Tribute to Nile

My handsome big boy Nile,
I will always remember and never forget...

-how you would sit and give me your paw on command

-how you could open doors and even opened the door for me once when I was locked out

-how you good naturedly let me do impersonations with your ears; baby bunny, Yoda, butterfly, Scottish fold, American Curl

-how you tolerated the Mickey Mouse ears I made you wear from Disney

-how you licked my hair in bed to the point that I had to hide under the covers to escape the Nilemonster
-how you slept on your goose down pillow above mine at the head of the bed and usually had some part of you touching me

-how upon the first time meeting puppy Logan you growled and she immediately went into a down. We called you our dog trainer

-how at night I would hear you use the litter box and then hear the door handle as you checked it to make sure it was locked, you were our night watchman

-how you would curl up on the back of the sofa above my head

-how you loved food and how we had to have you eat in your own private "dining room" so that you wouldn't eat everyone else's

-how you were so loving and gentle at home but a holy terror at the vet's office

-how you had such a tiny meow for such a big guy

-how your tail was a barometer of how you were feeling, usually held straight up

-how soft your fur was and that it never matted, unlike your brother's. I guess you got the good genes

-how you and Fred would wrestle, boys will be boys!

-how a little while later you would be curled up sleeping together

-how I could do arm curls with you rolling down my arms, all 20+ pounds

-how you would pull yourself by your front paws on the wire shelving to get to the cat food bin

-how the top of your nose would be wet after you ate

-how you loved sleeping in the corner of the screened in porch

-how everyone would say "that's the biggest cat I've ever seen!"

You will always be in my heart.