In Loving Memory of Buddy Joseph
1998 - September 3, 2013
Fifteen years ago you came wandering over to our apartment door and life has never been the same since. Maybe you had grown tired of living out of the dumpster...maybe you didn't want to fight off racoons just for a bite to eat...who knows. It doesn't really matter. You ended up finding a family to take you in and it's going to be hard to imagine life without you now.
When I think of you I'll laugh about how you used to hide behind the door and bite my ankles, or purposefully walk along the counter top and knock my plants over. It wasn't funny then, but it makes me smile now. I can't believe I almost gave you away shortly after we took you in until that morning I took you for your haircut and you meowed pathetically and wrapped your big paws around my neck like you wouldn't let go. We've been the best of friends ever since.
You purred like a freight train, snored louder than anyone else in this house, and kept your position at the top no matter how many new four-legged children joined the family. You've been a fixture in our home for so many years.
We miss you already.
These last days have been so hard, but I imagine now you are finally at peace. We will remember you often and think of how much of our lives you have shared with us. Thank you for stopping by so many years ago and for staying with us this long.
"What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply, becomes a part of us."
- Helen Keller
I am so sorry. I know how much Buddy meant. I used to love to get down on the floor with him and he would lick my forehead. The only cat who ever did that with me. Of course I remember the time we told Dad to do it and he bit Dad. But what a sweetie he was. We all will miss him but I know not as much as you all will. My thoughts and prayers are with you.Love, Mom
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