indigo

2009 - 2023

IN JUNE OF 2009, INDIGO, AGE 4 MONTHS, WAS ADOPTED FROM A RESCUE SHELTER BY SHELDON AND ERICA. SHE JOINED, AT THAT TIME, HER BROTHER SIMBA (CAT), AND SISTER, TESSA (DOG). SADLY, TESSA LEFT FOR THE RAINBOW BRIDGE IN OCTOBER 2009, AND IN NOVEMBER 2009, A YOUNG KITTEN, MISCHA BECAME HER LITTLE SISTER.
TWO YEARS LATER IN 2011, SHE BECAME THE BIG SISTER TO HER HUMAN SIBLING, SELAH, WITH WHOM SHE SHARED A VERY SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP. THEY WERE "BEST FRIENDS," AND SHE WATCHED OVER SELAH MANY NIGHTS IN HER CRIB AS A BABY. AS SELAH GREW, INDIGO, ENDURED ENDLESS DRESSUPS AND WAS THE SUBJECT OF MANY DRAWINGS AND VIDEOS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. HER HUMAN BROTHER, SHAUN, JOINED THE FAMILY IN 2013, AND HER TRADITION OF SITTING IN THE CRIB AS A WATCHFUL BIG SISTER CONTINUED. SHE LOVED BOTH OF HER HUMAN SIBLINGS VERY MUCH AND THEY ADORED HER.
INDIGO WAS A CURIOUS CAT AND ALWAYS WATCHED TO ENSURE HOUSEHOLD CHORES WERE CARRIED OUT. SHE "SUPERVISED" MANY TIMES THE WASHING OF DISHES AND OTHER TASKS WITH HER WATCHFUL EYE. SHE WOULD MAKE SURE TO LET HER DISLIKE FOR CERTAIN FOODS KNOWN BY COMICALLY GAGGING. SHE DID NOT DO IT OFTEN, BUT IT WAS QUITE DRAMATIC.
IN ADDITION TO HER FELINE SIBLINGS, SIMBA AND MISCHA, INDIGO WAS A SISTER TO TWO CANINES, SOFIA (BOSTON TERRIER) AND JULIE (FRENCHIE). THEY PARTICULARLY ENJOYED "PLAYING" WITH INDIGO AND SHE WAS MOST OF THE TIME VERY TOLERANT OF THEIR ANTICS.
INDIGO LOVED TO GIVE HER HUMANS "MASSAGES" AND WOULD STARE INENTLY TO MAKE SURE THEY APPRECIATED HER EFFORTS. SHE LOVED TO SIT IN LAPS WHEN SHE WANTED TO - NEVER UPON REQUEST - AND THOSE TIMES WERE ALWAYS TREASURED. SHE OFTEN SLEPT WITH HER FATHER AND MOTHER AND WOULD APPEAR ON TOP OF THE PILLOW OR AT THE HEAD OF THE BED, WAKING THEM WITH HER LOUD PURRS.
she was often found lounging in laundry baskets - clean or dirty - or hiding on shelves in closets. she would greet her humans with a rustic meow-meow when found.
INDIGO WILL BE DEEPLY AND DEARLY MISSED BY HER FAMILY. WORDS CAN NOT EXPRESS THE SADNESS OF HER LOSS AND THE GRATEFULNESS THAT 14 YEARS WERE ABLE TO BE SPENT WITH SUCH A PRECIOUS GEM.
WE ARE FOREVER THANKFUL WE SAW HER THAT JUNE DAY IN 2009.
AS A TRIBUTE TO INDIGO, THE FOLLOWING WRITING IS BORROWED FROM MICHAEL JOSEPH:
"I SHALL SEE BEAUTY BUT NONE TO MATCH YOUR LIVING GRACE. I SHALL HEAR MUSIC BUT NONE AS SWEET AS THE DRONING SONG WITH WHICH YOU LOVED ME. I SHALL FILL MY DAYS BUT SHALL NOT FORGET. SLEEP, SOFT DEAR FRIEND..."
INDIGO CROSSED THE RAINBOW BRIDGE ON FEBRUARY 9, 2023, SURROUNDED BY HER HUMANS, AFTER A SHORT ILLNESS FOR WHICH NO CURE WAS FOUND AND DESPITE EFFORTS, HER BODY COULD NO LONGER ALLOW HER TO LIVE FULLY AND VIBRANTLY.
INDIGO LEAVES BEHIND HER BROTHER SIMBA, SISTERS MISCHA, SOFIA, AND JULIE, AND HER HUMANS, SHELDON, ERICA, SELAH, AND SHAUN.
NOTHING SEEMS THE SAME WITHOUT YOU, SWEET INDIGO. WE KNOW WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN. UNTIL THEN, YOU ARE SAFELY WITH GREAT GRANDMA, WHOM YOU LOVED SO MUCH, TESSA, AND JESUS.
LOVE YOU ALWAYS.