Sometimes it seems like Kayla’s still just around some corner somewhere.
But as in years past, I’m taking a moment to publically remember my little cat.
Today–October 4th–is the anniversary of her birth, back in 1990.
It’s hard to believe that now, in 2017, it’s been nearly 7 1/2 years since losing her, back in May of 2010.
She’s the only cat I’ve had or ever known where there was a definite date of birth…Kayla was a "purebred," that Dad found in a classified ad when we started looking to get a cat, back in 1992. He’d been a fan of the Himalayan breed, and though I wanted a kitten, he followed up on an ad, and we wound up bringing Miss Kayla Krystal home one January Thursday. As a purebred, she came with "papers" detailing the date of birth, and so on.
Said "papers" got stowed in a compartment on the plastic "pet taxi" vet-carrier and somewhere along the years disappeared. Because we didn’t care about ’em.
Kayla was instantly a part of the family, and other than as a clinical "fact," her being a "purebred" never mattered.
Even now, all these years later…I’ve yet to be able to string together a lengthy post about her. So many memories, across nearly 18 1/2 years…and for all the writing I do, have done, will do…there’s no doing justice to what this little cat meant to me.
To date, she remains one of THE primary "constants" in my life, a presence far longer than anyone other than immediate family.
She’ll always be here, until no one remembers. Always here, always part of my heart such a precious part of my life.
Below: several times Kayla was the focus of a "cover" in my The Life of Walt series of photo pieces.
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