Ashes

I remember like it was yesterday that your Daddy came home from work telling me the story about you. He told me that you were found by the roadside by a coworker and needed a home. Of course your Daddy knew what I would say next "Tell them that we will give him a home." We met his coworker and her daughter in the Walmart parking lot for the exchange. I drove home while ypu slept in the arms of your Daddy until we got there.
We all marveled at how small you were. So absolutely adorable you were with your little cute face. Your all gray fur so soft and your short little tail with all its spiky kitten fur. The whiskers on your face were singed (probably from trying to find warmth under a car but getting to close for comfort). You were a cute little bundle of energy and joy in a house full of grown up cats. The adult cats grudgingly started to like you as us humans loved you.
We remember that you were only 5 weeks old and that your cat mommy never showed you how to use a littler box. The trials and tribulations of getting you to use the litterbox and not the floor or our bed. But eventually you finally understood what to do. You had such energy your whole short life; we considered you our own little indestructable kitty.
We remember how happy you were when we got a playmate for you a year later. He was your best friend and brother. You two were inseperable and now he wonders where you are and why we all are crying. All your brothers and sisters are still waiting for you to come back. We also remember how you protected the two youngest kittens from all the other cats so that they grew up strong like you. We will miss that curious stare, rumbly purr, and how you would rub up against us just when we needed it most.
We know we only had you in our lives a VERY short time, Your passing today hurts like a dagger in our hearts for it was so sudden and definite. We will always remember the feel of your soft fur, your cute little kitten face (even though you were 6 years old), your rough tongue on my face giving me kisses, the sweetness of your nature, how much you loved to play rough with your brothers and sister, your cute tiny cry from such a big cat, and most of all your unconditional love for us.
We will never forget you my furry son. A bright light in my life has been extinguished WAY too early but your memory lives on forever in our hearts.
Oh and your light? It lives on too; everytime we stare up at the sky at night.
I miss you so badly my little one....