I was 7 years old when my mom and I went to pick out two kittens from a teacher of mine who just had a litter. I picked up Blackie as soon as I saw her. She sunk her tiny claw into my neck and instead of little me being put off by it I immediately said “I want her!”. I like to think that was her way of picking me. From that day until the day she passed 19 years later she was my best friend. We were inseparable. She slept on my pillow with me every single night for all those years. Wherever I was Blackie was right there with me. She grew up with me from being a child, to a teenager, and then an adult. She was my joy, my support. She taught me what unconditional love is. In her last couple of years she started napping with me under the covers and she would stick her paws out and hold my face between her soft front feet. At night we would lay head to head on my pillow. Blackie was my whole world and my world came crashing down the day she passed. Life without your best friend is an indescribable pain. I miss her so much I can’t even put it into words. My love for her is forever overflowing. I can’t wait for the day I get to reunite with her for eternity. I love you my soul cat. There will never be another like you Blackie. You were the best thing to ever happen to me. Until we meet again my beautiful, sweet angel.