We had an appointment for our cat Nala to be euthanized this afternoon but sadly, she died overnight. For some reason, she had stopped eating over a month ago and all attempts to get her to ingest food failed.  We don’t know what was wrong with her but it was, ultimately, something we could not fix.

She was not yet five years old but in her short time, she had a remarkable impact on our lives.  Rather than remember the sadness of her passing, I choose to remember the joy and laughter she brought to our life.

Nala was the orange tabby on the right.

Almost all of our cats are Humane Society cats and Nala was adopted as a kitten.  Only six weeks old, she was precocious and social and her ears made up about 65% of her head.  She was clumsy even for a kitten.  And she was loud.

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