Posts Tagged ‘Grady’
July 16th, 2010 [10 Comments]

Grady’s one-year anniversary in glory

by Angela

GradyOne year.

Yesterday marked one full dance around the sun since Grady left us.

 

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April 9th, 2010 [10 Comments]

Webster’s strong heart

by Angela

Webster by DanielleThere will never, ever be another Grady.

But, this spring, my heart has split open in a way it hadn’t done since last July.

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September 29th, 2009 [5 Comments]

Grady’s gifts go on

by Angela
Grady in "his" chair at the reception desk, May 2009I can hardly believe it’s been over two months since we lost Grady.

Has it gotten easier?  I know you’ll understand that the answer is yes and no.

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August 24th, 2009 [4 Comments]

It’s hard not to get excited…

by Angela

Excited Pepper…when a serious, loving, seriously-loving family comes to visit one of our quirkier, “less-adoptable” cats once, then twice, then a third time.

…or when one of the most terrified cats I’ve ever known purrs - purrs!! - in a human’s presence.

…or when even our never-one-to-whitewash-the-truth veterinarian concedes that the improbable, the too-wonderful-to-hope-for, the miraculous, may be the true.

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July 15th, 2009 [15 Comments]

Grady in Glory

by Angela

GradyI don’t want to write this blog post.

I don’t want to have a reason to write this post. I’m not ready for that reason, and don’t expect I would have been ready next week, or next month, or next year.

But Grady was ready this morning. Our love, our Grady-bug, the snuggle bunny of my heart and the striped angel of the Tabby’s Place reception desk, left this earth around 10:30 am today.

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July 10th, 2009 [2 Comments]

Fungus false alarm

by Angela

Peachy the BeautifulPsssst…don’t tell Peachy, but remember all that nasty lime-sulfur dipping and banishment she endured to get over ringworm?

Well, she’s over ringworm. Because, um, she never had it in the first place.

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