MY HARLEY WAS MY ONLY FRIEND. AND IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME I WOULD CHANGE ALOT OF THINGS AND MAYBE SHE WOULD STILL BE ALIVE. YOU SEE WE HAD A MALE CAT TOO THAT BELONGED TO MY NEICE THAT STAYED WITH US FOR A SHORT TIME AND HARLEY BECAME PREGNANT.I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT SHE HAD COME INTO HEAT WHILE THE MALE CAT WAS THERE, BUT I WAS EXCITED FOR HER TO BECOME A MOTHER. WHEN SHE HAD THE BABIES SHE GAVE BIRTH TO SEVEN AND ONE WAS BORN DEAD. I WAS UPSET BUT WAS GLAD THAT SHE WAS OKAY. MY HARLEY WAS A GOOD MOTHER SHE TENDED TO HER BABIES AS GOOD AS ANY MOTHER WOULD. BUT AFTER A WEEK OF NURSING I NOTICED THAT SHE WAS LOSING WEIGHT. I TALKED TO SOME OF MY FRIENDS AND THEY TOLD ME TO FEED HER KITTEN FOOD THAT IT HAD MORE CALORIES AND VITAMINS THAT SHE NEEDED. SHE STILL CONTINUED TO LOSE WEIGHT. I WAS BEGINNING TO WORRY ABOUT HER. SO I STARTED FEEDING THE BABIES CANNED FOOD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I TRIED TO KEEP THE KITTENS FROM NURSING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE SO THAT MAYBE SHE COULD GET HER STRENGTH AND WEIGHT BACK UP. SHE STARTED TO LOOK ALITTLE BETTER AND THEN THE WEIGHT DROPPED AGAIN. AND ALL AT ONCE SHE BEGAN TO FALTER IN A FEW SHORT HOURS. SHE DIED WITH MY SON AND I BY HER SIDE TELLING HER THAT WE LOVED HER AND WOULD MISS HER GREATLY. SHE LET OUT ONE LAST MEOW AND REACHED HER PAW OUT TO MY SON AND TOOK HER LAST BREATH. SHE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED. I WILL MISS OUR QUIET MORNINGS WHEN MY HUSBAND AND SON WENT TO WORK AND SCHOOL. I WILL MISS HER GREETING ME EVERY MORNING WITH HER PERKY "GOOD MORNING" MEOW. I WILL MISS HER FOLLOWING ME THROUGH THE HOUSE AFRAID THAT SHE WILL MISS SOMETHING. I WILL MISS HER PERIOD. THE KITTENS WILL BE OKAY I'M SURE. THEY ARE ALL EATING ON THEIR OWN NOW. I KNOW THAT I WILL GREATLY MISS MY BEST FRIEND, THE ONE THAT NEVER JUDGED ME. I LOVE YOU HARLEY, I WILL MEET YOU AT THE RAINBOW BRIDGE.