To the list that includes Ted Kennedy, Walter Cronkite, Patrick Swazye, Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett, add Mr. Kitty. He was a beautiful, huge, plush gray cat who weighed somewhere near 25 pounds. He tried to be mean and snarly, but ended up a purring lap cat (assuming you had a big lap!). He went over the Rainbow Bridge yesterday due to kidney failure. He will be missed by Oscar and Miss Kitten, as well as his human family: my brother John, Tanya, Keegan and Garrett.
Yesterday (Sept. 21, 2009) also marked the first day in my adult life without Guiding Light. Yes, I watched that 72-year-old soap. In some ways it was a constant in my life. From the summer of unemployment, living at home in 1981, to Danville, Columbus and back to Roanoke, I've followed Josh and Reva, the Spauldings, the Bauers and the Coopers. Beta, VHS and finally DVR kept me in touch with the people of Springfield. I rolled my eyes at the stupider story lines, but cried real tears when characters died. I think of the actors and actresses who have now lost jobs they've had for nearly 30 years.
RIP Guilding Light. And Mr. Kitty.
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