08/11/2025
It’s difficult to put into words the relationship Onyx and I have shared over the past almost 3 years. To most people, she’s a cat. To me, she’s been so much more than that. She was my coworker, my partner, the one whose fur I cried into when no one else would understand. She was unique in so many ways, but she was the one animal in my life that ever chose just me. She liked everyone, but she made it clear I was her person. She couldn’t talk very well, but she communicated perfectly. From adopting me on Halloween, to tanning with me, to sitting in on my Zoom meetings with YBGR, to helping me do massages, to making the trip to Minnesota, she has been my near-constant companion. When we left Spasha, I promised her I wouldn’t leave her, that she would be with me for the rest of her life…. and I kept that promise.
These last two and a half months have been the best I could have asked for for her. She got her own house without other animals being mean to her, she had plenty of love and snuggles and treats and special foods. But she continued to decline in health, and it became clear she would not be making the trip back home. The way she has looked at me the last few days felt like she knew it was time, and she was telling me it was ok to let her go… asking me to take the pain away and make it stop. It’s one of the most difficult and heart-wrenching decisions I’ve ever had to make.
So it is with a very heavy heart that I say goodbye to the cat who allowed me to rescue her, and rescued me in return. She was my angel in a fur coat, and she will leave an Onyx-sized hole in my heart with her absence that she filled and grew with her presence. At 12:38 pm today, Onyx passed peacefully away, purring in my arms. She’s been instructed to wait for me at the Bridge, and I’ll find her when I get there.
Until then, farewell, my faithful friend. Thank you for the years you gave to me. I will forever be grateful for the time we spent together and the joy you brought to my life. As much as this hurts, I wouldn’t trade those years for anything, and I’d do it all again if given the choice. I love you now, and will love you always. 🖤
