MAMA CAME TO ME AS A FRIGHTENED ABUSED CAT. AS TIME PASSED SHE BEGAN TO TRUST ME AND WE BECAME VERY CLOSE, THROUGH THE YEARS SHE HAD MANY COMPANION CATS , AND HAS LEFT BEHIND HER COMPANION CAT CHACHI, WHO WILL MISS HAVING HER AROUND. EVERYONE LOVED MAMA AND SHE LOVED FOOD. SHE WAS A FULL FIGURED GIRL WHO ALWAYS MADE ME SMILE. SHE SLEPT WITH ME AND ALWAYS FOLLOWED THE TRAIL OF FOOD. AS HER HEALTH DECLINED I NOTICED THAT SHE WASNT THE OLD MAMA ,SHE DIDNT HAVE THAT SPARKLE IN HER EYES, I THINK THAT IF SHE COULD HAVE SPOKEN SHE WOULD HAVE SAID 'I THINK I SHALL GO NOW.' AND IF SHE COULD MAKE THE CHOICE SHE WOULD HAVE. I WILL ALWAYS KEEP HER CLOSE TO ME AND IN MY HEART, I WILL NEVER FORGET HOW SHE MADE ME SMILE AND HOW HAPPY SHE WAS . MAMA I WILL NEVER EVER FORGET YOU OR STOP TALKING ABOUT ABOUT YOU SO THAT I CAN KEEP YOUR MEMORY ALIVE. MAMA YOU REST NOW AND BE PEACEFUL I WILL SEE YOU AGAIN. MOMMY "Unlike us, cats never outgrow their delight in cat capacities, nor do they settle finally for limitations. Cats, I think, live out their lives fulfilling their expectations." -Irving Townsend http://www.indigo.org/rainbowbridge_ver2.html