Friday, May 24, 2013

The Exception to the Rule - RIP Melons

I know I haven't written in a while and this is not how I mean't to be inspired but this has to be done.
My cat Meloni passed away two days ago and I wasn't told till I called my family to ask them what was going on at home.

My mother explained to me that the day before Meloni's passing she was energetic and happy. She had just been groomed and was enjoying her day.
The next evening they found her in the litter box room dead on the floor for no reason at all. I am assuming she died of old age as I had no idea when I found her how old she was.

I found Meloni looking like this:



Hardly the most pleasant moment in her life. She was a sweet cat the moment I met her. She was horribly sick and had a fear of flies. I wasn't ready to take her indoors till I had taken her to the vet however to my surprise the most reluctant family member I had was the first to let Meloni and her brother Simba into the house. I knew things were going to be different with her. I named her Melon-i because of her color. I felt her color resembled that of a melon. I always picked serious names for my cats but she was something else.

On her first trip to the vet Meloni soiled herself horribly. Simba sharing the same box as her tried to escape. It was quite the fiasco taking her to the vet as she almost always did that. I've never had to deal with a cat like that before but I was determined to get her feeling better.

After a month Meloni started to look so much better

She became more social, more vocal, and just the happy cat I love to think about when I want a laugh.
She loved her treats, and would beat any other cat to the race of getting the first one. She talked A LOT!
I could have an entire conversation with her.

She overcame a lot of hardships in her life and she was still the friendliest of all my cats. Never shy when new people walked into the house, Meloni was always the first to welcome them in. She also would allow them to pet her.

Needless to say everyone had something good to say about Meloni and everyone loved her. I'm so sad to know she is gone. I couldn't even be there to say goodbye to her. I wish I could have been there. I'm always going to see her at my door with her back arched and her tail playing. I will always hear her voice meowing at me questioningly.

R I P Melons

I will miss your voice
I will miss your prance
I will miss your sneezes in my face
I will miss how you chase my older brother because you think he'll give you treats
I will miss how welcoming you are to everyone
I will miss how you ram your head into tables
I will miss how you would fall off the couch while you were sleeping
I will miss seeing you hide in the most awkward spots in my room
I will miss how you played with your food more than your toys
I will miss watching you play with your Nephew and Sister in Law Hassna
Most of all I will miss loving you for being the first cat I owned to sway my family into loving you. 
You are the exception to the rule!
P.S. you didn't ruin my video for me - you totally stole the show:



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