A Sad Day

Yesterday was a sad day for all of us as we said good-bye to our feline family member, Gabi. Gabi became my cat 15 years ago, but grew into our family pet over the years. He was always a wonderful cat, very loving and sweet, and extremely vocal....especially when someone was in the kitchen. We never had to worry about him biting or scratching anyone, even when the kids weren't always gentle with him. He was smart too! In his younger days I taught him how to sit and beg on command. Most people thought he was grumpy or mean because he looked like Oscar the Grouch, but he was exactly the opposite. As he started aging, he loved snuggling in laps and sleeping up at my head each night. We could tell this week that he was not doing well so we called our vet. The night before his final check up, we all took turns holding and petting him in our laps. He was not able to jump up on the bed anymore, so I picked him up and let him sleep up at my head one final night. Our vet, and friend, explained to us that it was just his time to move on and there was nothing we could do. So, Gabi lived a long, leisure life until his body just shut down this week. It's hard to imagine a better cat!

We will miss you Gabi!

After an emotional few days, Madison was already asking when we would be getting a new pet. We told her that we needed to take some time to get over Gabi and live without a pet for a while. She said, "Oh, ok. How long? Like 8 days?"

You've got to love the way kids think!