Jessie Paul ‘Bubbie’ Kingsbury

Oct 1991 – April 29, 2010

Bubbie passed quietly in the arms of his Gammie person at 9am this day. 

Bubbie has been known to be a kitty of many talents in his time.  He was a great tea-partier (and I don’t mean that in a political way).  He was known to play dress up with the best.  He even pulled off being show-and-tell once, not to mention swinging in the baby swing many times, and that was just his early years.

His greatest talents came in the area of friendship.  He was the greatest companion to a very special person, HIS person.  He helped raise her as she raised him.  Together they met all challenges together.  Last minute school projects were a specialty of his, though he usually wanted to help a bit too much (according to her loudly), that was just the leader in him, he wanted to direct the project.  Reading time was good too, as long as she shared the book.  He was known to osmosis the contents of a book by laying on it so he could discuss it with her later.  Sometimes a lap would suffice while she was reading, but that was entirely up to him.  Bed time… ‘Where’s my pillow?  Never mind, I’ll take yours!’ was heard from him often. 

When it came to meal time he had definite opinions.  Food for him was a strong opinion.  He preferred his spaghetti without sauce, usually.  Chicken and shrimp where definite favorites.  Lunch time was always good for soup or sandwiches, assuming the soup has meat for him, don’t worry about the sandwich; he was perfectly willing to help himself from the side closest to him.  Breakfast, no syrup on that waffle please. Doritos were a good snack.  You had to always keep in mind…. Sharing is good!  If you don’t think so, don’t turn your head cause Bubbie’ll help myself!  That was Bubbie! 

18 ½ is not young for a cat.  Actually it is OLD! He lived longer than his mother (17+ for her).  He lived his later years with dignity and grace.  ‘Get out of my way’, ‘I don’t care what you think’, and ‘that’s my spot’ were a few of his mottos in his later years.   

This is just a little of what was special about a special kitty…  written by the hacker of this blog, Grampie to Bubbie, dad to the blogger.

Good-bye to the best Bubbie in the world! You will never be forgotten!