Today was a sad day….we said goodbye to part of our family :o(. Riley had quite the personality, he loved a lap to sit on and fingers to scratch him, but when he had enough, he’d whip around and bite! He was so strong and such a fighter...we only gave him one bath because Ryan lost the battle with him and had blood running down his arms. He got better as he got older, but for some reason he was very gentle with the kids. He loved sleeping with them, but they would always wake up in the middle of the night and ask us to take him out, so he slept with us, most recently on our pillows. I always felt a little safer when Ryan was gone, just knowing the cat would warn me. Someone was at the door a few years ago and he was on the counter in the kitchen and I heard him growl, only to find the mailman dropping a package. I’ve never heard of a cat attacking a mailman, but he was ready. He also saved us from a raccoon that came in his cat door…that made for an interesting night! He had a great 10 years with us, lots of adventure (you can see by the scars on his head) and lots of love :o).Ah, what a bummer that part of life is death. Reggie wanted to have something to remember him by, so we took their picture together and are going to frame it. Riley looks pretty good, given the fact that he hasn’t eaten much in weeks :o(.
Life was sure different here:
