SYBIL

TEDDY1992?? - December 2, 2007

My motto:
"Purring is a powerful tool - use it often!"

MY NAME IS TEDDY.
I WAS AN ABANDONED CAT.
MY FORMER CARETAKERS MOVED AND LEFT ME BEHIND –
JUST LIKE A BAG OF DISCARDED RUBBISH!
A NEIGHBOR WAS KIND ENOUGH TO PROVIDE ME
WITH 2 MEALS A DAY AND A MAKESHIFT SHELTER ON HER PORCH,
BUT I LIVE IN NEW ENGLAND, WHERE THE WINTERS ARE COLD!
(NEEDLESS TO SAY, OUTDOOR SHELTERS JUST DON’T CUT IT HERE!)
ALSO, I HAD MEDICAL PROBLEMS
AND HADN’T BEEN TO A VET IN YEARS.
WHEN I WAS RESCUED I HAD AN ABCESSED TOOTH (OUCH!),
A SEVERE EYE INFECTION, RESULTING FROM “ENTROPION” (INVERTED EYELIDS)
AND AN UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION.
ADD ALL THAT TO BEING OUSIDE 24-7, ALONE AND SCARED.
I WAS NOT A “HAPPY CAMPER” AS THEY SAY!
AFTER DENTAL AND EYE SURGERY AND LOT’S OF MEDICATIONS
- AND MORE IMPORTANTLY,TLC -
I BECAME A BIG, PURRING, “TEDDY BEAR” – HENCE THE NAME.
NOW I HAVE MY OWN BEDROOM, A CHOICE OF SOFAS FOR NAPS,
AND 3 FELINE COMPANIONS,
WHO ACCEPT ME IN VARYING DEGREES.
HECK, I HAVEN’T EVEN HAD A HAIRBALL
IN A “DOG’S (ERR – I MEAN “CAT’S”) AGE”
SINCE I ALSO HAVE MY OWN SPECIAL FOOD!
AND THE BEST PART ABOUT MY STORY?
I’M A “SENIOR" – CONSIDERED “UN-ADOPTABLE” BY MANY.
YOU’D NEVER KNOW THAT TO SEE ME NOW!
HERE’S A POEM MY “MOM” WROTE ABOUT CATS LIKE ME!

THE FOREVER GIFT
ONCE I WAS A KITTEN –
THEY THOUGHT I WAS SO SWEET.
BUT NOW I’M ALWAYS “IN THEIR FACE”
(OR UNDERNEATH THEIR FEET!)
THEY SAY I’M TOO DEMANDING –
I INTERRUPT THEIR SLEEP.
THEY FORGET THAT I’M A GIFT –
THAT GOD HOPED THEY WOULD KEEP!
I’M MUCH MORE THAN A PLAY THING –
CREATED JUST FOR FUN –
TO BE DISCARDED OR IGNORED,
WHEN THE PLAYING IS DONE.
I WONDER WHY THEY JUST CAN'T SEE
(ALTHOUGH I’M OLD AND SLOW)
THE KITTEN STILL INSIDE OF ME -
THEY ONCE LOVED YEARS AGO!

Copyright 2007 - S.King
I was reunited with Sneakers and Sybil at the Rainbow Bridge
on Dec. 2, 2007.
We'll all be watching you now guys!
Take good care of your humans -
the same way they took good care of me for 5 "peaceful" years!