Lilly

by Steven
(Wilton, CT, USA)

August 5, 2018

Thank you for your love and your companionship over the past 11+ years. You helped make our life happier and more complete. We will miss you.

I am saddened when I realize that I will no longer experience the little things that came to characterize Lilly. The ones that come to mind are:

• Coming to the bedroom in the morning to ask for breakfast
• Walking on the bed to urge us to get moving
• Her regular path from the bedroom thru the living room thru the dining room into the
kitchen
• The click of her claws on the dining room floor
• Her close attention as we prepared her breakfast
• Batting her sister in the head while waiting for food
• Her great appetite for food
• Her “almost contact” leg rubs
• Begging for a taste of my dinner, especially when we had chicken
• Laying on the rug or the window seat and enjoying the warm rays of the sun
• Enjoying warm days on the porch; enjoying the smells and the sounds of the outside
world
• Coming to my home office between 4:00 and 4:30 to ask for dinner
• Laying on the rug with us as we watched the evening new shows
• The regal way she looked laying at the at the corner of the Family Room rug
• Her sitting on the footstool to be with me
• Lying on the cool floor, fully stretched out, during warm weather
• Her sleeping on the living room sofa
• Her coming over to get treats once Jackie made the request
• Her sitting patiently waiting for treats
• Her stepping away to eat the treats and then coming back
• Her “hiding place” between the bed and the blanket chest
• Waiting for us on the bed in the evening
• Her flopping down to lean against me on the bed
• Her coming up to us say “goodnight” as we got ready to go to sleep
• Her loud, “snorty” purrs of contentment and happiness

Goodbye for now, sweet Lilly

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