Tyme2fish
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Cricket, aka Momma Cat, passed away this morning at 10:30 AM. She gave 20 years of happiness and joy to those of us that served her.
Dogs have owners and cats have staff. We were her staff. My adult boys, now 26 and 27,
were only youngsters when she came into our lives.
She wandered here from our neighbor about half a mile north of us when she was barely weaned. She was smaller than a tea cup and infested with fleas. We cleaned her up and nourished her and she remained with us for these past 20 years.
Although her name was officially "Cricket" we always called her Momma Cat. She had one litter and then she was fixed.
One funny story: She was very protective of her 'turf". Two years ago at our annual party, she ran after a hound dog around the post in our garage to defend her territory. If we only had a video camera operating, I'm sure we could have won a prize in America's Funniest Home Videos.
Dogs have owners and cats have staff. We were her staff. My adult boys, now 26 and 27,
were only youngsters when she came into our lives.
She wandered here from our neighbor about half a mile north of us when she was barely weaned. She was smaller than a tea cup and infested with fleas. We cleaned her up and nourished her and she remained with us for these past 20 years.
Although her name was officially "Cricket" we always called her Momma Cat. She had one litter and then she was fixed.
One funny story: She was very protective of her 'turf". Two years ago at our annual party, she ran after a hound dog around the post in our garage to defend her territory. If we only had a video camera operating, I'm sure we could have won a prize in America's Funniest Home Videos.