sad news

My brother called this morning. Their cat Tangy died last night. Apparently he jumped onto the dresser and somehow managed to pull the whole thing over on top of himself breaking his neck. My niece is very upset, he was her cat, slept in her room, and was the sweetest, most malleable cat I've ever seen.

D is very upset and sobbed for about 30 minutes when I told her. Then she wrote a card and drew a picture to mail to her cousin. It's so sad to lose a pet, even a cousin-pet. I wish I had a picture of Tangy to put up here so everyone could see him, he was a marmalade stripey cat. He'll be missed.