Many nights we would spend the evening together on the couch, either lying next to me or on a pillow resting on my chest. She would use her left paw (and I am left-handed) to gently tap my face...sometimes repeatedly. This was her signal to let me know that she wanted to get close enough to my face to give me a kiss on the lips. Once she did this she was content to go back to resting/sleeping closely next to me. I will also miss her morning routine of coming into the bedroom approximately 15 minutes before the alarm would go off. She would gently meow to say good morning and make sure that I knew she was in the room. Many times, before her arthritis got bad, she would jump up on the bed to lick my face to add to the routine of waking me up. Sometimes I purposely didn't get up just so that she would do that. The house is too quiet now. I didn't realize how much she walked around in the house and how much the sound of her little feet could be heard and how much it comforted me. For some reason this made me feel safe. It doesn't feel like a home without her little footsteps. She was the longest cat the I have ever had the pleasure of knowing - 18 yrs and 3 months. And the prettiest one - her face mesmerized me when I looked at it. Often I would stare into her eyes, either right next to me or across the room, and wink. She would proceed to wink back at me with one eye. My little girl, my little boo, will forever be in my heart! March 29, 2018 - I had the most amazing experience today and proof enough for me that Patches continues on after death. It is one week exactly from the day she died. I noted that her pulse stopped at approximately 6:30pm last week. I was holding her on the couch in the livingroom when it happened. Tonight starting at 5:30pm I sat in the exact same spot I was in last week. I figured that I would be so overwhelmed by sadness that it would be best that I was sitting. Instead, as the time approached closer I started to feel happy and peaceful. I began to think of all the wonderful moments that we had together over 18+ years. I closed my eyes so that I could picture her in my mind. Then, at approximately 6:25pm, everything electrical in the livingroom turned off - ceiling lights, table lamp, TV...and just in the living room! One breaker on the electrical panel had to be reset, yet more than one breaker controls everything in the living room (ceiling lights and electrical outlets are always on different circuits).She was here! She came back for a visit because she knew I have been so sad without her. It was her way of letting me know that she popped in. Even after death she continues to make me happy. There was someone else sitting in the living room that experienced this as well. So I didn't imagine it! April 19,2018 - I can't believe a whole month has passed since I held you in my arms for the last time, my little Patchy-cha-choo-chi-kins. I hope that Mama is there with you to keep you company until we are all together again. The two of you got along so well from the day that I brought you both home from the SPCA. I will always love you! I am always here if you need me - all you have to do is find your way back to me.

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