I struggled a little with Jake’s topic this week; “wonderful” is not a word I use often. (I tend to be more of a “fabulous” girl…giggle.)
I pondered. When do I use the word? It tends to be about something large in scope, something made up of a lot of small details, or something abstract like a trip or a story…or a life.
I started focusing on a “wonderful life” because of the movie by that name. As usual that initially made me think of my dad, but I have written about him a lot. My second thought was of the pets I have had in my life, all wonderful in their own individual ways. Ultimately for this post, I chose Simone, the kitty we called “the queen.”
Simone was over 20 years old when she died; she was the center of our lives, and believe me, she ruled our little kingdom. (If you want to read a bit more about her, check out this post…warning: it is a tearjerker.)
This was what I wrote on Facebook when she passed away in 2009: Rest in Peace our beloved girl. She lived quite a life: 3 states, 6 homes, thousands of miles. She loved baseball, hockey, and Wolf Blitzer (!). She loved Alan’s cooking. She was the queen of kitties and will always live in our hearts.
The condolence wishes were many because she was family. Our friends knew the stories: how she used to stop the cuckoo clock by grabbing the pendulum because it kept her awake; how she would lie on top of the tv when a hockey game was on and chase the players with her paw; how she loved certain music and would sit mesmerized in front of the TV when Wolf Blitzer reported on CNN; how she hung around when my husband cooked and had to have just a taste of everything. When she went in for her check-up at 15 years old, the vet was amazed at her and wrote in capital letters in her record: AN EXCELLENT KITTY! I loved that she said that at the time, but now I say, “No…she was gentle, strong, loving and WONDERFUL!”
She really was wonderful Sue…and so beautiful. I love all her colours.
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It’s funny, Jo, when I adopted her she was skinny and had a cold. My mother said, “Why did you pick ‘that’?” My mother did not see her for a while; she got healthy and filled out. The next time my mother saw her, she gasped and said, “She’s beautiful!” As a proud mom I smiled and said, “Yes, she is.”
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Now you see that is why you are wonderful…you saw the beauty in her right from the start.
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🙂
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Wonderfu post Sued I`m a dog and cat lover too, Thanks for sharing my friend 🙂
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There’s a lot of us out there Jake! 🙂
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[…] I just posted photos of my old cat Simone in response to Jake’s Sunday Post Challenge: Wonderf… So now Zoee and Aimee get their turn. When they were kittens they were always together. […]
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Our pets are wonderful… This works.
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