Yeah, Grinelda the calico was 'only' 12 yo, had raised her from 6 wks old, so she was pretty special. Positively dog-like, followed me around all the time.
Promised Chelsea the torty that I wouldn't bring another cat in to the hous(es) untill........ prolly get a calico mom & a couple of kittens then, if I can.
You should join PetroniDE's (Master of the Kitty Threads) Kitty Caption list. It's a weekly kitty-picture for captioning (I think it resides in FR Chat) and it gets us away from all the stress for a few minutes.
If you're interested, just send Petro a quick FReepmail. I put him on here so you can see his screen name.