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Remembering my cat…one year later.

I don’t even know where to begin…not for this public post. Not with emotions stirred up and raw tonight.

One year ago, after several days of processing a leukemia diagnosis given my cat, I received The Call, and my mom informed me that she was gone.

Just gone, just like that.

I never got to say goodbye.

In my wildest imaginings, in the worst-case-scenario I’d pictured…it never dawned on me until that moment that I would never see Christy again.

So life goes on. It’s been a year.

The feelings seem fresher than ever, perhaps for noting this morbid anniversary.

And maybe some would suggest I forget, that it’s not that big a deal, that she was “just a cat,” or whatever.

But I can’t do that. I won’t do that.

This cat was part of my life for 13 1/2 years, virtually half my life.

And other than my other cat–Kayla–and my sister and parents–there has been no other (human or otherwise) that has been SUCH a constant to this point in my life.

Tonight, I sat down thinking to take several minutes and copy/paste a handful of photos into a single image file. Time passed quickly, and when I next thought about it, well over an hour had passed, and I had this image (below). Click on the image/link for the full-size image.

Photos From Home #10

DC Infinite Heroes
Captain Marvel/Shazam; Superman; Wonder Woman; Flash; Green Arrow; Green Lantern; Guy Gardner; Silver Age Supergirl; Dr. Fate; Spectre; Atom; Wildcat; Hawkman; Black Lightning; Jim Gordon; Sinestro; Joker; etc.

These two shelves are the larger part of what’s on a living-room wall. The other shelf has some of my Marvel 3.75″ figures, as well as some of my favorites from DC Direct. Other things fit nicely along with the shelves for further decoration of the area.

Photos From Home #9

Another shelf of books. These are all of my Dragonlance hardcovers, as well as the hardcovers I have of the Harry Potter series. I had a hardcover of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, but gave that to my sister a few years back. It was shortly AFTER that that I actually got into the series, and book 5–Order of the Phoenix–was the first I read while only available in hardback. For lack of space on other similar shelves, my two zombie novels share space here. The Zombie Survival Guide, and the excellent World War Z.

Photos From Home #8

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)
Hun; Foot Ninja (multiple)

Photos From Home #7

Marvel Toys (misc.)
Magneto; Thanos; Warlock; X-Man/Nate Grey; Thor, Lord of Asgard; Thor Classic; Galactus; Apocalypse

Photos From Home #6

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)
Leonardo; Shredder; Foot Elite Guard (multiple); Foot Ninja (multiple)

Photos From Home #5

DC Infinite Heroes
Green Lantern Hal Jordan; Supergirl (contemporary)

I hadn’t intended it, but these two figures wound up holding this photo up on a shelf, keeping it from tipping over or blowing around from fans blowing air through the room.

Photos From Home #4

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)
Donatello; Michelangelo; Leonardo; Raphael; Hun; Shredder; Foot Ninja (multiple); Foot Elite Guard (multiple)

Photos From Home #3

I no longer remember exactly why I shelved these books together. Obviously the Tolkien volumes belong together, and I like the Narnia volume with ’em.  The rest seem to be books I’ve snagged as they came out.  First Counsel and Millionaires I picked up after the fact, but I want to keep them with the other Meltzer books.

A couple of anniversaries in my life (in comic cover format)

Though I might be off by a couple of weeks for an exact, to-the-day date, right now is basically 10 years since I went into my freshman year of college. And right now is also basically 5 years since I went into my first semester of graduate school.

10 years since meeting my friends Katie, Sara, and Jamie:

…and 5 years since meeting Jenny: