1st Birthday

Hard to believe time has passed so quickly... here he is on his 1st birthday... my favorite photo

Love a baby with cake on his face & everywhere else!

In his Dad's chair... like father like son!

Birthday toys!

Nonnie & her curly headed boy!

Rest in Peace - Higgins

Higgins, my doppelganger is no more… am I therefore… no more? My most loved kitty is gone after 16 years of devotion… how can I go on? Who will be my kitty nurse when I am sick? She stayed at my side the entire time I was sick, too many times to remember. David insisted that I had to have a cat (he wanted a dog, actually) to be in the house so I would not be alone. Thus Higgins came into my life. In the last 4 months she lost more than half of her kitty weight and then in the last 4 days she lost ½ pound all the while eating like crazy!

Already it has only been 2 days and the house has an incredible void, I feel it, Mom feels it. We miss being greeted by Higgins when we come into the house. She always stood at the top of the stairs and gave a loud meow when we came home… every time, never missed. In the basement, you could hear the thump where she jumped down from wherever she was so she could greet us at the top of the stairs to greet us. I have removed the litter box and all of the stuff that go with it, cleaned the floor, and it is like she was never there… but she was there beloved for many years. I have taken up the food and water dishes, thrown away the medicine and catnip… gone. I miss her terribly

Sitting on the commode in the morning she would always come in, sit on the floor in front of me and meow to say good morning. Sometimes she would play with the toilet paper drifting in the air of the heating vent. Long time ago, I learned to put the tp over the top so Higgins would not unwind the entire roll in one of her playful moods.

She was a proud kitty, spending so much time on her personal grooming, sometimes to the point of distraction. She sat so proudly at the window guarding the house from marauding birds or just checking out the other cats that crossed the yard. I miss her sitting on the various places she loved to sit… the back of the couch or on the top of the chair in front of the window, on the dining room table, on my lap. My lap the most, I miss her warmth sitting on my lap, grooming herself or sleeping, she was always so warm.  I miss her. I miss her now as I type this… not sitting in my lap. Higgins & the computer sitting in my lap, it is a good thing that I have a big lap.

Goodbye my good and faithful friend, goodbye Higgins. To say I will miss you is a complete understatement. Rest in peace.

Mom & Higgins in a standard position.