Jakey had the sweetest, kindest, most beautiful soul of any cat I have ever had. He did not have a mean or aggressive bone in his body. He had enormous, soulful, gorgeous green eyes and when he would make direct eye contact with you, it felt like he was looking straight into your soul. He would heal your soul when he looked into your eyes. His presence and energy felt like pure goodness. Being around him felt like being in the presence of an angel. Just the sight of Jakey lying in his favorite spot would make me smile, feel happy and calm all at the same time.

Jakey had the softest, most beautiful orange and white fur and a stunning face. Every time I showed anyone a picture of Jakey, it was inevitable that they would comment how beautiful he was. Many people suggested that he should be in commercials or in the movies. Jakey loved belly rubs and Jeff and I loved giving them to him. His belly fur was soft, airy, wispy and delightful! Jakey would come up on our bed every night for belly rubs. I will miss giving those belly rubs more than I can express in words.

Jakey was also very inspirational and taught me a lot about how to deal with life handing you lemons and turning it into lemonade. Jakey was missing his front left leg. He never once let this get in the way of living his best kitty life. Jakey adapted to every situation possible with his 3 legs. He could actually run faster than our 4 legged cat, and sometimes he would do long horizontal leaps where he looked like he was flying to get from one place to the next. He was truly amazing.

Jakey turned my husband, Jeff, into a total cat lover. Jeff liked cats before, but he LOVED Jakey. They slept together every night snuggled together close. Seeing their bond made me so happy. Every night, if Jakey wasn't already on our bed, Jeff would say he needed to go get his "sleeping kitty".

Jakey's passing seemed sudden, and that has been incredibly hard. Although he was 16 and had CKD, I found out about 7 months ago that he was in early stage 2. I honestly thought he could possibly live a couple years longer if we took good care of him and I was not at all ready for him to go. He seemed to be doing fine and just as I was getting ready to take him in for his 6 month check up, he suddenly did not seem fine. He had stopped eating and didn't seem like himself. The vet gave him some fluids, some ant-nausea medication and an appetite stimulant and for one day he seemed to have a complete turn around. We were so happy and I thought he was going to be OK. But somehow he went back downhill within 24 hours and we knew it was time to say goodbye. Jakey let us know it was time. It was the hardest thing I have ever done. I am completely heart broken that my beautiful, lovely, sweet, kind, perfect, wonderful kitty is gone. And he is gone too soon. A bright light in my life has gone out. Jeff told Jakey that he hoped he would transfer his soul to the next kitty for us. I am not ready for another kitty right now, but when I am, I hope Jeff's wishes come true.

Jakey -- I miss you so much. It hurts when I see your favorite morning spot empty. It hurts when I open the armoir to look for you out of habit and you are not there. It hurts to look at your favorite blanket with your fur still on it. I miss your meows asking for your morning and evening snack right on time. I miss the kisses you gave me when you would look into my eyes. I miss your calming, loving presence. I miss you coming into the office while I work to keep me company. You were such a special kitty. Thank you for all the wonderful years of love and memories you gave me and Daddy. You gave us so much and enriched our lives every day! I hope you got as much from us in return. I am so grateful you came into our lives. We both loved and adored you and tried to give you an amazing kitty life. You were the best kitty ever! I really hope you know how much we loved you and hope you know that everything we did for you was out of love even though it hurt so much. I know you are now free of pain and have crossed the rainbow bridge. Until we meet again my sweet, beautiful, lovely, wonderful, special kitty Jakey. We will never forget you. We love you, Mom and Dad.