Garfield, Rest In Peace
During my initial job interview with Animal Haven I was taken on a tour of the shelter. During that tour I met a robust, senior orange tabby in the FELV+ room. He caught my eye because his ears flattened out to the sides. I thought to myself, "This is handsome guy!" To put it mildly, I was truly touched as I visited the sanctuary floor at the Flushing shelter, which houses the FELV+ cats, the FIV+ cats, and a room of feral kitties.
Now, nearly four years later, I say goodbye to Garfield. I know its a really silly thing to say, but I thought of Garfield as the Hugh Hefner of the leukemia room. He had 2-3 female cats cuddled around him, always by his side. In particular, Foxy the Siamese mix was stuck to him like glue.
Like Foxy, we are all learning to live without Garfield. I try to continue to remember that he had a good, long life. He survived a complicated surgery several years ago, recovered well, and lived a full life here at Animal Haven for the past 12 years. We all miss you dearly Garfield... -Beau
2 Comments:
Thank you for your story about Garfield. It simply made me cry.
I took in a stray --a lovely grey female cat (1 year old?) in December when someone dropped her off in the vestibule of our building in the East Village.
"Shiva--the destroyer" has been my houseguest ever since. She's a lovely cat but she's (simply put) not "my cat". I was grateful to hear about your Haven in Soho as I met one of your "Board of Directors" two days ago--a very nice lady who told me about your organization.
I will probably be bringing Shiva into your Haven Soho branch soon as I hope to be doing another apartment swap--can't stand NYC in the summer (Licensed Masseur and Pilates teacher here)--come the summer.
Sooo...sorry for the rambling...keep up the good work and all that and I will try to send in a donation in the meantime.
blessings
StevenO
nycmasseur.com
Thank you StevenO, your comment is much appreciated! -Beau
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