Goodbye Howard-the-cat

Last night our kitty, Howard, died.  Melanie found him and his sister, Gracie, at our church in Lubbock about 3 and 1/2 years ago when they were only 2-3 weeks old. In an attempt to convince Joseph and Kevin that we needed to keep them we were quick to come up with names. Grace was named after our small faith group that met once a week, Girls of Grace. Howard was named after the little boy that I used to watch, Howard.

Two years ago when Gracie died we found out that Howard also had the same sickness. There is no cure and they most likely got it from their mom when they were born. The vet said that he could live for a long time with it but his immune system was weak so even a cold could be deadly. Well, he made it two more years and we were happy to have him for the time we did.