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November 12, 2000

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Helena, the Cat of the Day
Name: Helena
Age: Deceased, Sixteen years nine months old
Gender: Female
Kind: Cat
Home: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
 
   Helena is not my Cat of the Day, but the pet of my lifetime. Although she recently left me this past weekend due to renal failure, she will remain forever in my heart. Helena came into my life at the tender age of six weeks (after capturing her from behind a china hutch in her birth home!) She was always a rather shy, daddy's girl. For years many of my friends never saw her and believed me to be delusional about my 2nd cat, a playmate for my first cat, Dustin. While Dustin possesses the typical feline attitude of "When I want attention, I'll let you know", Helena was at the opposite end of the spectrum-very much a lover- a lap cat for sure. Her internal clock always struck at 10:30 pm each evening, letting me know it was time to go to bed and give her a belly rub. She always seemed to sense when I needed her attention and always gave it unconditionally. Dustin and I will miss her terribly but also know she is in a better place, with no pain. We know she's just gone ahead of us to get things ready for the day when we'll all be together again; until then, she'll keep a watchful eye over us and wait patiently.
 

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