Shopping for a Ginger Jar (Naomi 2000 - 2018)

[lydy]

 My cat Naomi died today around noon, probably of a stoke.  She's been doing poorly, lately, but was still purring and active right up to the end.  She was a funny, opinionated cat who used to bully David around.   She never figured out how to sit on laps.  Her favorite thing was for David to lie down on the bed, and she would lie stretched out next to him, and he would scratch her chest and belly.  She would hound him when he was working on his desk until he would finally lie down so she could be petted.  None of this getting up on the lap stuff for her.  

Pamela and I brought her and her sister Arwen home from the pound in January of 2001.  Naomi, a teeny tiny tortie, hissed at the person who took her out of the cage.  She was mentored by my aging Lilith, and she in turn was best friends with Nuit.  Naomi used to run into the bedroom, and make a kind of querying "prrrtt" noise to let Nuit know that the game was afoot, and they'd then go rocketing off together through the night.  

She was a deeply opinionated cat with mad hiding skills.  If she didn't want to be found, that was the end of that.  She was also incredibly smart. Some years ago, she saw me put the cat carriers into the cat-free zone the night before the vet appointment.  When I returned in the morning to take them to their appointment, Arwen was sleeping on the bed, but Naomi was no where to be found.  Eventually, I took Arwen in for her shots, and Naomi had to be rescheduled.  

Ginger jars make very nice, cat-sized urns, and both Lilith and Arwen are in appropriate ginger jars.  I just made an offer on one on eBay that I think will suit Naomi.  

I miss her very much.

Comments

[redbird]

I'm sorry for your loss.

[naomikritzer]

I'm so sorry.

[kaffy_r]

I'm so sorry for your loss, and I hope that whatever took Naomi did so quickly, and without pain. Thank you for telling us about her - she sounds as if she was indeed deeply opinionated, but obviously capable of inspiring love. I hope you're able to get that ginger jar.

*hugs*

[graydon]

I'm sorry for your loss.

[rushthatspeaks]

I'm so sorry for your loss. She sounds wonderful.

[fmsv]

I'm so sorry; she was a lovely cat.

[bibliofile]

Naomi sounds very cat-like. I mean, who doesn't have Very Specific Ideas about petting?! I'm sorry for your loss.

[vicki_rae]

Hugs, lots of hugs. Very sorry for your loss.

[mrissa]

She was the very best Nomers. I am so sorry.

[sonia]

Wishing you support and comfort for grief.

[thewayne]

I'm so sorry to hear that, my thoughts are with you.

[green_knight]

I am sorry for your loss. They leave tremendous holes in our lives.

[lydy]

Is it terrible that the first thing that pops into my head when people tell me this is, "Yeah, me too."? :-)

Thank you, though. I do appreciate it.

[lydy]

Thank you. She was a truly stunning tortie, and your AI would have loved pictures of her. Perhaps I shall go read "Cat Pictures, Please" as a comfort.

[lydy]

It was quick. If I'd hesitated a little longer, she could have died at home. Which, you know, um.

I did get the ginger jar. He counter-offered, I took the offer. It's slightly modern and busy and a bit conflicted, which suits her ver much.

[lydy]

Thank you. She was a very big presence. I had just started a pot of unseasoned chicken broth for her. David is going to repurpose it to chicken soup for tonight. Which is better than pouring it down the sink while crying, you know?

[lydy]

She was three parts irritating, three parts wonderful, and two parts incredibly demanding. She had a specific spot on a shelf where she liked to be petted, and would come into the kitchen and yell until you followed her to her petting spot. She had zero sense of humor, but was very funny.

[lydy]

Thank you. she really was.

[lydy]

She also had extremely specific ideas about food. When her appetite dwindled because of kidney disease, she would only eat canned food, but not the same canned food. We had to change brands every day or so. It had to have home-made chicken broth on it. It could not have fish or red meat in it, chicken and turkey only. Silly, demanding beastie.

[lydy]

Thank you. She's present by her absence, at the moment.

[lydy]

Nobody every Nomi'd as well as she.

[lydy]

Thank you. It's not my first rodeo, I know what to expect. I know how to get through this. Unfortunately, there aren't short cuts. I think my cat Nuit misses her, too, but I may just be projecting.

[lydy]

Thank you so much.

[lydy]

They really do. And, of course, now I'm missing her sister and her "aunt" and all the other cats that have left holes in my life. They were all the best cats.

[batwrangler]

My sympathies. Best wishes on acquiring her ginger jar.

[lcohen]

i'm so sorry, lydy.

[lydy]

I accepted the seller's counter-offer. It is an Imari Empress pattern, a bit bright and busy, but I think it will suit her.

Thank you for the sympathies. This is hard, but you know, if you love something with 20% of your life span, this happens.

[lydy]

As am I. Thank you.