It looks like my lovely Marley cat is taking that one way trip to the vet this afternoon. His cancer is spreading and he is not eating. I know it's the right thing to do, but what a hard thing to do. He has been a part of our lives since 1994, when we met him as a tiny fluffy kitten. He grew and grew into a very big strong cat and we adopted him when his first people, our neighbours, moved away. We kept him secret for a year as we were renting a house where we weren't supposed to keep a pet. When we bought a house along the road, we walked him up there every evening so he could get used to the new place. He soon settled down there and enjoyed the challenges of a three storey house, making use of decks and roofs and windows and trees to access all areas. He was really annoyed, but not singed, when the house burnt down in 2005. We built him a new house and he liked that too. He likes to sleep in the sun behind the curtains covering the floor length windows, so we sometimes didn't know he was there. Marley likes flowers. I had to keep vases of flowers on the floor or he would climb up and get them. He was an identity in the neighbourhood. Thank you to Amalia, Ceri, and Debbie for feeding him when we went away for a few days. Thank you to Mel next door for hosting him during the housebuilding months.
I am very, very sad to say goodbye to him. He is such a lovely cat. He will be missed.
Thank you Marley for all the love.
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