In Memory of Sammy

This page is in memory of my cat Sammy. He filled my heart for 12 years, and now he is gone, I am very sad. I thought you might want to meet him and see my orange beauty. I have lots of photos to share and his story to tell.

I met Sammy in 1988. He was at a pet store. I wanted him right away! My husband told the sales person to go ahead and bring him out, that he KNEW I had to have him! He was about 12 weeks old. Very skinny and gangly, like kittens get when they start to grow. I took him home!

I named him after my boss at that time. Sammy would sit in front of the fridge and meow, like he was telling me what to get out for him to eat! My boss was also like that, since I worked in a resturant and he would tell me what to get out of the fridge too! So Sammy it was.

Sammy went to the vet a day or so later, he was wormy, the poor guy. So the doc wormed him on the way home he threw up in the car, but I loved him anyways! He would sleep with me at night, on my pillow, beside my head.

He got a cold a couple months later and I think this is when we bonded the most. I would lay on the sofa with him under the covers with me. We would sleep together and he would always lay on my lap. He was such a sweet little guy.

Well he grew up, as all cute kittens do, WAY to fast! He got VERY big, at about 20 pounds! He became my best friend. I grew to love that cat more than any of the others. He was a crazy cat! He used to love to play chase in the yard, I would run after him and he would run, with his ears back and tail flowing! Sammy was my soul-mate kitty, if there is such a think! Any time I was sad or upset, he would follow me around looking at me, and meowing. Then once I got settled in, he would sit on my lap. He knew I loved him and he always cheered me up. My husband always said I loved Sammy more that him and I did some times!

I miss my Sammy. I know pets have to pass on, but it is just so sad it happens so quick. My hardest time with him gone, was that I felt lost without him, he wasn't there to sit on my lap and cheer me up, while I sobbed about his death. I kept looking for him, hoping that he wasn't really gone. But he never came to meow at me or see why I was so sad. I cryed a whole month. And still cry now, when every I think of him.

I felt so bad once, because about a week after Sammy died, a girl had lost her cat. Then a lady called and said she had found it! I was happy for her, but also very sad, because my Sammy would never be back, no one would ever find him and bring him back to me.

Sammy's favorite food was chicken! If there was chicken in the fridge, he would not move from in front of it, till it was all gone. He must have had the best nose around! We always teased him about his love for the poultry! Called him Chicken Lips as a nick name!

He would let me do anything to him! Although his tummy was ticklish. I would sit and brush him, trim is matted hair and just be his mommy. When I made him mad, from playing, he would bite me, but I still loved him! He was my big guy, my orange son, my fat boy.

I hope you enjoyed reading about my Sammy. I will always have him in my heart and soul. Thanks for coming.

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