Loss of a Family Member

Posted by: Charnell Lucich on: December 31, 2008

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My son found Rex wandering the streets one afternoon when he was a kitten. He was hungry, skinny, and it was very obvious someone had just dumped him off. So like any animal lover, my son brought Rex home and asked if we could keep him.

Rex has been in our family ever since and remained with us for many years. Always happy, always kept a kitten-like mentality, and was always your best-friend.

Yesterday afternoon, we lost Rex to an unknown disease. I’ve done my best to stay strong and not cry, keeping it positive for the rest of the family and continue to tell my children that Rex is in a better place now and I’ve been pretty successful at all of it. Until now.

As I sit and type this post, tears streaming uncontrollably down my cheeks, I can’t help but remember the times that Rex would come and jump in my lap while I was on this laptop. He would take over the keyboard, and curl up in my lap when he was finished making his presence known and sleep peacefully, purring. Often, when I was in the kitchen, he would always come in there with me wrapping himself around my legs, meowing repeatedly and we’d have our own “kitchen talk”.

Rex was also notorious for seeking out all of my black colored clothes and making a bed out of them, whether they were in the dirty clothes basket or if he found them hanging in the closet (he’d pull them down). Black clothes and orange cat hair were always a not-so-good combo, yet I always let him lay on them and sleep.

May you rest in peace Rex. We love you.