QUOTE (LoveThem @ Aug 1 2008, 10:53 AM)

Thanks, Jon, for the photo. It truly made me LOL.
......just started out my day beautifully!
I have to make a serious comment in the middle of all the frivolity.
My relatives think that picture was the last straw and I have lost my mind over this little catlet.
He has done such a wonderful job of cheering me up.
I still have trouble about my catwife, Miles.
Today, Murphy, a long haired black cat came out of shadow, and without thinking, I started singing one of Miles' songs I wrote about her.
I was horrified.
THEN I came upon Iggy sleeping on a chair.
He woke up and saw I was there, and was so excited he jumped up and did this funny litttle dance he does when he sees me.
He kind of capers like a little goat, he is so excited, and his little pink nose turns red.
Then he lays on his back and waves his arms around, asking me to rub his belly. He is SO friendly and affectionate, I cannot be sad.
He is such a funny little clown, that no matter what sad thoughts I may have or what worries I have, I can only laugh.
There is so much life in that little package, and so much love in his soul.
Everyone who knows him wants to steal him.
He knows he is loved.
So much so that my sister in law wrote, "That really is over the top-I am worried about you. It sounds like you are going to form a religious cult around him".
So, though I hope these posts can bring people happiness by showing them that Life Goes On, and maybe the next cat or dog you see is a friend you have not met yet, I really do these posts because they make me smile, and forget for a few minutes who I lost in March.
I want people to see that when they read the thread about Miles, my Cat Wife, when I was suffering the despair that others who jojn us every day are feeling, there can be happiness coming someday, and because we need that happiness so much after our losses, it is especially welcome and renewing.