It's with a heavy heart that I write today's update.

We lost a beloved member of our family today. We made the heartbreaking decision today to help Mya go to sleep one last time. We found out three weeks ago that she was suffering from kidney failure. At that point, we decided to not hospitalize her for treatment.. instead we were going to give her as much love and attention as she deserved and spoil her each evening with treats and our time. This morning she took a turn for the worse and after speaking with our caring vet, we decided it was best to let her go.

She's been a best friend, companion, and source of unconditional love in my life for 11 years and we all know how much Matt has loved her for the past 7 years. We once joked that if we were to separate, I get the friends, Matt gets the cat.

Mya was adopted at the age of one in 1999 from the pound in Norco, CA. I went in looking for a cat and couldn't believe what a beauty I found, a gorgeous Himalayan-Siamese mix with beautiful blue eyes. I knew she was perfect the first time I laid eyes on her. Surely her previous family was crushed to lose her. She had a purple collar but no tags, was already spayed, and obviously well taken care of. She was eternally grateful to be saved and would reward me each evening by waiting at the front door for me to return from work. For the first year or so, she never made a peep and was never underfoot, the perfect cat!

Although Maddie has only known Mya for a short time, she loved her as "her kitty" and would call out her name and hold out her hand in hopes that Mya would come over to her. She knew to be gentle and nice to her kitty. Even though Maddie's memory of Mya will fade, we'll always tell her about her first pet.



She's been though everything with us...

She was there to congratulate us when we got engaged, Christmas 2006.


Was with us in Mexico on our wedding date, in the form of a card to my future husband.


Wishing us well for each vacation we took, and waiting for us to return. We were mutually glad to see each other.


She even appeared on the front page of our local paper, the Acorn. We sure were proud!


She'll be sadly missed by all of us! We love you Youra-pants.