The departure time/Carlos Pueblo

 The departure time/Carlos Pueblo

Our cat Madison is at the departure time, a time to say goodbye. He is 20 plus years old with a bleeding tumor on his right rear foot. He is not eating at all for several days. We decide to let him go this coming Wednesday. It is very sad to have this situation. We ask our son Arthur who is very kin to this cat if he would have another one to accompany him. He says no.

his cat was brought to our home in 2002 a week after Michelle brought her cat Stitch home. Stitch couldn't leave Michelle's roommate's old cat alone. Then, she found this abandon cat outside her door step outside. She was a junior at college; therefore, she couldn't take care of it. This cat was hidden in the corner of our formal dining room to avoid my notice. He was about a mouse's size according to Amy's observation. We thought that he was a female cat; therefore, I called it Ayoko in Taiwanese mean we would bring you up even though we didn't expect to have you. This was for a baby girl whom the family was expected to have a son in Taiwan at the old time. Later, the vet discovered that he was a male cat. Michelle named him Madison after the famous President of the U.S.

Madison grew up with Stitch whose individual character was more like our daughter and dominate in the household while Madison, I still call him Ayoko, is more like our son Arthur who is introversive. They have become very closed. He is not like most cats would allow me to hold him. Stitch passed away in 2018 at age 15 while Madison still doing very well until recently.

I firmly believe that the departure is a kind of suffer and a pain as the current Buddha has described especially for those who are very closed to you. All living creatures shall die eventually. Ayoko will die so will I. It is what I realize that a meaningful life is so important to me. Thanks Ayoko for bringing so much fond memory to our family and farewell.