COOKIE THE CAT & THE MAGICAL LARYNX
(I'm trying to remember the good times while we wait for him to come home)
Day #1 with Cookie. I couldn’t embed the video so hopefully you have Instagram so you can hear Cookie’s astonishingly high voice. Those first few months his meow could’ve shattered champagne glasses. It put dog whistles to shame.
Day #2 with Cookie:
Day #3 with Cookie:
Day #4 with Cookie (out of 1291 days in total):
This is one of my top ten favourite photos of me and Cookie.
Cookie likes to do his leg stretches on the fridge. I don’t know why and I' don’t bother asking cuz he just says “mrgow?”
Day #923 with Cookie:
This is Cookie looking into the reflection on the monitor. (My computer was off.) His expression says “Danny, you look like an idiot.”
Acerbic cat humour notwithstanding, I miss it already. The 3 years, 6 months, and 14 days I spent with Cookie between were wonderful. Right, Cookie? RIGHT? Okay, maybe he was bored some of the time, but for the most part we had a blast.
Day 1014 with Cookie:
When I spoke to the Toronto Humane Society after Cookie vanished, they issued him a Missing Animal I.D. which is #A0973789 and will expire on May 8th 2024 (though I pray he is home before then).
They recommend me checking toronto.ca/lost-found-pets once a day, so I logged on after work and my heart began to flutter when I saw an animal with no photograph but the Missing Animal I.D. #A0973799. One number off from Cookie’s #. I thought maybe it was a typo but it wasn’t.
Can you believe that? What are the freakin’ odds?
I just hope it’s a good sign and means they already issued the number ending in 89. So if they just issued one ending in #99 12 hours ago. Cookie might be at the shelter. I’ll find out tomorrow at 7:30AM. Hopefully this 89-99 discrepancy means that my cat was saved 9 pets ago.
Day #1101 with Cookie:
The missing pet had one single digit difference from my own missing pet and had been found yesterday on the West End of Toronto. Hard not to feel like the universe is devising creative ways to torture me at this point.
Day #1085 with Cookie:
Day #1291 with Cookie:
Day #1563 with Cookie (I hope):