Clarence

[wednes]

Clarence T. Cat March 2000-August 2005

Clarence T. Cat died today from complications following stress from environmental changes. She was five years old.

Despite having a boy's name, Clarence was a very feminine and proud feline. She enjoyed collecting socks, licking plastic bags, and chasing laser dots. A lifelong resident of Michigan, Clarence also spent much of her time looking out the window. She occasionally pursued opportunities to be petted, and was especially fond of wads of crumpled paper. Clarence is survived by one sister, Pentelope, and her distraught human family: wednes, and H. Clarence will be deeply missed.

In lieu of flowers, the family of Clarence asks that you all find your favorite cat and shower him/her with love.




I'd like to again thank everyone who sent monies and well wishes (and that is a LOT of you!). The people at Ann Arbor Animal Hospital were wonderful. Clarence is being cremated and I will be bringing her ashes home in a week or so. I am told that she stopped eating because of the stress of packing boxes and moving. This affected her liver and by today it had pretty much shut down. I was with her at the end, and she appeared to be comforted by that, despite my loud sobbing.

I am not sure that we will still be having a housewarming party, as it seems awful to celebrate the move that killed Clarence. Plus I'm still not so fond of this apartment anyway. We still haven't had a maintenance man out here. At the same time I do love making a bunch of food and having people over. Hopefully I'll be feeling up to that in a few weeks. So yeah, I'll keep everyone posted on that as we decide things.