You are very much loved and will forever be missed.
I am so lucky to have had 17 years with such a smart and handsome kitty. And believe it or not, I didn't pick Bill -- he found his way to me through my record store boss when I was in college.
You see, she was house hunting in Chula Vista, and saw a Free Kittens sign.
She knew I had just moved into my own place -- an improbable Alice in Wonderland style cottage behind a house, with a couple of acres of canyonlands fenced in. And I missed my kitties at home terribly.
Thus, she and her boyfriend Todd picked up this little guy, and headed back to San Diego.
"Did you still want a kitty?" she asked me on the phone while I was at the counter. "Yes..." I replied.
"Well, stay there!" she commanded.
An hour or so later she walked in with this little guy.
He was so tiny he fit into the palm of one hand. Upon meeting me he mewed until I snuggled him into my neck, at which point he started purring and nuzzling my neck. I was immediately in love with him.
He definitely preferred his spacious SoCal yard to our tiny San Francisco apartments. But he made due.
I will carry him around in my heart always.
