"Please don't say goodbye, just say aloha..." That's the tag line from Howard
Louie Bluie Armstrong's song, "Kanaka." Aloha means "hello" and "goodbye," and sometimes goodbye is just too hard to say. On Sunday, Stephanie and I bade a loving
aloha oe to Fu Man Chu. He was one week past 16 years old this past Sunday.
He had his last drink the way he liked it and he gracefully sauntered from the bathroom and out of this life.
The vet said that 16 years is a good long run for a cat, it's the human equivalent of 77 years. As I wash and pack his fountain away I remember that funny croaking meow at 6:00 am. I'll miss his quirky fascination for plumbing, his great love of shoes, the thumping of his big fat feet as he stole food from the table, his fear of the blanket monster, his love of people, his passion for play... we'll miss this little guy dearly.
Aloha oe, Mr. Fu Man Chu Wissinger. A loko e hana nei, good friend. We will never ever find another kanaka like you.
"Please don't say goodbye, just say aloha..." That's the tag line from Howard Louie Bluie Armstrong's song, "Kanaka." Aloha means "hello" and "goodbye," and sometimes goodbye is just too hard to say. On Sunday, Stephanie and I bade a loving aloha oe to Fu Man Chu. He was one week past 16 years old this past Sunday.
2 comments:
Aloha.
Great cats are a treasure. Here's hoping he's enjoying the great yarn ball in the sky.
I bid thee farewell Mr. Fu. You'll get to meet Olive and Turbo...dear friends who are now playing in Kitty Heaven.
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