Velvet ~ The velvety black cat I was telling you about that stopped eating when Ray passed away and I had to start adding canned food to her dry food in order to get her to eat. This story is about her. I had to call Direct TV to come out and figure out the problem with my remote. After putting in new batteries I couldn't get it to work. In the meanwhile, I put the dogs in the bedroom and closed the door. I left the cat, Velvet, because she never shows her face around strangers. The man from Direct TV came. He was a big guy around Shannon's age. As he was picking up the remote from the side table where it lay, Velvet all of a sudden jumped up purring loudly and rubbing her head against his arm with unrestrained devotion. She wouldn't leave him alone. I know the cat! I knew in that instant that she thought it was Ray coming home at last. I've never seen anything like it before. She didn't come to me as she usually does, but she went to him thinking it was Ray, whom s
