I'll always Miss you, Maggie....

So I really feel like God had me off work and in Hoover for the past few days for a reason. The reason? I got to come home and say my final good byes to my Maggie girl. Maggie is our 20 year old family cat who I can't remember life without in it.
I will never forget going to the humane society and picking her out with my mom and dad. I was only 5 when we went. I remember looking at Maggie and her being SO tiny. She was rescued out of a dumpster.
It sure didn't take Maggie long to gain her weight! She got to be a FAT cat. In fact our old neighbors called and asked my mom if Maggie was pregnant!! :) She was certainly NOT pregnant as she had been spayed and was just a sweet FAT cat!
When Maggie was around 6 or 7 she some how got stuck in our roof. We still don't know she managed to get herself up there. But, my Dad got on a ladder and keep telling her "Maggie, JUMP to me!" It didn't take her long to figure out what he meant and she took a leap of faith and JUMPED into his arms! Most cats probably wouldn't have done that, but she trusted him enough to do it!
One of my favorite memories of Maggie is when we had moved from Riverchase to Lake Cyrus and we thought we had lost her. We all agonized over it. Went out in our cars calling for her, only to come home empty handed, without our Maggie. We searched for her ALL day. One of my mom friends came by to bring us dinner and we were showing her the house. We showed her the guest bedroom and the trundle bed. She had never seen one so we were showing her how it worked. I pulled out the trundle and their laid MAGGIE. We couldn't believe it! We guessed she was freaked out by the move and just went to hide!! We were SO glad to see her!
Another memory of my baby is when she would CRY at the top of her lungs to get into my room with me in the EARLY mornings. It use to make me soooooooooo mad because she would MEOOOOOW as loud as she could until I went and opened the door for her to hop in bed with me.

When I came home on friday and saw her I almost got sick to my stomach. She is SO skinny and her face is swollen. (We think she broke a tooth and now has an infection.) You can tell its hard for her to sit down and get comfortable. This morning my mom and I spent ALL morning with her. Making some last pictures and SOBBING over our baby girl. This is the first time I've ever lost a pet, so its all new to me. But, I don't consider Maggie a pet, I consider her part of our family. Tomorrow is going to be sooooooo hard. I don't want her to suffer, but I don't want her to go. My heart breaks just thinking about tomorrow. I have SOBBED the whole time I have written this blog. I don't know if I will be able to sleep tonight.

So if you don't mind say a prayer for us Frys tomorrow as we send our Maggie to Cat Heaven.....