Our sweet Alcyone.  14 short years on this earth and the 9 years you spent with us have gone by so quickly.  Everyone you have touched will remember you fondly.  We will remember how you loved to play with little fuzzy toy mice and all of the times you played “attack the human’s feet”.  We will remember your little meow in anticipation of salmon and how you chased imaginary objects around the house at the speed of light.  Most of all, we will remember how cute and cozy you looked while lounging in the sunspots and watching all the wildlife through the windows.  

It was a very hard decision we all had to make when we found out that cancer took over your little body.  When our little “AC” wouldn’t play we knew something was not right with you.  You were playing one week then the next you had no desire to.  Cancer was the last thing we suspected.  We hope that you were not in pain during those last few days.  We know you were not ready to go so we wanted to spend a few more days with you to say “goodbye”.  It seemed this past Monday you were ready and, therefore, so were we.  

As you looked into my eyes, and felt our gentle touch while you took your final breath, I hope you were able to see all the love that surrounded you.  As you gave us all so many wonderful years of love and companionship we wanted to give you that one final gift of love:  letting you go.

WE LOVE YOU ALCYONE!  MISS YOU BIG TIME!  Sleep well little “Round-Head”.