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This shrine page is dedicated to my cat, well, actually, to my two cats. Although one of them is no longer with us, I want to capture her memory somewhere because she was undoubtedly a beautiful and unique animal in my life. Midnight and Mimi are special cats in my life and are and were driving forces in my life to continue forward in my constant struggle with mental health. Please consider this page a love letter to my two cats!

UPDATED 11.19.24

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our first night together ✦
Midnight

I was in the hospital and was hospitalized for a long time, when I found out on a call with my mom that they were planning to give me a new kitten to help with my mental health as part of my treatment. My previous kitten died of kidney failure and that had left me in a terrible mental state. I didn't feel like I had any reason to keep going, but when I knew that kitty would come to me, I felt like I needed the strength to be that caregiver for my little one. I remember the day that I met midnight vividly. A core memory!

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When I got out of the hospital, we went to the animal shelter shortly after and met her, my sweet baby girl. When I saw her, I started crying with a mix of happiness and sadness, Midnight was only a baby about 2 months old and she was so tiny! Her little face was adorable, she climbed over the other cats and ran to me. I immediately hugged her and knew I had gotten a part of myself back that I lost. My therapist wrote a letter authorizing her to be an emotional support pet that same day and we took her home! She slept with me that night, curled up between my legs on the blue blanket on my bed.

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growing up together ✦

Midnight grew up, and very quickly! She spent most of her time outdoors with me, climbing trees, looking at the wild flowers, and playing with my greenhouse plants at home. I'm currently in a very rural place (it's literally surrounded by fields and forests), so I'm glad she was able to spend a lot of time outdoors because of that. She always kept me company. I'd take her outside in her vest and in her travel backpack. And our winters were also very warm because of her love. When it was cold, I loved to put my hands under her tummy to warm them up.

Midnight

She has been there through my worst and best times. I've spent 2 years of my life with this cat now. And man, I love her so much. She's such a big girl!!! I hope to continue capturing more moments from our travels sometime in the future. And if anything happens, I'm so, so happy to have watched her grow up by my side and spend my time with such a wonderful cat. My meow meow. Love you forever Midnight.