Johnny was my little Poohbear.  Whom I found at a shelter.  He was so small that he couldn't jump onto my bed at that time.  But - he grew to be 16 pounds!!  Not fat, just big.  He was my shadow ... followed me wherever I went and was always at my side with a paw on me when I was sick.  He seemed to have the ability to know when I really needed him by my side (after a break-up, after surgery, recovering from a cold, or just blue).  He'd come to me a rest by my side ... looking at me with his bedroom eyes ... and purr ever so quietly.  



He LOVED to knock things over: full glasses of water, push pennies off the counter, or watch pens, pencils, and asthma medicators fall to the floor.  He'd look up at me after doing this and seem to be saying "What? I didn't do that! It just fell!"  



He also loved to bug my mom's cat Ashes.  Ashes and Johnny fought for the power when they were in the same house.  Ashes was VERY VERY vocal about the spats.  She sounded like a Saber-Toothed Tiger.  Frequently all Johnny would be doing is sitting DIRECTLY in front of Ashes ... not doing anything - just looking.  "I'M NOT TOUCHING YOU!" 

Boy did that BUG Ahses!!!



I also called Johnny (Poohbear) my little Lambi-kins.  I called him this because I told him once he's as gentle as a lamb.  He never hurt anything (sure he annoyed Ashes, but never hurt her). The nickname Poohbear came because he walked like a big bear ... a teddy bear ... like pooh bear.  



I miss my Pooh SO VERY MUCH!!!  I had to put him down this past Sunday (Memorial Weekend).  I had come home (on Tuesday) from a brief trip ... and found him hugging the walls - not moving much at all.  It was a rapid decline from that to him crying out to me on Sunday.  Johnny was not a cat who spoke a lot.  When he did cry, it was a tiny squeak.  So, when he repeatedly cried out that Sunday, I knew he was very uncomfortable and was ready to say goodbye.  



I still don't know what happened.  Just that my best friend is no longer by my side and I have an empty spot on the pillow by my head -- not to mention the HUGE hole in my heart.