The Story of Kitty, part 1 of 2

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Well, it has been one year since Kitty died. The memories are still fresh, but this house is, oh, so incredibly empty without her.



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I had always regarded myself as some sort of private and reclusive person--but that was before Kitty arrived to teach me that "no man is an island".



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So, in a way I became a dad--doing all the things that dads do. Love became just as important as food, and Kitty would eagerly chow-down on both.



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My little "helper" at the keyboard... Yes, normally Kitty would be right here on my lap making typing as difficult as she possibly could.



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So each morning for years, starting back in 2004, Kitty helped me type-out her own blog--KittyBLOG--the daily doings of Kitty. Okay, admittedly our writing got a bit sophomoric at times, but we had great fun.



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And never a discouraging word out of my beloved Kitty... Her demands were simple--food and love and one lap to occupy.



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So the story begins... One Saturday morning I heard an excited knock at my door--little Jolie from upstairs had GREAT news--they were going to the animal shelter to pick out a cat. Jolie was only 9 or 10 at the time, but she was quite the organizer--she had already made inquiries on the specifics of what the animal shelter had available for adoption.



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When Jolie mentioned, among a long list of others, that they had a black and white "tudedo" cat, something stirred inside me and I instantly told Jolie this one would be the one to pick. Little did I know that this black and white "tudedo" cat would eventually come to live with me. As I mentioned, she brought along with her that proverbial little lesson, "no man is an island".


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