I loved you from the moment I met you, bedraggled and broken in a box, hit by a car and such a mess. You may have lost your leg, but you never lost your spirit. No one ever knew you were missing that leg until you stopped moving, which wasn’t often. My trickster, my naughty boy, my magical wonderful beast of a cat… I will never forget you, Shammy, and the joy you brought to my world while I slogged through veterinary school. Losing you in that fire was the worst thing that has ever happened to me. I will never stop loving you, my fine friend, my familiar. For all my days.
Cap’n Shammy
