Heaven Welcomes Shadow

Well, sadly, Shadow died last night. It was probably for the best since she couldn't hear and would fall asleep while she was walking and fall over. Poor thing. Nick discovered her dead this morning in the garage. Lots of good memories with old Shadow. She would climb up the big tree out back to the very top and bounce from limb to limb getting down. She would climb the tree by the front porch, climb up over the roof onto Kimmy's patio. She was a proud cat, Shadow was. She thought she was better than everybody else, thought she could just come in the house and take over (which she was allowed in the house until the last couple of years when I had enough!) Oh, the good times I had chasing her with a broomstick trying to swat her on the bottom to get her out the door when she would sneek in. The good times watching her catch a beautiful robin or a mouse and then leaving it on the front porch rug so that we could be impressed. Yes, we were impressed, dear Shadow, not with the birds, but the mice you found. Now you can make amends up in heaven with them. She gave such joy to our kids (Scott tossing her when she jumped on him, Kim being allergic and ignoring her, just to name of few). She lived through Brett, chasing, catching, trying to get her to run through the sprinklers with him. Even the grandkids got a kick out of her, screaming when she got near (that was only the girls BTW), playing with her tail and watching her strut off into the sunset (across the street). Little Annie that lives up the street will surely miss Shadow as she use to watch for her when she would walk with her mother each morning. Only when Shadow was in a good mood would she appear and bless us with her presence. Nick and I already had a memorial for her this morning on the way into SLC as we talked a couple of minutes about her. She lived to a good old age, that Shadow--1989 to 2009--20 human years, 140 in cat years. In closing, may I suggest that everyone take a moment, bow your head and think of her, she would appreciate it so much.

Here she is in the background, the only picture we have of her. May she rest in peace out back!