Bootsie “Boots” the Bratty Cat: October 15, 2003–August 21, 2021
Happy BOOTSday, Bootsie! Remembering Da Brat, Bratty, Brat Cat, Boots: missing you lots today on your first birthday without you. I’ve known you for practically your entire life: from when you were a two-month-old kitten, to the sassy senior kitty just two months shy of 18. We quite literally grew up together, as I was in 6th grade when Dad brought you home for Christmas. I remember the endless energy you had as a kitten, as I dragged around boxes with you in tow, and the time you surprised Mom by clawing your way up along her overalls as she washed dishes, a Spiderman kitty, haha!
You had a definite personality as we all knew what you loved: warm laundry, sunbathing, time spent in the backyard, your domain as Wild Mountain Boots! You claimed my favorite stuffed animal, Baldy the Bald Eagle, as yours, and loved playing with the catnip mouse I sewed just for you. You had by far the softest, cleanest fur of any cat, or animal, I’ve ever known. You loved to cuddle (on your terms), but you were always there for me.
During quarantine last year, you were super clingy and cuddly, a feline pillow. I’ll forever miss you coming into my room for afternoon cuddles in the sun. Dad: Thank you so much for bringing Boots into our lives, I really did experience the whole lifecycle of a cat! Boots the kitten was FUN. 🙂 Mom: we all know who Bootsie’s real Mom is. You doted on her, and she loved you so much in return.
Rest easy, Boots. Don’t be too bratty in Heaven, hehe. Tell Sabre and Flash I say hi. Love on ya!
~LMC
