Cats who teach me to fly…

Alexis, together with Coco, Muffin, Macaron and the six kittens were bailed out from AVA early 2016. They are the cats that were trapped and sent to AVA at a nursery at Thomson.

As they are feral cats, we are unable to go near to them despite living under the same roof.

Alexis was a very active boy. He loved playing with kittens and treated them as one of his own. I always caught him grooming the kittens. He was not a trouble maker. Not once did I catch him fighting with other cats. He got along very well with all the cats and they love him very much.

Two months ago, he began to lose weight and ate very little. His blood test were normal and I thought nothing serious could happen to him. Perhaps antibiotic could solve the problem. Never have I thought that cancer would occur in him. How ignorant and irresponsible I was.

Alexis was a handsome boy. We sent him and the kittens to the adoption drive once. Someone was interested to adopt him but we preferred Alexis to be adopted with the kittens that he loved to be with. The adoption was unsuccessful and we kept Alexis with us and never put him up for adoption again.

Alexis loved to eat together with the cats at home. He loved Dahlia and her kittens so much and I always caught them sleeping together. Cashie, Monnie, Hugo, all of them love him. Although he never got close to me but he was often sleeping beside me at night. Whether I sleep in the hall or bedroom, he was often around.

Alexis has taught me the importance of prayer. He also helped me recollect my past lives memory, the familiarity of chanting.

I recite eight prayers for Alexis on alternate night. As usual, I do all I can to benefit Alexis and I am getting better with it! More confident! And more familiar!

I miss Alexis!

“…. It is, Ananda, as though from a mighty hardwood tree a large branch should break off, so has Shariputra now had his final passing away from this great and sound community of bhikkus. Indeed, Ananda, of that which is born, come to being, put together, and so is subject to dissolution, how should it be said that it should not depart? This, indeed, is not possible.”

(Buddha’s teaching when Shariputra or our loved one passes away)