I brought Mom a present.

You know she has not been feeling very good with that dry socket she got at the doctor that only works on your mouth called a dentist. And the big man is still all whiny over those little rocks in his belly called kidney stones. On top of all the problems Mom and big man have, we had a bunch of the people kids over on the day that was Saturday. I suspected that a bunch of people were coming because Mom cooked a bunch of food and every time she does that, we have a lot of people come to our house. The people kid Julie and her man came, so did the people kid Justin and his new girl. The people kid April and her man came and of course they had to bring that people baby, Red Head Boy.

Mom cooked a lot of food. All the people kids played out in the back yard and they let Red Head Boy get in my big water bowl again. I am going to hide my big water bowl so the people babies will stay out of it.

After all the people ate too much food, the big man told the people kid boys to go outside and they got the big man's Christmas present out and tried to hit each other with little white balls by hitting them with paddles on a table called Ping Pong. I played too by chasing the little white balls when they bounced away. But every time I played with one, the big man took it away from me. The big man always gets on my nerves.

Most of the people kids left and the people kid Julie and her man spent the night in our upstairs. We had to get up early so that Mom and the big man could go to the place where people are nice to each for a few minutes called church. The big man went to work after that and Mom had to clean up stuff in the yard. I felt bad for Mom and I wanted to do something very special for her. I thought about catching her a nice mole or a fat bird, but I have given her those before. So I decided to get her something different. I knew she would appreciate something different, so I brought her a live snake.

I could not get the live snake to be still so Mom could get it so I had to fight with it. Me and the live snake fought for a long time and the live snake kept biting me. I was not ready for Mom to have the live snake because, well, I was having fun with it. She tried to get it with the broom and I told her to let me play with it some more. She would not so me and her got in a fight over my live snake and she hit me with the broom! That was my live snake! I was going to give it to her in a minute! She did not have to steal it with the broom!

So now I am mad at Mom about my live snake. I only came in the house today to type on the internet. I am not going to help her in her office because she stole my live snake with her broom. That is not cool and I am a cool cat.

I am worried about stuff. I'm not having problems, but everyone else is.

My internet cat friend, Ink, is having problems with her Mom. Her Mom keeps taking her to the hospital to find out why she meows. She is cat! Cats meow! Poor Ink has had shots and other very bad stuff happen to her at the hospital. Ink wants to run away but it is too hot. I want Ink to tell her Mom to get her one of those little things people type to each other. I found one in the drawer, it is called a cellphone. If Ink had one too, me and her could type to each other and have things called text messages and we could plan things to outsmart our Moms.

I am worried about the big man because he still has little rocks in his belly called kidney stones and they will not go away. He is always whining about it and it bothers me. The doctor told him if the little rocks called kidney stones did not go away in a few days, the doctor would get them out. I thought the big man would be very happy that the doctor would get them out, but that only made him whine more. I am worried that big man is losing his mind.

I am worried about Mom too because she is trying to act like nothing is wrong, she is going away on airplanes and working so she can money to buy me cat treats, but her mouth still hurts with a dry socket. She is now very mad at the people doctor who only works your mouth called a dentist and she said when she sees him again, she is going to use his own drill on him. The big man has a drill, it is a loud toy that he hits the wall with. If Mom uses that on the people doctor that only works on your mouth called a dentist, he might not like that and he might get mad at Mom and give another dry socket. I am worried that Mom needs to stop being mad at the people doctor who only works on your mouth called a dentist.

It has been so hot at our house. The weathermen on TV scream all day long about how hot it is. It has been very hot for many days and weeks at our house. Those weathermen are not very smart, because if they were, they would just be like me and stay in the house when it is hot outside. Then they would be cool like me because I am a cool cat.

Those people babies have done it this time! Yes, they have. They are in trouble and it is all their fault. I've been telling Mom to leave those people babies at their own houses with their own Moms but did she listen? No, and now there is trouble.

I will tell you what happened.

Mom got home on Friday night and she had Black Hair Boy and Black Hair Girl. They were all worked up and laughing and playing and bothering me. I was trying to go outside but no one would open the door for me. Then Red Head Boy came. His people dad brought him over. All the people babies had a bunch of stuff with them, suitcases and bags of diapers. I knew I was not going to have fun because they were going to stay for a while.

Mom and the big man always buy stuff for the people babies and I am tired of it. I never get anything new but the people babies get stuff all the time. Mom bought the people babies a new wagon that buckles on to the big man's bicycle so all the people babies can ride away on bicycle with Mom and the big man. That is not fair! I never get to ride on the bicycles! Mom got a new helmet for Black Hair Boy because he did not have one of his very own. Well, I don't have one of my very own either, but did she offer to buy me a new helmet? No, and that is not fair.

Mom and the big man rode the people babies to the park and they played with the ducks. Ducks are birds. I like birds, why can't I go to the park too?

When they got back from the park, Mom made the people babies chicken for lunch and then everybody took a nap. While the people babies were sleeping, the big man got my big water bowl out of the shed and filled it up with water. I was so happy that I would have my new water bowl outside!

But then the people babies woke up and guess what they did? They got in my big water bowl! I do not want people babies in my water bowl! That is my water bowl! People babies poo in water bowls!

They played in my water bowl for a long time and got on my nerves. Mom and the big man were smiling and laughing at the people babies.

Black Hair Boy runs away all the time and Mom had to chase him. I told Mom she should just let him go, she had three and if one ran away she would still have two and that was still too many.

The last thing Mom and the big man did for the people babies made me very mad. They bought the people babies a people baby tent house! I am so mad! I want to go camping too! I don't have a tent house and nobody will buy me one!

See, Black Hair Boy does not even LIKE the tent house! I want a tent house for cats. I put up with those people babies all day on the day that was Saturday. When they were in the house, I had to run upstairs and hide so they would stop bothering me. Mom does not let people babies on the stairs so I can get away from them up there.

Well. I knew Mom and the big man would someday see that people babies are bad. And finally they did. The people babies made Mom and the big man sick! Yes they did! Mom and the big man are sick and it is all because of those people babies! I told you!

The big man got sick in the night on the day that was Saturday. He was walking funny and hollering and all worked up and could not go to sleep. Mom had to call the people kids on the day that was Sunday to come get all the people babies because she had to take the big man to the place where doctors cost a lot of money called the hospital. I think the people babies must have put rocks in the big man's dinner because the place where doctors cost a lot of money called the hospital told the big man he had little rocks in his belly called kidney stones. The people babies did it! They made the big man sick with rocks in his belly called kidney stones.

And Mom? Her mouth hurts from the doctor that only works on your mouth called a dentist. It was hurting more and more and she was very sick about it and couldn't eat and fussed at everybody. She went back to the doctor that only works on your mouth and she has a very bad toothache called a dry socket. The people babies gave it to her. Those people babies are very bad.

Mom and the big man both have to eat little rocks called medicine that makes them smile and go to sleep. I have been a good cat because I have been taking care of them. I told Mom that we would not keep the people babies at our house any more because they gave the big man little rocks in his belly called kidney stones and gave her a very bad toothache called a dry socket. That is not cool and we cannot have that. We have a cool house and I am a cool cat.

I'm trying to be a happy cat and mind my own business, but stuff is going on around here.

First, Mom got a box in the mail with presents in it. I like presents too. This box had stuff for Mom and the big man but nothing for me. I didn't care about that because I still have lots of treats that my internet cat friend, Sammie, sent me. But there were other presents in the box. Things like sticks that are different that people babies use to write on Mom's walls called colors.

And there were bags of people baby treats shaped liked cat treats called Goldfish. This was very strange that Mom would get presents in boxes in the mail for people babies.

Mom gets up very early on the days that are Fridays and leaves before it is time to get up. Some people think Mom is important and she goes to a place on the days that are Fridays to talk to other important people and give them things called speeches. She's been doing this for a while and I am not sure why she wants to get up very early on the days that are Fridays and leave before it is time to get up. Sometimes when she gets done talking to other important people and giving them things called speeches, she stops at places to buy stuff called the mall before she comes home.

She did that today and when she got home, she had a new people baby seat for her bicycle and a new people baby helmet for riding bicycles. This makes me very mad because I know what happens when Mom messes with people baby stuff....people babies show up! I do not like people babies! They need to stay home! They bother me!

Mom told me she is going to see the people kids where the people babies live. I already know what is going to happen. When she gets back, she is going to have all those people babies with her and they will not go home! We are busy at our house! We do not need people babies here! They will eat my cat treats! Those are MY cat treats!

I am very upset but I am trying to act nice. I do not want Mom to know the people babies bother me. I am trying to be cool, because I am a cool cat.

It is hard to feel sorry for Mom when she does stuff to herself.

She already had that problem where she gets big sores on her that hurt and she scratches them and fusses at everybody because she has problems called poison oak and she has to take little rocks called steroids that makes her yell and scream at people even more. On top of that, she went to the people doctor who only does stuff to your mouth called a dentist. She was gone for a very long time to the people doctor who only does stuff to your mouth called a dentist and her face was big and red and she was not very happy.

She told me the people doctor who only does to your mouth called a dentist cut her mouth and her teeth and it hurt a lot. She was not very happy and she felt very bad.

How can I feel sorry for her? She already knew she had problems and she went and got more problems? I am just a cat, but I know better than to go get new problems when I already have some.

The big man made very loud sleeping noises again last night and Mom with all her problems had to sleep on the couch. I asked her why she didn't make the big man sleep on the couch since he was the one making all the noise and she said the big man needs his sleep more than she needs hers so she gets up and lets him sleep and make loud sleeping noises. That is not good.

Mom is a sleepy head and if she does not sleep a long time, she gets even more problems. I think me and the big man have about all the Mom problems we can handle right now so I hope he stops making loud sleeping noises so she can sleep. A mean Mom is not cool and I don't like it because I am a cool cat.

We are feeling a little better at our house.

On the day that was Saturday, me, Mom and the big man worked in our yard. We like to do that. Mom was worried because it is very very hot now. The people on the TV scream about how hot it is all the time. I told Mom if those people would stay in the house they would not be so hot and have to scream about it all the time.

Mom will not let me stay outside during the day, but that is OK, because I do not like being that hot anyway. When we were working in our yard, Mom made the big man drink blue water in bottles called Gatorade. I was hot too but she did not give me blue water in bottles called Gatorade and that was not fair.

The big man decided he did not like some of our trees in the back. We ave a lot of trees in our yard and we like them. But the big man picked some of them that he did not like anymore. He got a toy that makes lots of noise and he cut our trees down! He made a big mess! Mom was not happy about the mess!

Me and Mom got the weeds out of flowers beds. Mom has a problem with weeds. The big man fusses at her about her problem with weeds. Every time she plays with the weeds, she gets big sores on her that hurt and she scratches them and fusses at everybody because she has problems called poison oak. She has to go to the people doctor and get a shot every time she plays with weeds and then she has to eat little rocks called steroids and that makes her yell and scream at people even more.

And then to make things even harder for Mom, the big man keeps making loud sleeping noises so Mom cannot sleep and she has to go on our couch all night. She does not like that and that makes her yell and scream at people even more than ever.

I am trying to help Mom and the big man feel better. I brought the big man a nice mole yesterday, because I know he likes them. Everytime I have a nice mole around him he tries to take it away from me, so I brought him one of his own. He did not seem to like the nice mole I brought him but he did not yell and scream at me and throw me outside over it. I guess he knows that taking little rocks called steroids and having big sores on her that hurt and makes her scratch called poison oak and not getting to sleep because of his loud sleeping noises, that Mom is yelling and screaming enough for everyone right now.

I have tried to help Mom feel better by helping her in new office. She called the airplane people yesterday and told them she would need an airplane next week so I've been helping her look at her map so she will know where to go. I feel very bad for all the people on the airplane with Mom because she has been really mean since she got sores on her hurt that hurt and makes her scratch called poison oak. Maybe she will feel better before she gets on the airplane with the other airplane people.

I guess everyone needs a break sometimes, even Mom. I will be very happy for her to have a break and go away on the airplane because she is getting on the big man's nerves and mine too. I don't know what that means, but if it means I want Mom to go away for a little while so no one will yell and scream at our house, then I'm cool with it. Because I am a cool cat.

It is still very very sad at our house.

The big man did not go to work yet and Mom did not go away on airplanes. We are staying home and people still come to see us and we get pretty flowers and plants and good food.

Mom and the big man have been getting all the stuff but yesterday there was box with my name on it. We opened it and it was from my internet friend Sammie Cat. Sammie send me catnip toys and very yummy cat treats! It is good that I have friends, too.

Mom and the big man said they want to do something called normal. When people come see them, the people ask what Mom and the big man want to do and they say be normal. I don't know what that is, but if Mom and the big man want to do it, then I will help them as soon as someone tells me what it is.

We have plans for the weekend. We are going to work in our yard tomorrow. We are going to get the weeds out of our pretty flower beds and we are going to pick up sticks and then we are going to take naps in our rope bed that stays in the back yard called a hammock. Mom and the big man are going where there is fish and birthday cake to eat called a fish fry. I like fish! I like birthday cake! Why can't I go to the place where there is fish and birthday cake to eat called a fish fry? I never get to do anything!

I am staying close to Mom and the big man and being a nice cat so they will feel better. They are still very sad about the people kid Will going to live with Jesus. Everyone tells them that will feel a little better soon. I want them to feel better because I don't like for Mom and the big man to be sad all the time. I want them to be happy because that is cool and I am a cool cat.

This is a very bad time and very very bad things have happened at our house.

On the day that was Wednesday, me and Mom were working in the office all day. When we got off work we went downstairs and Mom called the big man to find out when he was coming home so she cook a nice dinner for us. The big man was very upset. He said the people kid Will was at the place where people kids go to read books and write numbers on paper called school but he was not reading books and writing numbers on paper, he was in the yard of the place called school wearing a helmet and running up and down the field chasing a ball that is not round called a football.

The people kid was running and playing with the ball that was not round called a football and he fell down. And he did not get back up.

Mom was very upset and she was calling people and yelling and crying and the people that live on our street came running to our house. They put Mom in the car and they drove away very fast. I was confused and I just stood in the driveway. It rained very hard after Mom left with the neighbors called Mr. and Mrs. Cravitz.

I waited for Mom to come home for a long time. It was late when I saw her car coming but Mr. Cravitz was driving it. Mom and the big man were riding in it. Even though it was very late at night and past bedtime but people kept coming to our house and all the people were very very sad. I have never seen people be so sad ever. Mom and the big man were crying very much and I was confused.

The people kids Julie and her man, and Justin came to our house and they were very sad too. The next day people kept coming to our house and they brought food and very pretty baskets of flowers and plants. The phone just kept ringing because people called all the time. Mom and the big man were so sad that they could not talk to people. Mom and the big man had to go to someplace they did not want to go and talk about the people kid Will. I stayed home to help the people kid Julie and her man and Mom's people Mom and Dad talk to people who came to our house.

Ink's Mom came to our house with other people friends to help take care of Mom and the big man. I have never met Ink's Mom and the other people friends and they were very nice except when they put a pink sock on my head. I am a boy! Boys do not wear pink socks! Cats should not have socks on their heads!

I was very sad about the people kid Will. Mom and the big man were so sad that I could not do anything to make them feel better. Mom told me the people kid Will is never coming back to our house because he has gone to live with Jesus. The big man is very happy that the people kid is with Jesus because the big man loves Jesus very much and wants to go live with him one day too. But he is very sad because the people kid Will was only 16 people years old and people kids that young should not go live with Jesus so soon.

Mom is very worried about the big man and called the airplane people and told them she would not be riding airplanes for a while because she has to stay home and take very good care of the big man. We are very very sad at our house, sadder than we have ever been.

Will Aubrey Orr
12/20/90 - 8/1/07
May his light shine forever