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My sweet Sammy ~

I wish the world could have known my girl. It's hard to express feelings in words. She was definitely one of a kind!! She was so easy to love. She was my best friend, my partner, my shadow, my world. I talked to her as if she was a person and she knew exactly what I was saying.

When we lived in our apartment (before moving to where we are now), a friend of mine named George (I called him Tio) would come over most everyday. Sammy as always would be beside me, usually sleeping. He would come in and sit down and we would be talking or whatever and Sammy would raise her little head and look at him and then at me. Every time I would ask her, "Samantha, did you say hi to your Tio? Go say hi to Tio" and I swear to you, she would get up, walk over to George, jump in his lap and say hi to him. Every time. She knew people by name. Whenever someone new came over, I would introduce them to her: 'Jim, this is Sam ~ Sam, this is Jim.'

I had a friend named Ray, who stayed with us for like 3 weeks or so. Apparently, Sammy didn't like him for whatever reason because one day she was very agitated and fussy and being a pain in the butt. She had walked up to me meowing and fussing and laid in my lap. Finally I said, "Samantha, what is your problem?" she looked me dead in my face stared at me for a second, looked over at Ray stared for a second and then looked back at me!! As if to say ~ he's my problem, tell him to go!! And I did . . .

Here is proof that Samantha was the smartest cat ever:

My apartment building had a security door so you needed a key to enter the building. One night, around 1:00 or 1:30 a.m. I had gone outside for some reason. When I went to go back inside, I realized I had forgot to take my keys so I couldn't get in. When I left, George (Tio) was sitting on the floor leaning against the bed. So I went to the side of the building and called his name a couple times for him to come let me in. I waited and waited, no George. I sat on the steps out front until finally someone with a key came home and I was able to get inside. But without my keys, I couldn't get in my apartment but I knew George was there.

So I knocked and knocked and called his name, no answer. I was getting more and more angry because George drinks a lot and I knew he had passed out. So I just sat down outside my door. I'm sitting there for quite a while, cold and mad. All of a sudden I hear scratching on my door and a meow. It was Samantha, she knew I was out there. So I lean closer to the door and I say, "Tammer?" she meows. I say, "Tammer, where's Tio?" she meows. I say, "Sammy, get Tio. Go wake Tio up." She meows and then it's quiet. about a minute later, George opens the door . . .

George had this confused look on his face and I say, "What's wrong?" he says, "Tia (he calls me Tia) you won't believe what Samantha just did." I say, "What?" he says, "I fell asleep leaning against the bed and all of a sudden something hits me in the head and wakes me up. I fell back to sleep and it hits me again. I look to see what it was and it was Samantha. I look around and I don't see you, so I ask Sammy 'Where's your mama, Sammy? Where's Tia?' and he says I swear to you Dea, she walks over to the door, looks at the door knob and starts meowing!!"

The greatest day of my life was the day I found you ~ the worst day of my life was the day I lost you . . .

2 years was not enough time with you. Losing you has left me devastated and lost. I will never stop looking for you, I will never stop calling you for dinner (even if it's just in my head), I will never stop missing you and I will never stop loving you . . .

You were the best cat ever and I'm so glad you were in my life, even if it wasn't long enough. You will always be my heart. I love you Sammy.