Day 332: Today's "Happy" is one I share with mixed emotions. Today I am remembering my little Thomas Cat and, though the anniversary isn't a happy one, the little dude has been on my mind. Most of my memories with him are great, so today I kind of feel like I want to post about him. One year ago tomorrow he and I said goodnight for the last time. I adopted Thomas when I was living in TO during my second year of uni. I was living in an apt, the second floor of an old house just north of Chinatown with four other Ladies, and our home had mice. I'd always loved animals and so I was delighted when my roomies agreed we could get a cat. Down to the Humane Society we went and there we saw a lot of nice looking cats, and there were two that really caught my attention: a small orange kitten and this giant grey tabby named Tom. The kitten was adorable, and Tom looked like Tom from "Tom and Jerry". Humming and hawing between the two my Friend who was with me helped me decide by pointing out that lots of people would likely want a kitten, and fewer people would look at a 22lb adult. So Thomas I picked, and we lugged him home on the streetcar. That night began a mostly awesome/sometimes rocky 13 year relationship. We had our ups and our downs, he was extremely aloof and sometimes temperamental (he puked in my Friend's shoe once just to spite him), but in all I wouldn't have traded him for anything. He was my constant companion, my little buddy, and he was there for me through some high highs, and my lowest of lows. Watching his health degrade once he was diagnosed with pancreatitis and heart disease, watching my once robust and stocky boy shrink into a small old-man cat was hard. Saying goodbye was harder. I was with him through it all, holding his little head as he crossed the rainbow bridge, and it was one of the hardest things I've ever done. I miss him a lot, but I'm so Happy that I had him around all those years. My new little Friend, Ginger, is *nothing* like him at all. That's nice in a way. You can't "replace" someone like him. So today, Thomas, my Happy is for you. Thanks for the memories. #365happydays
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