Old Friends

Below is a post that I wrote many years ago (maybe in 2011) but never published for some reason. Since it was written, Katie and Marbles have both crossed the rainbow bridge but we will never forget the impact they had on our lives and the memories they left behind. Katie loved babies and baby feet. She was here to greet each of our grandchildren after they were born and she was surrounded by family in her last days. What a good girl she was. 

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Just about 16 years ago we returned home one evening, opened the garage door, and saw a little bitty ball of black and white fur who had somehow managed to scoot in and find shelter during a storm. He was a sick little kitty in pretty bad shape.  We took him to the vet and found out his ears were infested with ear mites and he had an upper respiratory infection to boot.  It didn't take long before his soft wheezy purrs won our children's hearts and Marbles became a permanent member of our family. He got his name because my husband thought he looked like 'Italian Marble'. 

For many years Marbles was ruler of the roost until about seven years ago when we got a puppy. A puppy! Oh, the indignity of it all. At first, Marbles wasn't so sure about this new addition to our family but after Katie outgrew before long we would find him curled up for a nap next to Katie. In the years since, Marbles has become an old man and it has been amazing to watch Katie keep a watchful eye over him. Who would have guessed, all those years ago that a cat and a dog would become such good old friends.