ALB in Wonderland Instagram – our Maymay passed away yesterday. She got very sick very quickly and we nursed her night and day hoping we could get her through this, but she was ready to go. We held her in our arms as she left. everyone who met her fell in love with her and the grief hangs so heavy.
I’ll never forget the first time I met her. I had flown to New Jersey to stay with Niko a few months after we started dating. We dropped by the house to leave luggage before going out to grab food, and I was sitting at the top of the stairs waiting for Niko to finish up getting ready so we could head out. A small but very round calico cat poked her head out from a bedroom and came out tentatively. I offered my hand and she sniffed it, before eagerly crawling into my lap and purring. I thought to myself, I’m so lucky! How often does a cat cuddle you right after meeting you!
Niko came out and stopped short when she saw us, to the point where I thought something was wrong.
It turns out Maymay was shy, so shy that even at 6 years old when I met her she had never climbed into the lap of another person besides Niko.
About a year later she and Dawn would take their very long car trip from NJ all the way to Toronto to become little Canadian cats. And we made our family here. She lived to be over 13 years old.
I had never had a pet growing up. Every year I wrote in my letter to Santa that I wanted to have a little pet of my own, I made slide shows and pamphlets trying to convince my parents that I needed a furry friend. I made it into adulthood without one, and although I really loved animals I was completely unprepared to know how much I could love my May.
She was more than just a cat to us. She was fully integrated into every part of our lives. With two mamas who worked from home, she was always with one of us, in our laps while we were doing a task or trotting behind us inspecting what we were looking at, loudly chiming in with her thoughts.
The winter solstice will always be your day Maymay. And I’ll always love you. | Posted on 23/Dec/2021 00:06:38
