We miss you, MacDuff

To everyone who knew and loved MacDuff -

Today we had to let MacDuff, our kitty, go after 13 years of living. He purred all the time and would often headbutt you, randomly place his paw on your nose, and give you kisses. He didn't mind havnig his tummy petted and loved pouncing on shoestrings of any kind. In the morning when he was hungry, we would wake up with him either sitting on us or licking our hair until we gave in and fed him. He loved his chair from ikea and laying in the sun that streamed through the window onto the couch or the bed.

For the past week he was sick, anemic, and would only eat food off of Nick's pinky finger, and even then, not very much. He had devloped a heart murmor, and could only walk for two feet at a time before he had to lay down. He also had a tumor in his abdomen that took up the majority of the room that his intestines were supposed to use, so eating anything was uncomfortable for him. He was too old and too anemic to have surgery to remove the tumor, so we tried to make him as comfortable as possible as he prepared himself to pass away, hiding in the boxes and baskets in our closet. He was buried today in the backyard he grew up in, wrapped in his favorite maroon towel. Even though we knew he was sick, it was hard to lose a buddy like MacDuff, the cutest kitty who ever lived.

Please send positive thoughts our way.

Here are some photos of MacDuff that we took this past month.