by Natasha Burrows
The first time i saw you i fell in love, you where a tiny bundle of bones and fur and where such a sorry sight, i walked around for hours trying to find who owned you but nobody did,you where weak and tired and slept while i walked the six miles home knowing i couldn't leave you behind, we already had 4 cats but i knew i would be allowed to keep you as we could never refuse a stray, normally other cats get offended when you take in a stranger but the rest of the cats lay beside you keeping you warm and making sure you where alright and i knew i was keeping you. I named you Ebony your fur was jet black and you where beautiful even though you where poorly. When we took you to the vets he didn't think you'd make it but i knew you would, three months of vets bills, and plenty of love and you began to grow into a strong healthy cat with the manners of an angel,we became best friends you would follow me everywhere and when i went out you would sit on the windowsill waiting for me to get back. We had great fun together you where so playfull but only with me anybody else and you would shy away, you helped me through good and bad times when i cried you looked at me as if to say mum don't cry i love u. You also had bad times you lost your pal max when he was run over by a car and you where a different cat with no life in you, Gradually you got over him and we got another kitten who became your new friend you'd cuddle up together and we couldn't tell where you ended and he began.You where a happy little cat and everybody loved you.The on the 12 August 1999 you didn't come in for your breakfast and i knew there was something wrong, i took the dog for a walk to try and find you and i did, you where next to the road, somebody had run my baby over and left him at the side of the road, my heart broke in the space of a second, i carried you home and wrapped you in a blanket, the other cats came around you to say goodbye and then i took you to the crematorium, they lay you in a beautiful chapel of rest and you looked beautiful i cried my heart out. I said goodbye and then left you to be cremated and rest in peace, i cried all day, and when i picked you up i noticed a poem for sale for the loss of a cat it was rainbow bridge, i read it and had to buy it somehow it made sense and gave me hope that i would see you again. It now sits by your earn in my room and i know that one day i will see you and all your friends again. Life isn't the same without you, nobody to cuddle up to or nobody waiting for me when i come home. We got two kittens a few months after you died and there both jet black like you and rescued as well, you'd have loved them eb full of fun and mischief. Sadly another of your friends will be waiting for me with you up at rainbow bridge, we lost Timmy at 14 years old late last year after he got kidney failure, and i know your both waiting for us with max and all the other babies we have lost during the years. I'll never forget you though eb's you where my angel, and you taught me to love unconditionly and look on the inside to find good in people like you did with me.I will see you soon mummy's angel.
I love u