I knew this day would come. I wanted it to take its time, to meander toward us slowly, passively. Patches has gone to the Rainbow Bridge. As I had reported back in December, the seizure that Patches suffered had some lasting effects. I noticed her gait was off; her movements a bit clumsy. She was […]

Happy New Year! Where has the time gone? Preparation for the holidays came and went, the holidays came and went, and New Year’s Eve came and went. Now we are settling into 2019. Patches has been somewhat stable this past month. She has been wobbly – literally so – in terms of balance. She has […]

December greetings! As the weather has turned cold and grey, I’ve noticed a trend with my updates for Patches: they’re getting a little harder to write. Her extreme old age is the reason, as its power over her seems to be getting a little stronger with each week that passes. This month has been a […]

We don’t always get to choose. Life, as often as it offers us a choice, will as equally often offer no choice. Such was the past couple of weeks for Patches. When you are a cat of 22 years and five months in age, your choices dwindle. Patches did not choose to get sick this […]

Well, color me shocked – it’s OCTOBER! I don’t know where the summer went, and nobody else seems to know, either. Suddenly the evenings are chilly, the sun is setting earlier, and air conditioning is giving way to open windows and the early smells of autumn. With the end of another month, Patches now has […]