BAKHITA

2016 - 2022

A STRAY KITTEN, YOU FOUND ME ON MY BIRTHDAY, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE WONDERFUL MEMORIES. YOUR LIFE WAS TOO SHORT BUT YOU WERE ALERT, FIESTY AND ENERGETIC TO THE END. YOU LOVED HUNTING AND BEING OUTSIDE. MY FAVORITE MEMORY WAS YOU CHASING THE DEER OUT OF OUR YARD. ALSO, I LOVED WHEN YOU WOULD RUN THRU THE HOUSE AND HID BEHIND THE COUCH, POPPING UP JUST YOUR HEAD AS IF PLAYING PEEK A BOO.
YOUR CREMATION ON ALL SAINTS DAY IS A SIGN FROM HEAVEN - I NAMED YOU AFTER ST. BAKHITA. I SAW WHITE FEATHERS AND AN ANGEL THE DAY AFTER YOU DIED. I KNOW YOU ARE CHASING BUTTERFLIES IN HEAVEN. I KNOW I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN SOMEDAY. BUT UNTIL THEN, I WILL MISS SEEING YOU WAITING FOR ME IN THE WINDOW TO COME HOME FROM WORK, AND ALL THE TIMES YOU CUDDLED WITH ME ON MY LAP.