Tribute to my special Berry College kitty

What’s been going on:

I haven’t been doing my photography for a couple years now. Lots of this have happened. My mom had passed away. I have had eye issues and ended up having surgeries. Then last year, my sweet kitty, Miku went missing. I’ve had her since the beginning of 2022 when she was only a couple months old. I was never a cat person, but she made me one.

Miku

Enjoying Miku

She chose me and started following me wherever I went. Miku was a very skittish cat and it seems as if I was the only one who calmed her down. I soon got accustomed to holding her and started enjoying her little adventures in the house. We have a male cat and he was a really good big brother to her. I took pictures of her of all the cute things she did, like chasing her big brother, playing with her cat toys, getting into all kinds of boxes. She even went and got inside an open case of bottled water, her face, peeking through the plastic.

Venturing outside

Last year, she wanted to go outside like her big brother. He was an inside/outside cat. I never let her do that, until one day, she ran out the back door to the porch when the door was opened to let our chihuahua. She stayed on the back porch and enjoyed her “freedom” and never ventured anywhere else. This is what she’d do whenever we let the dog out. Most of the time she stayed on the back porch and then she ventured to the woodshed close by .

Heartbreak

Being skittish, anything and anyone would make her want to run to me or to hide in the house. So for a few months, she went out and stayed on the back porch at night. She’d cry by my bedroom window in the wee hours of the mornings, and I would go open the back door for her. That was her routine, until the night of May 22nd, 2024 when I let her out. It was the last time I would see her. She never came when I called for her the next morning. We thought she’d probably show up. The day dragged on and then more days.

My heart broke. I made flyers, I called and went to shelters to see if anyone found her. No luck. My heart has been shattered. Today, makes 468 days since that fateful night. Tomorrow would make exactly 69 weeks. The tears haven’t stopped. I miss my baby girl. She was my Berry girl. Now, that my daughter has graduated the college, I have two reasons to love Berry College. Memories become bittersweet.

Visit my dedication page on my site: https://annagloverphotography.com/dedication