Goodbye Chaney

Today was interesting. I may be certifiably crazy as I took 3 little girls out by myself for Black Friday shopping. It has been a tradition since I was little. The girls did great and they were really good and patient. If only the adults were that well behaved =).

I made the mistake of going to Target today. I normally avoid that kind of store on Black Friday, however I was hoping to get a particular gift for someone. Once we trekked into the store complete with television camera remote out front (I avoided this completely), I saw the size of the lines and I remembered one of my cardinal rules...I don't stand in lines. I will for 5-10 minutes, however my philosophy is that time is valuable and it would take something pretty special and great to wait in a line. I didn't do it to see the Oprah show and I certainly wouldn't on BF.

We came home exhausted and ready to nap. After that, I was cleaning up the kitchen and thinking about our evening with Josh. Aliyah went outside to throw away the LARGE T-giving edition newspaper and came back onto the porch and I heard her talking to Chaney. Soon after, they both came inside. He tried to get into the lazy susan cabinet as he often does if I have it open. I sent him on his way. Aliyah was holding him in the LR. Within 5 minutes of Chaney being inside, Aliyah was carrying him out to the porch. I thought she was just putting him back out there. She said something and I went to the door where she said, "just bury him" with a disturbed look on her face. He was lying on the porch floor in a manner in which I knew he was gone. She was apparently holding him and we started making strange sounds (I didn't hear them and I was close by so they must not have been loud). She said that his body went limp after that. I asked her why she didn't say something and she said she was scared. I'm sure she was because he just died in her arms and she took him out on the porch and laid him on the floor.

He had gone to the vet in Sept. and was current on all of his shots and heartworm stuff and all was good. He had been purring at her when she came in from putting the paper in the trash and was as normal. We only can guess that he had a heart attack or something. So, we are sad and missing the little salt & pepper member of our family. Aliyah is pretty sad and I am too. Chaney loved me and would follow me like a dog. He would try to be right next to me if I was holding Noelliah.

Aliyah only has her little frogs, but she wants something cuddly that she can hold. She LOVES animals. I told her I don't know if right now would be good timing for a new pet. It is hard to adjust to a brand new pet with a brand new baby.
The thing of comfort is that Aliyah was giving Chaney love right before and right as he died and he went so quickly he probably didn't feel much pain. We miss him though!! He was a good kitty and was loved by a few little girls.
Bye Chaney, we miss you already! I miss you looking out the door as we would leave every day. I also miss your greeting at the door when we came home as well as your readiness with your paws on the door to go inside when we arrived home. You were a loving little guy who couldn't get enough attention.