A Year Without Lexy | Lola The Rescued Cat

Today marks one year since Lexy made her transition to the Rainbow Bridge, just six months and six days after Lola. That day feels like a lifetime ago, but also feels like it was yesterday.

Lexy was, without a doubt, the funniest cat I have ever had the pleasure of being owned by. She was inquisitive and resourceful, and the wheels were always turning in her head. She made me laugh every day and never ceased to surprise me with her antics.

In the post I published on the one-year anniversary of Lola’s passing, I wrote, “Grief has an interesting effect on time. This year has passed at lightning speed and dragged at a snail’s pace simultaneously. Grief also has an interesting effect on memory. Her last day with me is as vivid as if it happened today, but at the same time, I feel like I struggle to recount the details of our last moments together.” That’s exactly how I’m feeling today.

The words I wrote in that post about my journey with grief and healing for Lola remain true for Lexy. It’s still an interesting sojourn with many peaks and valleys. Grieving two cats at the same time has put a whole different twist on it.

Lexy was special to me for many reasons and I miss so many things about her. I miss our high five sessions, her walking across my pillow several times a night and sometimes stopping to sniff my hair, the way she would sit in front of the air conditioner with her face pointed up in the air because she loved the breeze, the way I could rely on her to keep my life in a consistent routine, her many facial expressions, the way she would sniff my face and then give me a little lick as a kiss, and the way she would claim something and make it hers until she tired of it. (Many times boxes just stayed in the apartment until she decided they could be taken down to recyling.) Lexy made blogging easy, because she loved photo shoots! As soon as I would set one up she’d be right there, ready to pose. And she was quite photogenic, too.

I could list 100 more things I miss. But I just miss her, and her big presence in my life.

Oscar Wilde said “Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.” Lexy, my love, my diary is bursting at the seams with all of my memories of you and our life together. They are forever etched in the deepest parts of my soul and no matter how many lifetimes I live, they will be there. And I will always love you, forever and a day.

Thank you for choosing me to be your person. Until we meet again, my sweet sassy girl.

Dawn

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