My dear friend Loretta's mind-game playing, sweet, pink-nosed, 16 year old kitty had to be put to sleep yesterday. I drove up to Austin to be with Loretta as she decided what would be best for her darling baby onion cat. Clarice the cat had been at the vet's office for days trying to combat a common cold that her frail 5 pound body just couldn't shake. By the time I saw her again, only one week since her diagnosis, she was struggling to breathe and just looked at me with her angel-dust eyes, so sad and miserable. Clarice looked right at me and told me to tell Loretta to let her go. I just felt her say it. Loretta knew. The sadness was palpable as Loretta signed the authorization. We are so much more humane with our animals. So, quietly, peacefully, and most importantly, with love, Clarice Mau-Mau Holland was sent to the great kitty box in the sky where there will be no more needles to poke her, or infections, or kidney disease, or even tail fits. I wish for her: warm red blankets, kitty hash, plenty of snacky-snack, memories of her mommy who loved her so and her Aunt Jenny who spent 7 years working to pet her. We all, Loretta, Aunt Jenny, Mitzie Mouse, and Zoey will miss her. May she rest in peace and proceed to her next life in love.
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