"Suzie" was MY
cat. Her momma was a champion Siamese, her daddy was a
'traveling man'. She always met me at the door. She was
terribly near-sighted and probably couldn't focus beyond the end
of her nose, leading to her klutzy escapades as a kitten. She
even broke her nose trying to jump to a bookcase. But she was
the first cat to bed at night, claiming her right to sleep under
the covers, either by the small of my back or behind my knees,
with her gentle purring lulling me to sleep. At 15, a severe
arthritic condition paralyzed her from the neck down, and we
couldn't save her.
