My blog sensei suffered a great loss today, Margaret sent me an email informing me her pretty companion of 17 years Miss Betty passed.

My pet cat Elric died when I was 19, we had raised her from a kitten and she lived an incredibly short life for a cat but that didn’t stop her from taking a large place in my heart. When she passed I was inconsolable and until The Big S brought Anna into my life more than 15 years later, I hadn’t had another pet.

Even though Anna introduced herself to me by biting me on the heel and our relationship got off to an adversarial start I couldn’t imagine my life without her today. My great joy is to have her climb atop my ever increasing belly and make herself at home when I lay down to sleep. She is a noisy little heater, purring contentedly away as she lulls me into dreamland.

So, my heart goes out to you Margaret, I know you’ll miss your furry friend.