Thankful Thursday: Remembering Lita

It has been one year since Lita left us.

I thought it might be nice to share a few of my favorite memories of her today.

When Lita and I first moved here, I was going to graduate school. One day, I was listening to one of my boring social work textbooks and eating a few Sun Chips for a snack. I was holding up my chip to take a bite of it when Lita (who was behind me on the top of the the couch) leaned over my shoulder and took a bite right out of my chip! I said, "I didn't know cats like Sun Chips!"

Jewel's former human introduced me to Meerkat Mannor. The first time I watched it, Lita was on the couch with me. She got all interested and started swiping at the meerkats on the TV! She really loved watching that show, so one Christmas I bought her the first season on DVD.

True to a Siamese's nature, Lita bonded most strongly with one human - and it was not me. Her favorite human was "the Bad Man." How did he get this name? For the last several years of Lita's life, he was the one who gave her most of her medication, especially if it was a pill. So, we started jokingly referring to him as the, "Bad Man." I would joke with him that Lita loved him so much that she would allow him to flatten her on the x-ray machine (the most horrible thing in the world in Lita's eyes) and she'd just purr at him!

She loved her "Bad Man" so much. She would lay on his shoulder for hours if he let her. I have numerous photos of them napping together. I believe she was his soul cat. I am thankful that he was there for so much of her last several years of life. She took great comfort in him. I didn't mind being her second favorite human.

As a young cat, Lita loved this blue bed. It sat on the top of my desk, and she spent hours in it everyday.. She didn't really take to any other beds for years after we had to get rid of this one.

One year, I bought Carmine a nice heated cat bed for his birthday. I knew he'd love it! Imagine my surprise when I saw Lita in it one day. Even more surprising was that Carmine, who is usually pretty mellow at home, got very upset about Lita being in his bed. He got so upset about it that he walked right over to her and started giving her smacky paws to the head!

Lita loved to eat! She'd eat just about any cat food you put in front of her. The funny thing is, she was really picky about her treats. Her favorite kind were Whisker Lickin's chicken and cheese soft treats.

Lita loved catnip toys. Her first catnip toy was a little burlap bag filled with catnip. I gave it to her, and within an hour or two, she had ripped a hole in it and was taking the catnip right out of the toy! She also loved Yeowww catnip toys and began using them as little pillows for her head when she had naps.

Lita was a beautiful, intelligent, and loving kitty, and I was lucky that she chose to spend her life with me. We are thankful for all of the wonderful memories we have of her.

Milita

July 2003 - September 12, 2018

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