My Baby by Melissa Faulkner

My Baby

by Melissa Faulkner

Callie is her name. I was 19 years old and came home to finde our gray stripe giving birth. I watched as each small kitten arrived. Callie came out and I fell in love right off the bat. Her markings looked as if she was wearing a white skirt with a striped top. I picked her up and was hooked. This is the one I would keep. She spent her first 6 months sleeping on my shoulder only going back to her mother to eat. She was smart, she started purring at only 3 days old. She hunted like pro. I saw her bring down a wild turkey on her own. She loved gopher liver. She was always there when I needed a kitty. She loved me and I her. Then on May 1, 2003 she just walked off into the woods never to come back. I don't even know where she is. I have searched every inch of the woods and can't find her. I miss her deeply. I have hopes she will come walking in, but each day that hope dims. I know she loved hunting in the woods more that life itself, so if she passed away somewhere in them, she died happy. I just wish I could find her so I could give her a proper burial. She deserves that and much more. But I know her spirit will rest in her beloved woods.

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