Devastating and Dejecting News:

Fare thee well sweet Meezer...

Our little unit was shattered when a neighbor across the street brought our 10 year old Tonkinese/Siamese mix cat "Wolfgang" to the CO last night in a box. They stated that their next door neighbor had struck a cat while driving down the street and that they originally thought that it was our neighbor's cat. They recognized the markings on his fur and brought him over.

Needless to say, Wolfgang had suffered significant trauma and was dead.

The CO contacted me at work yesterday evening and told me the sad news. She had held out hope that it was not our cat, given the trauma to him, but when I returned from shift this morning his markings and soft fur was a clear give-away.

For those of you that may read this post and could care less about felines or for a beloved family pet then please surf someplace else immediately.

As many of you know and have witnessed in person, this cat was and I quote "the best dog that I ever had in a cat's body". Since we first found him the the Animal Medical League (actually he found me when he reached his paw through the cage and batted my head while we were looking at another feline below. It was love at first sight. This cat turned me, the XO, from a person that despised cats into a fervent cat lover. He came when you called his name, rode around on my shoulders, fetched balls when he was younger and always had something uplifting to say no matter how bad your day was going. He was, and I have modified a bit of bible verse, the alpha and omega of cats.
You may say that "How much could we love this cat if we let him get out and get run over by a car..." Well, during the later part of his life, with two rambunctious human kids in the house (a 2 1/2 year old and a five year old), Wolfgang preferred to spend a good portion of his daytime outside in the immediate area around our house. He would rarely wander to the end of our fence line or our property. I guess you could say he was a homebody. I can only assume that he decided to chase off one of the neighborhood strays that came into our yard and accidentally ran into the street.
I will be sure to post a picture of this remarkable and loving family companion as soon as I can get around to looking at pictures of him again.
As much as we will miss him I am positive that he is chasing balls and sitting on the lap of the CO's mom up in heaven getting "scritches" behind his ears.

Thanks for coming into my life you lovable Meezer...........

XO