in memorium grimoire grimaulkin 1990 - 2005

it is with a heavy heart that i must bring you the news that my best pal in the whole universe no longer resides within his corporeal shell. grim has left this life.

saturday afternoon he and i curled up for a little nap together, with both of us drifting off to sleep to his purr. later in the evening, he started showing signs of distress, so i settled him down on my chest, and we enjoyed a good snuggle with rin. he calmed then, with us all huddled together. as his breathing grew labored, rin held his paw as I stroked his head and held him. at 10:15, he let out a heavy sigh and a little purr... and he was gone.

it was, in my humble opinion, the best death ever - topping even bill shatner's oscar worthy performance in star trek: generations.

bell, thomas and mei joined us afterwards for a kitty wake... with each paying their respects in their own idiomatic style.

since being diagnosed with metastatic liver cancer on the first of november, grim has suffered as much pampering and spoiling as we could dish out, and he remained happy and comfortable up until the very end of his extraordinary life. fear not, grim-fans, we still have hours of footage in the archives: you have not seen the last of him yet.

thanks to all of you for your continued support. it's been an exceptionally difficult month here at the invincibles - but i wouldn't want to have missed one second of it.

we'll miss you grimoire! send comments to the invincibles.

and i'm crying for yesterday... and the tap drips, drip drip drip drip drip drip drip drip drip drip...