Today, I'll be taking a trip to the Humane Society to say goodbye to our family cat.   Sammi has been our pet cat for the past 16 years, as I remember our member our daughter Elisabeth had a friend who had a kitten available.   All the children rallied along with their mother asking dad to agree to add this little kitten to the Dalton family. I never was a cat person, so I wasn't quick to agree, but they wore me down, and I consented.  Frankly, cats are astounding creatures; Sammi’s agility, beauty, composure, intelligence and independence has impressed all of us, including our dogs over the years. (Dog: “How did she jump up on the table like that?”)

It's sad to lose Samatha today, in the above picture is one I took in October and she was looking pretty good.  Lately she stopped grooming herself, I think she suffers some internal pain and of course quite old, she won't consistently use the Kitty Liter Box, so she  has been living on our porch.  I know we are doing the humane thing for her, but it is hard for all of us.