Today, I'm very saddened and shocked at the news I'm about to reveal. Moses, my cat from when I lived with my parents is gone. When I got married 3 years ago, I was going to bring him and Freckles home with me, but my mother was soooo very fond of them, and they of her. After we lost Mom, I went over there to get them, but my Dad didn't want me to. He would have let me have Freckles, but he didn't want me to take Moses, and since I didn't have the heart to separate them, I just left them in the home they had live in, and been happy in, for so long. In fact, it was the only home Moses had ever known.
Today, I went over there to give my Dad's dog, Onyx, his arthritis medicine. This has become a daily routine with us since Mom's been gone, except for the weekends, when my sister does it. Anyway, it was a day like any other. We went over, I medicated the dog, then scooped the litter boxes, while Dh walked him. Then I sat and visited with the cats until the walk was done, and it was time to leave. Moses was fine. There was absolutely nothing wrong with him. I petted him, and talked to him, and it was just like any other day. So you can imagine my shock, confusion, and sheer horror, when they called a few hours ago to give us the horrible, unthinkable news that he was gone. They had found him in the hall....gone. Nobody knows what happened. We're all just stunned. I don't know exactly how old he was because he was a stray, but I would guess about 6, maybe 7, years old. He wasn't in bad health........and he was perfectly fine the last time I saw him. I'm sorry if this post isn't making any sense, but nothing seems to make sense to me right now. I'm just devistated. When DH got the call, and I could tell something was wrong with one of the animals, I'd have never, in a million years, guessed it was Moses.
He was wonderful, and he has so much personality and charm. He was lively, energetic, but also very affectionate. He loved his people and he loved life.....and I'll miss him until I die.....Farewell, my sweet Moses...
