Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Ramona and Brendan

Ramona loves Brendan
Brendan was not a cat, he was a Perfect Being in cat form. We were blessed with his presence for 18 years. He was tolerant and kind to other cats and he was always calm (except when he first saw a duck; ducks in Brendan’s world had no right to exist).

When we brought Harper and Ramona home Brendan was 16 and the kittens were multi-ounce unhealthy furballs. Brendan took one look at Ramona, looked at us and said “Did you know she’s a Girl?” We had only had bachelor boys till them.

Ramona took one look at Brendan and said, “He’s so big, so handsome, so strong! I love him!”

Brendan had a happy old age with his young sweetheart.

26 comments:

julie.weathers said...

I love this so very much.

Carolynnwith2Ns said...

Brendan and Ramona warm my heart today. All love stories should be so sweet.

E.M. Goldsmith said...

This made me cry a little. So very sweet and furry.

Megan V said...

Such a sweet story. thank you for the smile!

PAH said...

Today's post should be a movie.

Carolynnwith2Ns said...

E.M.Goldsmith I cried a little too.

Melanie Sue Bowles said...

Darling photo... heartwarming story. Love.

Jennifer R. Donohue said...

oh my goodness ,they are so sweet together. I just melted.


And really, who among us is not suspicious of ducks?

french sojourn said...


I love this, it reminds me of when Skye, our elder Australian Shepard, was assigned Beau, our adopted little French Bulldog that had just moved in.

The change in Skye was instant, with a new mission in life of tutoring the lil' frenchie.

His final few years were with renewed vigor, mostly not letting Beau upstage him in front of us feeders.

nightsmusic said...

This made me smile and cry a bit too. So beautiful and sad. But Brendan really was a handsome lad and you can see the devotion in Ramona's eyes.

Claire Bobrow said...

That is the sweetest story. Thank you for sharing. I'm glad these two gorgeous cats had some good years together.

Lora said...

Just stopping by to say how happy this made my heart.

LynnRodz said...

I love this story! Thank you for sharing!

LynnRodz said...

Love this! Beau learned his lesson well!

Beth Carpenter said...

Love!

Kate Larkindale said...

What a gorgeous story! Made my morning.

Craig F said...

Once, in a previous millennium, we had a pair of cats with such affection for each other, and in extension, for us.

Since then we have had feral cats shanghai us, and their ways are wilder. They will cuddle together while sleeping, probably a leftover from kittenhood, and will cuddle us, some, but mostly they do individual things.

The picture is lovely and brings back many things.

Thanks Sharyn for the picture

Cyn said...

This is so sweet. Made me cry a little, too.

Thanks for making my day.

Lennon Faris said...

Oh what a perfect couple. That picture really captured some true love.

AJ Blythe said...

Awww, that's too gorgeous.

Gingermollymarilyn said...

I just love this picture so much. So touched, it made me cry too (happy to hear I was not the only one :)) It really is so sweet. Brendan is one of the characters in my novel, however, not as charming as feline Brendan.

KDJames said...

These two sweeties sure did touch a lot of hearts today, mine included. Thanks, Sharyn.

MandyBob said...

I can't stop staring at Brendan's expression! What a cutie! Just look at his side-eyed-one-brow-raised-smolder a la a young Marlon Brando. I'm so glad he and Ramona found each other <3

The Noise In Space said...

Aww! Pictures of animals hugging each other is absolutely my kryptonite.

kellypea said...

I think my heart just melted.

miriam said...

Aww....yup, I teared up over this one! What a beautiful and treasured picture.