Remembering Miss Darya

Today is Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day, and we are taking a quiet moment to remember old SoLT's companion of 18 years, the spunky, feisty tabby cat named Miss Darya.

Darya was adopted from a shelter. With old SoLT, she had quite the adventurous life. She enjoyed catching crickets at night and letting them loose in the bed, and once she caught a mouse and let it loose in the bed. (Old SoLT adds: If you want to wake up in a hurry, just have a mouse run over you while you're sleeping. Way more effective than coffee!) She had a complicated way of getting on the roof of the empty neighboring house (jump on top of a box, jump onto an old door, walk across it, climb into a hole in the ceiling, walk a short way, climb out of another hole onto the roof). She and old SoLT enjoyed napping on the sofa together on Sunday afternoons. Old SoLT was not allowed to fold warm laundry until after Darya was finished napping on it. She hated going to the vet, and when they took her in the back for blood work, she would scream like they were killing her (she had a flair for the dramatic).

Miss Darya was outspoken, in your face, and had an opinion on everything. She would have loved blogging!

She was also a pretty terrific companion, and we honor her today.



We thank Deb Barnes of Zee and Zoey’s Cat Chronicles, author of Purr Prints of the Heart and founder of Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day, for creating this special day to remember our beloved companions.