R.I.P. Hooper

He lived here from Dec., 2017 until Nov. 5, 2019. [ We have a new kitten!]

When we adopted him, two years ago, his siblings had gone. He was about to go back to Lanark Animal Welfare Society from where he was in the pet store, looking for a home. He had eye infections and the sneezles. He insisted on being out at night. I was trying to reverse this, but it was difficult. He was a Harlequin Tabby. A sweet character.

Daisy loathed him, green with jealousy, and she was rehomed as the terror and stress was awful. I knew something like this would happen after we rehomed Daisy.

Hooper was struck by a car Tuesday, Nov. 5, at 6:30 at night. I heard it, having gone out on the front deck to check on him. The car did not stop. A couple of pickup trucks slowed, so I knew something was wrong on the highway. I put a coat on over my housecoat, grabbed a flashlight and went out to the road. A nice couple stopped as he was dying, and put him in their truck. We brought him up the driveway, home.

It was a short life, but it was a good life. He lived it to the fullest. He was loved by us and the grandies.