Poem For Cats  And God asked the feline spirit Are you ready to come home? Oh, yes, quite so, replied the precious soul And, as a cat, you know I am most able To decide anything for myself. Are you coming then? asked God. Soon, replied the whiskered angel But I must come slowly For my human friends are troubled For you see, they need me, quite certainly. But don't they understand? asked God That you'll never leave them? That your souls are intertwined. For all eternity? That nothing is created or destroyed? It just is....forever and ever and ever. Eventually they will understand, Replied the glorious cat For I will whisper into their hearts That I am always with them I just am....forever and ever and ever.  Author Unknown

 

When Queen Midnight came into my life she was just 
Midnight, a fuzzy little black thing from the animal 
shelter. Drew and I brought her home and loved her, 
and she quickly took over. At some point we learned 
that she was a queen and we'd best shape up.

She wasn't very old when she let me know that a 
single home wasn't enough for her: she wanted the 
world. I didn't know how I could give her the world, 
but I could introduce her to the world of the 
internet. 

In a few months she was running a gigantic home for 
cats on the internet (named CLAW), and complaining that it was too much for one set of paws. We brought Plato in from the barn and put her to work too.

Things went well until the kitties started getting 
older. Older kitties sometimes get sick, and QM was 
no exception. She developed chronic kidney failure. 
The vet said that she was feeling no pain, but I knew 
that she didn't feel well. I forced her to cut back on 
her work. She bit me, but went along so that she 
could nap more.

Soon she was doing nothing but eating and sleeping, so I gently closed out her activities. When she found out, she bit me again, and Fur and Fang was the result. By this time, Plato had gone to the Rainbow Bridge, and cheerful Sunny was trying to fill her pawprints.

After only a year, Queen Midnight followed Plato to 
the Rainbow Bridge. Sunny was distraught, and left 
to live at a sanctuary for cats. I moved out of state, 
carrying QM's ashes, and my memories with me. 

I was very lucky to have Queen Midnight in my life. 
She blessed me with her presence, and her strong 
personality. Sometimes she bossed me about with 
tooth and fang, but when the day was over she curled 
up in my lap and purred. 

She was a very special cat, and I miss her a great 
deal.
Cindy