I just put my dear little boy, Meep, in my friend's car......and watched him go, far, far away.
A few months before Jordan got married he got the idea that he'd like to have a kitten to raise at his new apartment. Shelley had a whole bunch of stray cats that were dropped off at her place out in the country; she was desparately trying to find them homes as she could not afford to care for all them.
Jordan and I went over to her place one evening to see the kittens. The youngest ones were under a blue tarp outside, sleeping. I reached in and felt a furry mass of long hair....and out came Meep, about five weeks old, just hardly old enough to leave his mother.
We took him home that night. Long story short, though, Jordan didn't take the cat to his apartment. I ended up with the kitten we originally named Meatball ....but who became Meep.
He was a bit of a plague to our older cat, Evie:
Always extremely curious.....
and he loved to be part of things, before we came down to the shop to work, leaving our old in-home business, behind. Here he is, perched on a shelf in our old shipping area:
Meep helped me do book reports here at this blog. He was always a big fan of Warman's Jewelry:
He loved playing with sari ribbon....
He helped me sell ICE RESIN:
Once, when he was tiny, we found him asleep in a shipping box!
When we moved our business to the shop, Meep could not come with us. Since it's a rented building, it did not seem like a good idea to bring him here. So he had to stay at home, all by himself, with Evie, an old lazy cat who didn't like to play:
HE WAS BORED.
Meep is a Maine Coon cat, and if you know anything about them, you know they tend to be 'talky' cats. They chirp and trill rather than 'meow'. When I would come home at night, Meep would question me.....as if to say, where have you been? Don't you love me any more?
Over the months, it just seemed best to begin to look for a new home for him....hard as that seemed for me. Finally, someone perfect to take on the task of being the Meepster's new mama, showed up. My friend Catherine is a very doting person. She loves cats and wanted one that was older and more settled, but that still liked to play.
He sure does!
I was listening to a playlist I made that has "I Loved Her First" on it, it's a popular song that serves as the song brides dance to with their fathers, at weddings. In fact, my niece, Andrea, just did.
As I listened to it, I thought of Meep:
Our house is the only place he remembers or has ever known since the day I pulled him out from under that tarp on Shelley's back porch. I was the one to care for him, feed him, take him to the vet's, console him.
YES. I loved him first. And I shared him with many of you via funny posts here and at Facebook.
Now Catherine has him. I have a feeling, that maybe....
She will love him BEST.
XOXO darling Meepie....
Awww, Brenda, this brought tears to my eyes. The subject is near and dear because I got my two kitties in a similar situation. Their human mommy loved them very much, but she could not keep them anymore. So we stepped in to give them a new home, and we love them very much. I'm sure Catherine will be the same way....Meep will love his new home. XOX
Posted by: Terry Matuszyk | December 07, 2013 at 01:55 PM
Brenda, what a sweet and loving blog post about Meep. So glad to know he is good hands!
Posted by: Janet Wilson | December 07, 2013 at 02:04 PM
Brenda, I know how you love Meep, so much so you thought of him first. That is the real test of love.
Posted by: Cindy McMurray | December 07, 2013 at 02:26 PM
Oh Brenda, my heart is breaking for you as I try and type this thru tear stained eyes. I know that was a very hard thing to let him go. But it looks like you found Meep a great new family to love him. Sending hugs.
Posted by: linda caudle | December 07, 2013 at 05:37 PM
We all got to know & love Meep but like Cindy said you put him first and now he has company
Posted by: Gerry | December 07, 2013 at 08:00 PM
Oh my goodness! When I first started reading your blog, I thought you had to put him down! Thank goodness he was just going to a new home! He's a beautiful cat and I'm sure Catherine will love him just as much as you do! AND you can always visit! :)
Posted by: Rosanna | December 07, 2013 at 08:24 PM
My dearest Brenda, I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes as I read this. But I just want to fill you in on Meep's journey. At first he meowed quietly for a bit but finally calmed down. He was such a good boy. You'd be proud of him, Brenda. He didn't hiss or bite or anything like that. We just took turns sitting with him in the back seat of the car, petting and talking to him.
He finally calmed down and seemed to enjoy laying in the comfort of the carrier with his blankie. Soon I even let him out of the carrier. He decided to sit next to me and let me pet him. Meep finally fell asleep for a bit and then he actually acted a little hungry, so I gave him a few of the treats you gave us. He gobbled them up! :) I was glad b/c that meant he felt better and wasn't so nervous anymore. He stayed out of the carrier the rest of the way home. :)
We arrived home safely about 6:30 this evening. We stopped a few times to see if you would take care of business. NOPE! He wouldn't budge out of the carrier. LOL!! By the way, he handled being on the leash like he'd done it all his life. :D
When we got home, the first thing I did was take him to the litter box we had set up before we left to head down there. Still nothing. That's ok, Meepie! I also put the carrier there with his blanket in it along with some food and water. At first he laid in the litter box and all you could see were those big eyes. :)
We left him alone and after awhile I peeked in on him. He wasn't in the litter box anymore. I got a little nervous and wondered if he'd gotten passed us and was hiding somewhere. As it was, he had climbed back into the carrier and is asleep in there now. Poor guy, he's had a long day for sure!
Brenda, you must know, not that we don't already love him, but that you will have always loved him best, because you loved him first. And you can call him to talk to him any time you want, ok? Maybe tomorrow before our meeting, I'll get some good pix of him and share them with you. We will do our best to take good care of him. <3 BIG HUGS AND KISSES, Brenda Sue!
Love you my dear Sis!
Catherine and Everett
Posted by: Catherine | December 07, 2013 at 08:43 PM
* OOPS! To see if he'd take care of business
LOL!!
Posted by: Me Again | December 07, 2013 at 08:45 PM
I see from this post that Meep has found a wonderful home.
Posted by: Debbie Beechy | December 08, 2013 at 04:18 PM
Ok I am crying like a child over here. I know Meep has been rehomed to the very best place possible and will get all the love, attention and talking that one Maine Coon can handle. You made the best choice for Meep Brenda. Sometimes, when you love someone, you have to let them go, for them to be happy. It's the most giving, gracious act of love imaginable. And to Catherine, to open up your home to an older cat makes you worthy of the utmost praise. You my dear are an Earth Angel.
>^..^<
Brassy
Posted by: Dr Brassy | December 12, 2013 at 02:11 PM
It's great that you found a new home for him, though sad. Otherwise you mght have come home to find he had started his own business just to fight the boredom.
Posted by: Jenifer | June 22, 2024 at 05:43 PM