Memories

For the assignment of writing a descriptive essay, I wrote about a sentiment pet. His name was Sid. My husband and I ended up having to put him down because of heart failure. I think one of the things that mad the decision of having to put him down so much harder was this was the first purchase my husband and I made together. It was hard trying to put his personality on paper. I hope I did this well. He was a unique cat. He was actually my third Siamese cat that I had purchased. They all had their own personalities but I never had such a diva. If he would have been human, he would have been the girly girl who hated to get dirty. And yes, I did say girl. There was nothing manly about him. He did not like to sleep on the floor unless there was something beneath him. Sid loved to sleep under the covers. One trait he had that really annoyed me was that he sucked his tail. He learned this from previous cats that had to be put down due to old age. It all started with Nick, another Siamese. When I went away to London for a week, Nick was annoying my mom when she was trying to read the paper. So, she gave him his tail to play with. Eventually he would suck his tail, like a baby would suck a pacifier. It was what he did so soothe himself. Nick passed this on to Jasmine and then Sid. People always ask if I will get another one. I would love to get another Siamese. It was almost a month to the day when we put Sid down that we had rescued a domestic short hair kitten. We had told our daughters that would get them a kitten once they were both completely potty trained. In July of 2009, we had to put down Jasmine, which devastated them. Boots, named after the monkey from Dora by my three year, is great but it not the same. I love his quite meow. I was so thankful that we had him when we had to put Sid down.

Sid, you were an awesome cat and buddy. You will be forever missed.