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Rocky
Born on 9/2/1995
Departed on 2/8/2009
Rocky was a registered French” Birman” Kitty and was from a long line of Blue Ribbon winners. He was with us for 14 ½ years and was the best kitty ever. We loved him so much and miss him every day. He is buried in our back yard wrapped in his Carolina Blue Blanket that he always laid on.
No pitty-pat-paws on the stairs greeting me home from work.
No little brown head peering around the corner to welcome me.
No patient vigil at the refrigerator silently legislating for one more treat.
No ball of fur on the pillow, lump in the sheets, or regal one leg extended pose on the bed.
No garage-walks inspecting the old and the new or hide and seek.
No calls for running water day and night.
No alarm-cat wakeups at precisely 7 am.
No morning eye-rubs on Darlene’s stomach.
No tail in the doorway as I do my Yoga.
No companion watching TV on his blanket between Darlene and me.
I finally get it. Impermanence. After reciting Buddha’s 4th remembrance thousands of times it is Rocky who teaches me. “All that we hold dear and everyone we love are of the nature to change. There is no way to escape being separated from them”. The inevitability and unpredictability of impermanence makes it imperative we live in each moment and cherish what we have for it will surely be gone.
Rocky is gone and tears flow from the hole in my heart.
I will never be the same.