http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ Daily Kitten Chat Forum Topic: Memorial to Lady en Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:45:59 +0000 http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20002#post-432589 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:03:35 +0000 KPMom 432589@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Chapter V posted. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20002#post-432195 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:58:21 +0000 JoanfromNewJersey 432195@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Thanks for bumping this. I enjoyed chapter 1 - off to read the next chapter! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20002#post-432115 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:24:51 +0000 KPMom 432115@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Chapter IV is posted. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20002#post-431654 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:59:29 +0000 KPMom 431654@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Chapters II and III are now ready. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20002#post-431088 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:45:39 +0000 2bpurring 431088@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Oh must go to chapter 2...could someone please bump 3 and 4 till monday?? </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20002#post-431082 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:39:32 +0000 Karenopa 431082@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Oh I'm lovin' it! I only just found this this morning (Fri.) and am now off to read chapter two. =D </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20002#post-430691 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:06:48 +0000 AZDEBRA 5/27 & crew 430691@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Well written and thank you for sharing it KPM :) </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20002#post-430606 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:49:29 +0000 kittymom 430606@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I am eagerly awaiting chapter two, KPM..... *tapping foot* ;-) </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20002#post-430516 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:53:01 +0000 Cat talk rules 430516@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I will wait for chapter 2 but not patiently. :) I am intrigued so far. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20002#post-430486 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:00:21 +0000 KPMom 430486@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I think one reason my cats live long healthy lives is that I don't have stress issues with them. According to 'The Doctors', stress leads to all sorts of killer conditions. Due to cats' ESP, they tend to live up to your expectations. And my friend taught me long ago to expect nothing but the best for and from them. I almost never have to say no to them. We develop a workable set of rules that makes everybody happy, and it's a win-win situation. If something does go wrong, they have the inner strength to handle it, with as much help from me as I can find to give.</p> <p>I wish it was as easy to get along with people. KPMom </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20002#post-430448 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:32:12 +0000 Annie R 430448@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Bless you KPMom, keep the stories coming! I'm w/Sheba's mom...I would love it if my kitties live to be 26, that's amazing! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20002#post-430421 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:59:25 +0000 Sheba's Mom in Phoenix, AZ 10/8 430421@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Wow, I hope Sheba lives for 26 years! You must be doing something right for them to live such long lives----I look forward to the next chapters. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20002#post-430403 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:55:32 +0000 KPMom 430403@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>This is a longer story, so it will take four chapters. Lady is NOT Mycat, but she is a phenomenon in her own right.<br /> For info on Ren Faire, see KPMom's 26 years.<br /> _____________________________________________________________________________</p> <p> Memorial to Lady - Chapter I</p> <p>Lady was a delicate little black cat who lived with me for twenty-six years, but I only knew her for three of them.</p> <p>I guess that opening statement requires a little explanation. I was living in a two-cat household, with an elderly cat named Spot (a la Data), and a new rescue tortoiseshell kitten I called Goblette. Goblette was an alpha cat and was destined to become my forever cat, but her legend is another story. One day I heard a commotion outside my back door, and I discovered two little boys, trying to bury two little kittens alive.<br /> The kittens were objecting, and so did I. It took me about three seconds to rescue the kittens and bring them in to make a four-cat household.</p> <p>One of the new kittens was a tortoiseshell--almost a twin to Goblette--whom I called Other, (as in 'That other tortoiseshell cat'), and the second was black, small, fragile, and ladylike, hence Lady.</p> <p>Lady was small, but her feet were tiny; so tiny that as she grew, when she walked upon my person, her feet hurt me. Goblette, who was twice Lady's size, didn't hurt at all; her feet were as big as saucers. Sort of like the difference between a woman's stilleto heel and a moccasin. So, for her first twenty-three years, except for an illness which she survived and another cat didn't, Lady's feet were the most noteworthy thing about her.</p> <p>The household was organized thusly--as long as Spot was alive, the two alpha cats divided the house between them; Spot reigned in the kitchen and dining room, Goblette had the bedrooms and bathrooms, and the living room was neutral space. When Spot passed on to the Elysian Fields, Goblette reigned supreme.</p> <p>As for Other and Lady, they lived in Goblette's shadow. They were fed, petted, sheltered, doctored when necessary, but they had only a marginal effect on the household. No real, serious attention was given to them, and they asked for none in return. And so things went for twenty-three years.</p> <p>In the fullness of time, Other passed away, and then Goblette. And that left Lady, hale, hearty, sprightly, just starting to get deaf, but with no other signs of her age. I worried that she could be lonely, could grieve for her companions. How wrong could I be?<br /> _____________________________________________________________________________</p> <p>Tomorrow, Chapter II</p> <p>Is everybody OK with serial stories? 'Cause I've got more, not necessarily about cats, but nature stories and observations.</p> <p>Until tomorrow, bless you all. KPMom. </p>