Remembering Calvin

The picture above is a pretty good one of our old friend Calvin. He lived next door outside, but in the last year of his life he adopted us, and actually lived partly inside with us. He was really old, and had lung disease from sleeping up in the asbestos insulation in the neighbors' rafters. But he became quite adorable toward the end, and would wait patiently on the front steps for the keeper to come home every day. In 2008, on the feast of the Epiphany, he asked to go outside, and he never returned. The keeper looked for him for days. His owners believed he wanted to go out into the forest and sleep for good. Maybe he did. But we waited for him to return to us for over a month. Eventually we became accustomed to a day without his little -impaired lung mews and his matted coat. But somedays, like today, we remember him fondly and hope he is doing well in cat heaven with all of our other friends. We know we will see him again.