I'm not one to 'wear my heart on my sleeve" nor do I often invite the public into a private matter...but because many of you know him and have been here I feel I should at least make it known...
Last weekend Our cat Lancelot (lance) went missing...he was 15 years old and in ill health...after an exhaustive search every night this week in the surrounding woods and back yards, we finally received a call from a neighbor a few doors down saying that he had been 'visiting' her regularly, and he looked ill so she had taken him to a local shelter...this morning after going to the wrong shelter, and finally the right one...they informed me that they had no record of him being dropped off...the son who actually dropped him there was insistent that he had done so, but they had no record of any such event...after talking to the son again I was certain that he had done so!...after insisting that they "find him" I was again told that a search of the premises had been made and he was not there...despite the sons insistence...In talking with him he had to much detail to have made it up...building location, appearance, forms, questions on those forms...I finally caught someone leaving for lunch and she promised that she would investigate it further upon her return, and requested that I fill out a form and they would call me...I politely (really I was) told her If she didn't mind I would wait...she didn't...I did...when she returned she did investigate and I was told that do to his condition he was euthanized on Thursday...I requested the body...I was told that they had already been picked up by the crematorium..I requested that they call to see if I could recover the body and take him home...they are closed on Saturday but a call was made and a message was left...the crematorium called right back...the remains had already been cremated, and the ashes spread...after 15 years he was a huge part of our family and left an impression on all who met him...pretty cool for a cat....we are all devastated by this and particularly the circumstances around it... but we take some solace in the closures that this horrid day provided...tomorrow we will visit the ground where they spread his ashes and bring a bit home where he belongs...
