Pound Princess Pretty Gurl Pumpkin Purl was so much more than the cute, sweet face that Pretty Gurl Pumpkin Purl was a ‘hard to adopt’ Pound Princess before coming to her forever Palace. She ruled her domain with demands of laps, love, food, and treats. She was the smartest yet most emotional cat I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. She was fully devoted to her royal servant, unless her BFF, Sunspot was visiting, whereupon I became chopped liver. Purl was not Perfect. She had lots of anxiety issues that gave her the ‘hard to adopt’ label. But she blossomed in her Palace which included Purl’s Porch. Purl’s anxieties could be placated with a warm lap and lots of beds and nests throughout her Palace. When she was really cozy, she would offer the Golden Belly for rubbing. She loved to observe her kingdom from atop piles of warm laundry. When a new recliner was brought into the Palace it became her throne. In her younger days Purl would prance and play, fetching toys and demanding my participation. Her senior years, she developed achy bones and the Palace was renovated to accommodate the Princess for many more years. Purl and I met during the early days of social media, and she instantly became an internet sensation to my social media circle. Her expressive face and stories of her adventures brought smiles to many who never even met her. “What a sweet face” was something said by everyone who met her. Her face was indeed a true expression of her personality. It was fitting that Dr. Sahaghian said just that when he arrived to help free her spirit from her ailing body. Typically, I would not have even written something like this, but in the days prior to the painful day, I had read somewhere that writing about your pet and looking at pictures is healing, and it has proven to be true, so thank you for asking me to share Purl’s story.
-Dee S.