7EF6EMLVYhNztARrQV205c/s1600/PicMonkey+Collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfOB4icwmEepA9GXU1WniQ7A2t3s9aj-Ww0SmL0N5Elp76vxcjXnOIp5SSmMhme8cRzXBb-OEj30kyF1ifBG4xSIRQmjj2QcPuoAJQh_DcPGB5Rc1I4tGHe7EF6EMLVYhNztARrQV205c/s1600/PicMonkey+Collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> He's been my partner in crime for fifteen years and he is always the first thing I look for when I go home to Waterloo for a visit. It's going to be so weird not seeing him there. But he had a good, long life, full of adventure and love. I'm quite certain that he had used up all nine of his lives.<br />He once escaped from the house and went missing for 30 days. We looked and looked but couldn't find him. I can't even tell you the overwhelming sense of relief I felt when my neighbour found him starving under a truck and brought him home to me. He was a house cat (although he loved sitting in the grass with his leash) and I thought for sure I had lost him. I am grateful for the extra years we had with him.<br />Then there was the hilarious time that a stray lookalike imposter tried to take his place:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdAvuUC4OpWAwAqD81rAmV9qYOKmWVM9OohNQGn01mf_42eit_PDp6jjjIYEoEG9y18oez879bl-ym5nxiuBFRc7VQD8u5v5NJGuWk4cAaWZcyxwx4idKJVS4D7SHZqi8NTgEnm0DPS8c/s1600/P3150492.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdAvuUC4OpWAwAqD81rAmV9qYOKmWVM9OohNQGn01mf_42eit_PDp6jjjIYEoEG9y18oez879bl-ym5nxiuBFRc7VQD8u5v5NJGuWk4cAaWZcyxwx4idKJVS4D7SHZqi8NTgEnm0DPS8c/s1600/P3150492.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Smokey's twin now lives with my brother. Smokey was less than amused by this guy.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWERG_tOZMvhHvyGGLbF9JCQ-d2HKrLnVy73O-BfUi5zEeNjYQbP1Nf-pcuobhODJxxdYbYJbdK6y2YQfyNyE0khGgkT3npkp7fbQIlkANJk_VGBiIp5cIujRVBe04H5_MZqXsGy4w-rc/s1600/121.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWERG_tOZMvhHvyGGLbF9JCQ-d2HKrLnVy73O-BfUi5zEeNjYQbP1Nf-pcuobhODJxxdYbYJbdK6y2YQfyNyE0khGgkT3npkp7fbQIlkANJk_VGBiIp5cIujRVBe04H5_MZqXsGy4w-rc/s1600/121.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>No one ever said he was a cuddly cat, but he was ours, he was a part of the family. We loved him so much and we will miss him dearly. Rest in peace my sweet little man.<br />xox<br /><a href="http://s1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh609/tiffanyleighinteriordesign/?action=view&current=Tiffany-27.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh609/tiffanyleighinteriordesign/Tiffany-27.jpg" /></a></div>

Goodbye Smokey

On the weekend, my parents called to tell me that my beloved childhood cat Smokey passed away. My heart is truly broken that I will never ge...

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