Today marked 2 years to the day since I was released from the hospital after my near-death experience. A triumphant day to be remembered. However, it also marks the day that our beloved cat Grizzly Bear finally gave up the ghost. We rescued him from an animal shelter in the winter of ’96 as a kitten. He fathered a litter of 5 before he was a year old. (Our fault.) He’s been loving and as loyal as a cat can be. He’s been sliding downhill for the past six months, literally wasting away before our eyes. It’s been sad to watch nature take it’s course. To have him die today is just… sad.
Farewell Grizzly. May you have that shady grassy spot you loved so much up in heaven.
–YW7–


Here is to shady grassy spots, and Grizzly!