| Location | Seattle |
| Age | 13 years |
| Date of Birth | 01/01/1992 |
| Date of Death | 30/06/2005 |
| Visitors | 545 since 18/11/2008 |
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I lost my beloved cat Leo on June 30, 2005. Leo had just travelled across the country with me as I drove from Virginia back to my hometown of Seattle, WA.
Leo had been diagnosed with kidney failure 8 years before, and I treated him at home every day, and most of the time he was a very active and happy cat and you couldn't even tell anything was wrong with him.
I found Leo at a local pet store on June 24, 1994. He had snuck into the back of someone's U-Haul truck down in California, and made the 3 day drive to Seattle, where he was discovered and brought to the pet store. I fell in love with Leo as soon as I saw him. He was a big beautiful orange tabby with bright green eyes. He reached his paws through his cage and grabbed onto my shirt and pulled me toward him and when I opened his cage, he jumped into my arms and hugged me around the neck and I took him home with me right then. Leo was the most loving, lovable, affectionate cat I've ever known. If people can have an animal soulmate, then Leo was surely mine. I couldn't have possibly loved him any more than I did and still do. He was a wonderful companion and I miss him every day.
Everyone should be so blessed to experience such complete and total unconditional love in their life, and I am very lucky to have had that with Leo.
A Simple Message From Your Pet
by Ken D. Conover
To have loved and then said farewell is better than to have never loved at all.
For all of the times that you stooped and touched my head, fed me my favorite treat and
returned the love that I so unconditionally gave to you. For the care that you gave to me
so unselfishly. For all of these things I am grateful and thankful. I ask that you grieve
not for the loss but rejoice in the fact that we lived, loved and touched each other's lives.
My life was fuller because you were there, not as owner, but as my friend. Today, I am
as I was in my youth. The grass is always green, butterflies flit among fthe flowers and
the sun shines gently down upon all of God's creatures. I can run, jump and play
and do all of the things that I did in my youth. There is no sickness, no aching joints
and no regrets and no aging. We await the arrival of our lifelong companions and know
that togetherness is forever. You live in our hearts as we do in yours. Companions such
as you are very rare and unique. Don't hold the love that you have within yourself.
Give it to another like me and then I will live forever. For love never really dies,
and you are loved and missed as surely as we are.
Your pet in heaven.
What A Handsome Boy
Robyn, I have tears rolling down my cheeks at your memorial for Leo, he sounded such a special little friend, I know how you feel because my cat Sheba was exactly the same, she travelled the roads of England with me,as long as they were with us, they were safe.
My thoughts are with you ,take care.
Leo,I am sure will wait for you on Rainbow Bridge.
Sleep Peacefully Leo..........xxxx
I love you sweetie
I miss you so much, my sweet boy. I remember our last days together, driving across the country. You were happy wherever you were as long as you were with me, and I felt the same way about you. I loved it when you'd lift your face up to me for kisses as we were driving back home, and when you sat in my lap with your paws on the wheel, just like a little kid.
I knew that we wouldn't have very much time together, but having you with me on the 4 day drive across the country made me so very happy.
You let me know when you wanted to go, and though I would have given anything to keep you here with me, there was nothing more I could do to help you feel better and I couldn't let you suffer. You hung on as long as you could and you gave me so much love even at the very end.
I know that you're on the other side now, happy and healthy and surrounded by love, and that makes me happy. I'll see you again one day, and I hope you'll be ready for the thousands of kisses I'll be giving you!
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