Love You Garf

Remembering Garfield

"If you hold a cat by the tail,

 you can learn things you cannot learn any other way."

~Mark Twain~

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Garfield taught us many things.

He taught me that he and I could exist together, because Larry loved us both.

He taught Libby & Ajax that he was the BOSS.

He taught me that time is a relative term for all of us.

He taught me about cats, dogs and honor.

I remember last winter when it was so cold outside.

I refused to let him in the house, because of Libby.

But I got the old crate out, and lined it with old blankets and covered the outside of it with plastic.

Around midnight that night, I peeked out the window

and

Garfield was cuddling outside the crate door.

He was letting a black and white cat sleep in the little warm crate that night.

Garf is gone now,

and it is time to say good bye.

The last time I saw him he looked soggy and would not look me in the eye.

But I will always remember him with his ear torn,

a slight limp in his left leg,

and eyes that twinkled when he knew he was boss.

I will miss you Garf, and I will miss how happy you made Larry.

Love you Garf,

Me