Tuxie Pappas Obituary (2020

My Beloved Companion and Fur Baby Tuxie Born April 2004 - Passed Away December 23, 2020 at 12:30 a.m. peacefully with love and comfort in my arms. She has left behind myself and her best friend Tehya, growing up with one another for 16 years since they were both kittens. Tuxie was born on a farm in Minnesota along with all her other siblings. I had just gotten Tehya and wanted her to have a playmate, so I went to this nearby farm, hearing that a mamma cat recently had a litter of kittens. Not knowing what to expect or what kind they were going to be, I arrived seeing the most kittens I had ever seen running around on the farm and they were all Tuxedo kittens. I knew this was going to be a hard choice. I stood there watching these kittens to pick one out and all of the sudden, this female kitten came over to me, rubbed herself on my legs and with a meow, looked up at me. Right then and there I knew she was the one and the beautiful thing about this experience is that I did not choose her, she chose me. For the next 16 years she had been there with and for me through good times and hard times, happy times and sad times and everything in between, even moving from a house in MN to a 5th wheel now in AZ. We traveled to AZ by way of a UHaul and she did so well during our travels. Once in AZ, she adapted quite well to her new surroundings and always an indoor cat, she certainly made use of every space. I will miss her running from one end of the trailer to the other with her little, happy outburst meows as I call her "crazy Tuxie, crazy kitty". By doing that, it made her even more excited, as though to show me how fast she can sprint around. I will miss her sleeping with me, her warm body and comforting purrs of knowing she is so loved. She was always an indoor cat and only had gone outside a couple of times when she accidentally got outside for a few minutes, but she had never been out long enough to know what it was really like. In her last days, she had gotten very weak. She would just lay and snuggle up in her blankie, so before the time came that she would soon pass away, I wanted her to feel the earth, feel the grass, the sun, the trees and hear the birds, having comfort knowing this is what it will be like when she has her final journey over the Rainbow Bridge. So I took her to an area in a wildlife habitat near by home. She was so comfortable that she laid and fell asleep in the plush, green grass as the sun shined down and warmed her body. This was something I really wanted to do for her and I know she loved it. I could see that appreciation in her eyes. Two days later, she slept with me and that night, early morning hour of 12:30 a.m. she passed away next to me in my arms. A very sad, but peaceful passing knowing her journey was at home and I was right there next to her as she made her way across Rainbow Bridge. We made a lot of memories Tuxie and I thank you so much from deep in my heart and soul for all your unconditional love, support and companionship. I love and miss you so much. Always in my heart, never forgotten my beloved Tuxie. Enjoy seeing Grandma Mamma Jo. She will take good care of you. Til we meet again All my love Your human mamma and companion Maria