Palantiri
Our Tiri (pictured here on the left, leaning on her sister, Serafina)
passed away at only 5 years old. She was fearless, an adventurer.
When she was a kitten, the first night we had her, she crawled inside a
lamp. When we drove cross-country, she was always ready to leave in
the morning, going into her carrier without any fuss, and she quietly
enjoyed the ride. Sometimes she was aloof and seemed to look down her
nose at the world from her perch on the cat tree. Most of the time
Tiri was a great giver of love. She always took care of her sister,
Sera, and delighted in grooming her and making her purr. She greeted
us like a little ray of sunshine when we came home, when we awoke in the
morning, when we got out of the shower. She came in to say goodnight
almost every night as we were going to bed, kneading the covers and meowing
as we pet her. Tiri loved having her belly rubbed and her face rubbed,
or better yet, both at the same time. When we rubbed her belly, she
would often rub her face with her back feet. She loved playing with
paper and would prance around proudly with it in her mouth when she got it
from the printer. She also loved sitting on warm pizza boxes,
wrestling with her sister, chewing on string, and jumping into the dryer
(even if she had to claw her way up one of our backs to do it!). We
will always love our “Tiri Love,” and we miss her very much.
The Sheetz Family
