The Death of My Cat :: Personal Narrative essay about myself

The Death of My CatThis fall, in the bleak and rainy days just after Thanksgiving, two members of my family died. The first, a great aunt, passed on after persist for years in a nursing home. Her funeral was sad in that the only mourners, otherwise than her sis and the immediate family, were an elderly couple who once lived next door. The other death was my cat-o-nine-tails, chick Macbeth, who died alone in a kitty hospital while my p bents were away. Lady Macbeth was a remarkable cat. All cat owners think their cats are remarkable, but Lady Macbeth made a lasting impression on everyone she met, perhaps because she was never much of a cat. Lady Macbeth saw herself as a person who for some reason was treated like a cat day after day until it drove her mad. To her dying day she never halt insisting (quite loudly) that she was NOT a cat and to please stop picking her up and making silly meowing noises and locking her in the basement with an actual cat (her sister Grimalkin). Sh e and Grimalkin were famous largely for the adventures they had while her masters were away. There was the time she stayed the weekend at a friends apartment and uprooted all of his potted plants. There was the tin paper incident and the deep fat fryer incident. There was the time she managed to knock over a lazyboy recliner (I never did figure out how she did that one). Her sister usually performed the stunts, but a bewildered Lady Macbeth usually got the blame. She had, as I said, an effect on people. Those who did not like cats to begin with often employ Lady Macbeth as Exhibit A. But those with a place in their heart for cats would become more and more fascinated upon each new encounter. She was continuously frantic, was terrified of the outdoors by day but drawn there by night, would speak directly with humans in a most un-cat-like way, and would gather in a beeline for any available lap, especially mine. I was very fond of Grimalkin, but still regard Lady Macbeth as my mo st eccentric friend. It fazed me at first that I wasnt able to make it back to Idaho before she died. What I wouldnt give for one more hour of lap time with Lady Macbeth But then it occurred to me that I was placing undue emphasis on her final days.