The pictures below are Winston in his younger days when he was fit and able and could see.
It was in the last year or so he lost his sight and his health got worse.
Its taken me a long time to come back to this thread as its very raw and only 4 weeks tomorrow since he went to join Smartie and all the others.
With my cats its like a marriage I guess, in sickness and in health !
I have nursed so many through sickness and Smartie and Winston were the most wonderful patients .
They were loved and spoilt .
Winston loved his prawns and cod loin every Saturday without fail.
He run me ragged in his younger days , if I didn't open the gate he would just jump it and walk down the path to the corner, knowing full well I was watching him from the gate.
he would then stop and look back and I would just shake my head and he would turn round and start walking back to me. I would then meet him ,pick him up and put him on my shoulder so he could rest on my arm and look over my shoulder ( what a weight he was too !) .
I would tell him he was King of the World and he was to me . He climbed the top of all the trees in the garden, I spent ages watching him in the fields to make sure he was safe .
I lost him one night , even though he was near the gate ,he had gone by the time I got outside. I walked round the fields in the dusty grass up to my waist, cut my leg on barbed wire, drove round in my car.
4 hours I looked, no tea , just looking for him.
I had shone a torch over the neighbours gardens and still couldnt find him.
I sat in tears on the doorstep at 2am , knowing I couldn't go to bed without finding him.
I again shone the torch right close to the neighbours fence this time instead of across the garden and I heard this sleepy meow.
He was fast asleep about 50 yards away in the cool shadow of the fence.
I have never been so relieved in my life.
Hope you have Joined Smartie, Bungly, Fifi, Bonnie, Sophie, Sacha, Oscar, Max and Leo. and are having a big party with M and S prawns and loads of catnip .
Missing all your cuddles and Winstons nose kisses.
A piece of my heart is with every one of you and when my last cat comes up there to be with you , so will the last piece of my heart and I will hopefully follow to be with you all forever.
Love you all so much and my heart is breaking without you .
