31 Jul Willow the Cat Finds a Home
Willow Finds a Home
by Kris McDermet, Hospice Care and Bereavement volunteer
In May of this year, Stewart participated in a Brattleboro Area Hospice vigil case. He sat with M for one visit before she sadly passed away in her home, which she shared with her cute Tuxedo cat, Willow. M had adopted her from the Windham Coun
ty Humane Society several years earlier and enjoyed her antics and love. The day before M passed, Ruth (Hospice Care Coordinator) sent out an email to several of her volunteers to see if they could provide a new home for Willow. Within 10 minutes of that email we said yes. Several years earlier, over a short period of time, our wonderful Ruby, Sancho, Honey, and Scooter had passed and we were pet free for these years — the Covid time was pretty quiet around our home!
She is shy, lively, loves to be petted and brushed, and to sit/sleep on our porch or the window sill behind our computer. As an early riser like her new person, we are up at 4 AM, she eating her food and me drinking coffee.
She is a small cat but very present: We can tell she had loving care by M and we are thankful she came to us next.
This is such a good example of two Brattleboro nonprofit groups who have such positive influences in the lives of many in our community!