To my Willie-Boy.

Thanks:

for waking me up every day with your "monkey meow", your knock on the door or your burrow under the blanket

for walking the kids to the bus stop every day and waiting 'til they got on to come home

for treating me like your mom, snuggling with me every day & making me your favorite

for bringing me so many presents, even though I didn't appreciate any of them

for making friends with even the most resistant of people

for always making us laugh

for playing in the snow, having a sweet tooth, climbing under the sheets, getting in the dryer, having "fun time" with the blankets, sleeping with your head down like you were praying, prancing in front of our cars & then getting into them for a ride,

running to me when I called you and always staying on the walkway

Most of all, thanks for giving me your unconditional love, being glad to see me every day & making me happy. You were the best Willis. I already miss you chocolate kitty.

She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as a lasting companion and make it a sharer in her thoughts.

George Eliot

That tattoo is so much better now

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Lao Tzu