Daily Excerpt: Intrepid (Leaver) - Preface

 


excerpt from Intrepid by Carl Leaver and Betty Lou Leaver


Preface


All cats are special, but occasionally one is unique—so unique that you

know that this one time, this one cat’s lifetime, is the only time you will encounter

such a soul. That makes every day with the cat a delightfully special

day, and it makes the death of such a cat a real tragedy. The memories

linger, and they are no less sharp a year, or two years, or three years later

than they were when they took place.


Intrepid was just such a cat for us. So many things remind of us him

nearly every day: replacing a light bulb—he would always climb the step

ladder to help, putting up a Christmas tree—we never could when he was

around because he would eat it or any plant, and the silence of waking up

in the morning—he always woke us by pushing onto the floor any moveable

item he found on the bureau (and, regardless of weight, he could usually

find a way to move any item there).


Missing Intrepid is part of our daily life now. For that reason, we wrote

this book—to memorialize a nifty little cat and to assuage the grief in no

longer being greeted by him or put to sleep by his settling in for the night on Carl's chest. 


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