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In memory of Eclair, the Bakery Cat
Somehow Eclair knew we would take care of her. Cats know these things.
She was terrified. Terrified of everything, even us, but she knew to beg for food, and we gave her a scoop of cream cheese, it was all we had on hand that seemed fitting for a cat. It wasn’t long before we brought our fancy organic cat food to share with Eclair at the bakery.
Eventually I moved into an apartment right across the street from the bakery, which Eclair immediately claimed as her property, but she wouldn’t come in or let us pet her. She really wanted to come in but was far too scared.
One wet, freezing cold she finally did it, I held the door open so long that she couldn’t resist the warmth and in she bolted!
That’s Eclair on the left, she looks a lot like Sumari. Eclair was so happy with us, after awhile she let us pet her, but not pick her up. She talked to us a lot and loved the other cats too. She had so many toes we couldn’t count them all!
One day when we were almost home, there was an accident and traffic was directed down our street. Just as I drove into the driveway Eclair bolted across the street to greet us (she refused to stay inside for long) and the best I can remember was hearing something like a rock hitting a car and my son saying “Oh no, it’s Eclair”. We all ran across the street and she was laying there, already dead. I picked her up and we all cried and held her for a long time and we told her how much we loved her. Then our neighbor let us bury her in the front yard, under a tree.
In memory of Eclair, The Bakery Cat, our cat, we love you and miss you.
