On Saturday we lost Optimus Prime.

The last that Wonder Boy and I and I saw him Wonder Boy was holding him to give him a kiss before running and errand. In a moment of being goofy I ran up to hug them both and give them both a kiss so Optimus was in between us making grouchy old man noises and “putting up” with being loved on. Then we put him down and I threw him a rattle ball and he galloped across the room to play with it.

Sometime in the two hours after that he was gone. For someone who could have had such a bad death in the animal hospital, it was sort of perfect. We are really grateful we got to foster and then adopt Optimus. Yesterday was a very long, very sad day. But he’ll always be one of the sweetest kittens I ever got to snuggle with and I’m happy I was able to.


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