Ellie

2008 - 2023

TO OUR SCRAPPY MOUSER AND LAST MEMBER OF OUR TEXAS KITTY POSSE:

FROM THE MOMENT WE MET WHEN I SAW YOU PAN-HANDLING AT A CONVIENCE STORE ON THE CORNER OF AN INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS BUSY HIGHWAY INTERSECTION IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA I KNEW YOU WERE A SPECIAL KITTY. I SAID HELLO TO YOU AND YOU JUMPED INTO MY ARMS WITHOUT HESITATION OR FEAR. I COULD SEE YOU WERE A STREET SMART TORTI FROM THE TEAR IN YOUR EAR. YOU WERE TRYING TO STAY WARM HUDDLED IN A BUNCH OF HAY IN THE BACK OF A PICK-UP TRUCK.

I CALLED TO YOU AND YOU CAME RUNNING TO ME. YOU CAME HOME THAT NIGHT WITH ME AND I KNEW IT WOULDN'T BE LONG BEFORE YOU BECAME PART OF OUR FAMILY.

YOU BECAME MY 4TH FUR-BABY PUTTING ME ON THE PATH TO BECOMING A CRAZY CAT WOMAN, BUT AS FAIT WOULD KNOW IT - I MET SOMEONE WHO LOVED CATS JUST AS MUCH AS ME. NEXT THING I KNEW WE WERE MARRIED AND YOU HAD ADOPTED HIM AS YOUR OWN BEFORE I KNEW IT.

YOU MADE THE TRIP FROM DALLAS TO SEATTLE WITH YOUR FUR-SIBBLINGS. MAKING THIS THE THIRD STATE YOU HAD CALLED HOME. WHEN WE HAD CHILDREN YOU BECAME A BIG SISTER, YOU ENTERTAINED OUR CHILDREN AND HAD THE PATIENCE TO KNOW WHEN TO STAY CLEAR OF THEM. ALONG THE WAY YOU TAUGHT YOUR HUMAN SIBLINGS SO MANY THINGS LIKE THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE THAT ONLY A FUR-CHILD CAN.

YOU WERE A PROLIFIC HUNTRESS SHOWING YOUR APPRECIATION BY BRINGING US MICE BY THE DOZEN, VOLES, LIZARDS AND MORE. BECAUSE OF YOU I BECAME PART OF THE BUNNY RELOCATION PROGRAM.

OUR FAMILY WAS BLESSED TO HAVE HAD SUCH AN AMAZING FUR-CHILD AS YOU.
THE MEMORIES WE HAVE CREATED WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN EVEN WHEN THINGS BECAME ROUGH IN THE END YOU NEVER STOPPED FIGHTING OR SHOWING US LOVE. YOU HAVE BEEN A BLESSING SINCE THE MOMENT YOU SET PAW INTO OUR LIVES AND YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.

WE LOVE YOU ELLIE KITTY AND ALWAYS WILL.