IT ALL STARTED IN 2005 I WAS LIVING ALONE, MY GIRLFRIEND FOUND A CAT IN HER BACK YARD. SHE CALLED ME AND TOLD ME ABOUT HER. I TOLD HER I COULDNT AFFORD AN ANIMAL AT THAT TIME. SO WHAT DOES MY FRIEND DO, SHE COMES TO MY HOUSE WITH THE CAT, A SKINNY BLACK AND WHITE CAT. SHE ALSO HAD 2 GREAT BIG BAGS OF FOOD. SO I ENDED UP WITH A CAT. I NAMED HER OREO BECAUSE OF HER COLOR. WE QUICKLY MADE FRIENDS. SHE HAD AS MUCH ATTITUDE AS I HAVE. WE GOT ALONG PERFUCTLY. SHE DIDNT LIKE MEN TOO MUCH. AFTER ABUT 3 YEARS SHE HAD GAINED UP TO 30 LBS. SO WE CALLED HER "MCCOW; WE THAUGHT SHE LOOKED LIKE A BLACK AND WHITE COW.
A FRIEND OF MINE FROM NY CAME DOWN HE DROVE ALL NIGHT AND WHEN HE GOT TO MY HOUSE HE WAS SOO TIRED. I TOLD HIM TO GO LAY DOWN AND WHEN HE WOKE WE WOULD GO FROM THERE. LITTLE DID I KNOW MCCOW WENT INTO THE BEDROOM SNIFFED AROUND HIM AND PEAED ON HIS HEAD. HE STARTED YELLING. WHEN I FOUND OUT WHAT WAS DONE AND I QUIT LAUGHING I INTODUCED HIM TO MCCOW. FROM THEN OUT HE KEPT HIS DISTANCE.
SHE DID ALOT OF FUNNY THINGS IN HER LIFE TIME.
SHE WAS A MATURE CAT WHEN I GOT HER. THE FIRST VET VISIT A WEEK AFTER I GOT HER THE DOCTOR SAID SHE WAS 10 YS.
I HAD A GERBAL IN A FISH TANK ON THE FLOOR OF MY LIVING ROOM. IN IT WERE PAPER ROLLS AND ALL SORTS OF TUNNELS HE MADE. MCCOW WOULD SIT AT THE OTHER END OF THE ROOM AND WATCH HIM. HE WAS ALSO BLACK AND WHITE. HIS NAME WAS BOOKER T. WHILE WATCHING HIM WHEN HE WOULD COME OUT OF HIDING SHE WOULD RUN HER FAT SELF TWARD THE TANK AND HE WOULD RUN. IT WAS LIKE A GAME THEY WOULD PLAY. I DID MAKE SURE THAT THE TOP WAS ON THERE WITH WEIGHTS AS WELL I REALLY DIDNT KNOW WHAT SHE WOULD OR WOULD NOT DO.
SHE GAVE ME MANY YEARS OF LOVE AND FUN.
IN 2011 SHE CAUGHT CANCER AND I HAD TO PUT HER DOWN IN SEPTEMBER. THAT WAS THE HARDEST THING I HAVE EVER HAD TO DO. I FELT LIKE I HAD LET HER DOWN. EVEN THO THE DOCTOR SAID THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO IT WAS STILL A HARD DAY.
MY FRIEND THAT GAVE ME THE CAT SENT ME THE POEM THE RAINBOW BRIDGE. AFTER CRYING I THAUGHT IT WAS THE NICEST THING. I HAVE SHARED IT WITH ALOT OF MY FRIENDS THAT HAVE LOST PETS.
IT IS JUST WHAT I THINK HEAVEN IS.