Quote Originally Posted by Sloppy Joe View Post
Hope you find him/her.

I remember as a kid my aunt lost a cat that she brought over to our house for over a day. My aunt is one of those 'crazy cat women' and I remember being weirded out by how distraught she was over a cat. We found it eventually; it had been shut in a linens closet and hadn't made a peep.

She has had three cats in my lifetime, all have died and she had them cremated and put into boxes next to her bedside.
That cremation/saving the ashes thing always struck me as creepy. I have a hard enough time saying goodbye when someone passes, let alone putting a constant reminder of their dead-ness in my house. But I do understand the cat-lady thing to a point. Not really the "collecting" aspect where they just start getting cat after cat (WTF is that?), but I get the attachment part. I really connect with animals, and there are times when I am petting them/scratching their ears or whatever, when I'm filled with such a sweet feeling... a sense of wonder that this fantastic, beautiful creature is interacting with me and showing me love. It seems almost like a tiny miracle. I know it sounds crazy (and I'm sure I'll get at least two "bat-shit" comments after this from my biggest 'fans'), but most days, I like my dogs better than I like people. Right now Sasha-Bear has come to lie on the floor by my feet, and has put her little nose on my toes and gone to sleep. Beyond cute.