Sweetest girl.

This is Mercy, and I adore her. I go into Ithaca Grain and Pet Supply just to see her. They discovered recently that she has cancer in her jawbone, which can be pretty painful. She has still been acting really good, though, eating, visiting customers, talking, purring.

I saw her last Thursday, and went back in today just to see her. I couldn't find her, and worried a little, but she was still so good Thursday. When I had the chance to ask the woman working, though, she told me the sad news. "She passed Friday night," Sarah said.

Mercy was 18 and just a wonderful, sweet, quietly friendly cat. I am so glad and so lucky to have known her. As my friend Tom said when Chewie died, slightly amended here, "Thanks for sharing your life with me, little girl. I'll miss you."