my first and forever! 10 year old me didn't know what was coming, but it was a kitten named kitty who fought till the very end. 18 years on and I love you with my whole heart; the house feels incredibly empty without you and I will have to get used to this but i'll rest easy knowing you're at peace now, after battling heart failure for a full 14 months! most people are given less than half of that but you gave us a full year—and you were probably willing to give more. A fighter, through and through.
in the meantime, there is so much to remember—your love for incredibly small spaces, your constant glares, your endless grooming. and lest we forget, some of the bite marks and scratches you left me will never really go away. but there's barely been a day when you weren't the first soul I looked for in the morning, or when I didn't fall asleep next to you. thank you for being my partner-in-crime, my sister and my best friend—all words that don't feel exactly right but perhaps the easiest way to describe you was that you were just mine. thank you for letting me be your human, and i love you kitty. forever and ever and ever; we'll be kitty and az. there won't be a single day I won't be thinking of you, and may you rest easy in jannah ❤️
