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Memories of Gary

Spitting images

Mom and Mommom recently saw pictures of cats that were adopted by a man they see at work. They were so happy that he adopted these two cats who were brothers, but they were sad because they both looked exactly like me. They did have some white on their bellies, which I didn't have, but the rest of them is silky black like me and their eyes were even the same color. They didn't say anything at the time, but Mom came home and cried. They miss me so much! Since I know they miss me, I've been telling my brother Dylan to lay on the newspaper like I used to so they can feel like I'm still there with them.

Gary and Mom

When I went away to grad school, Gary and my Mom became best buddies. After work my Mom would eat and get changed then her and Gary would lay together on the recliner and watch tv. Although Gary was not much of a lap cat, he would lay diagonally across her with his rear in her lap and head almost on her shoulder. They were so cute together!

Newspaper

Another example of Gary's intelligence is that he loved to "read" the newspaper. Every Friday my Mom would throw out the old newspaper and tell Gary, don't worry we'll get it tomorrow. Then, Saturday she would go out and get the Sunday newspaper. We would come home and she would say, Gary, I picked up the newspaper for you. He would run over to the table and wait until she set it on the floor in front of the table. He would lay right on it and stare at it like he was reading the front page!!!