At 8:22am we received a phone call from Lexy's brother that our little Texas (Tex) had died. Heather was doing dishes and turned around and he was lying under the table - dead! (we think he had a disease called cardiomyopathy) When he told us the news we were about eight hours from home, returning from our trip out west. Lex and I were both in shock and spent the next hour and more remembering all of his quirks, oddities, and many funny memories. Tex was more like a little puppy trapped inside the body of a cat. He would follow us everywhere around the house and his favorite resting position was on his back with all four legs pointing straight up in the air. He loved to have his belly rubbed and when you held him he was most content being cradled like a baby. It was almost daily that we would come home to socks strewn throughout the house because he would carry them around meowing, acting like they were his kittens! While we were both sad to hear the news, we really didn't shed to many tears - until tonight. After I got out of the shower and grabbed my towel it all hit me. He was usually sitting on the stool waiting for me to finish my shower and when I got out we would carry on a whole conversation in "cat talk", it was ritual. If he wasn't on the stool he was curled up under the sink... anyway, when I realized that he will never be there to greet me again I lost it! I still have tears in my eyes as I type
this!!! I know it is probably pretty pathetic to be so upset about a cat... it's not like he was a person; however, when you have someone/something so dependable, depending on you, it hurts pretty bad to lose it. The last time I saw him was four weeks ago - I never dreamt that would be the last time I would see him! It made Lexy and I think about our life and how you never know what is lying around the corner or whether or not your interactions with someone might be the last to impact their (or your own) life.
Two days ago we spent some of our driving time "mapping out" our future 30 years (something we like to do every once in a while) - funny how deaths are never in the plan... Anyway, I feel like I am rambling now - probably am since it is getting late and I have been driving all day! Tomorrow we are going to Goodfield Church to be with Lexy's family - Joe and Abby, Lex's sister and her husband, started repenting this week... we are so excited for them and their future!
At 8:22am we received a phone call from Lexy's brother that our little Texas (Tex) had died. Heather was doing dishes and turned around and he was lying under the table - dead! (we think he had a disease called cardiomyopathy) When he told us the news we were about eight hours from home, returning from our trip out west. Lex and I were both in shock and spent the next hour and more remembering all of his quirks, oddities, and many funny memories. Tex was more like a little puppy trapped inside the body of a cat. He would follow us everywhere around the house and his favorite resting position was on his back with all four legs pointing straight up in the air. He loved to have his belly rubbed and when you held him he was most content being cradled like a baby. It was almost daily that we would come home to socks strewn throughout the house because he would carry them around meowing, acting like they were his kittens! While we were both sad to hear the news, we really didn't shed to many tears - until tonight. After I got out of the shower and grabbed my towel it all hit me. He was usually sitting on the stool waiting for me to finish my shower and when I got out we would carry on a whole conversation in "cat talk", it was ritual. If he wasn't on the stool he was curled up under the sink... anyway, when I realized that he will never be there to greet me again I lost it! I still have tears in my eyes as I type
this!!! I know it is probably pretty pathetic to be so upset about a cat... it's not like he was a person; however, when you have someone/something so dependable, depending on you, it hurts pretty bad to lose it. The last time I saw him was four weeks ago - I never dreamt that would be the last time I would see him! It made Lexy and I think about our life and how you never know what is lying around the corner or whether or not your interactions with someone might be the last to impact their (or your own) life. 
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