Hello, sweetheart,
Oh, we miss you, your beauty, your sweet spirit, your funny loud "meoooow" when you'd hear Daddy crinkle the cheese wrapper--you'd come running from the other side of the house to get to that kitchen fast, lol...oh, how you loved a piece of American cheese, little one...
How your Daddy loved you...before I met your Daddy, and even after we were married, he would give you a bath! Yes, and you didn't care for it, but you tolerated it, and was a gentle baby with Daddy...Your beautiful long fur would get dirty, and so then you'd get your bath, and I had never seen a kitty get a bath before, and I thought it was very interesting, although I'm sure you wished it had been skipped, lol!
After we moved to our first house, and we brought all of you kitties with us, we had a phone call full of somewhat bad news that beautiful, sunny Saturday morning...oh, how I remember it well...Daddy went into the garage, and accidentally his hand bumped the garage door opener on the wall and your little siblings were scared of the noisy garage door opening, but you saw the light coming in from the front yard and out you ran, just as fast as you could...
We hadn't lived there long, and weren't thinking you were ready to play outside just yet, because you hadn't had your bearings on your new yard outside just yet, and a small dog lived next door who wasn't raised with kitties and he would bark and bark. We assume he chased you, and scared you, because you were so gentle you didn't even know what to do when you had a mouse cornered once--you were so sweet, our beautiful girl...
We were devastated...we put up fliers, talked to neighbors, drove and walked and drove and walked and called your name for months, but could never find you...We always, and other family members did, too..told ourselves that someone had fallen for your beauty and had taken you inside to be an indoor kitty forever with them, and that is the only thing that gave us peace when you were lost to us, our sweet little girl...
Whatever life you had after us, after your Daddy's deep love for you, we hope it was a wonderful, safe and warm one, happy each and every day with lots of love and devotion from a new family, sweetheart...I don't have any date to put on the end, but you got out and away from us in May 1993...a lump is starting in my throat even now, after all these years...
We will miss you forever, and the fun and joy you brought to our lives, beautiful Precious... 
Love,
Mommy and Daddy forever and ever
Having just read back through this, I am sobbing now for you, sweetheart...
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