Today is a Very Special Day – Happy 15th Birthday to Mr. Jazz!
This was Jazz’s first picture and he was about 12 weeks old here.
I instantly fell head over heels in love while watching these puffy balls of furs on the TV screen with their sweet, playful, and docile personality and decided on the spot that I must have one of my own and realized the chances of a stray coming to my door were slim, even for me, and so I hatched the not so difficult plot of convincing my boys that it would make the perfect Mother’s Day gift for me, which was coincidentally only a few weeks away. I also knew in order for this gift to actually come to fruition, that I would have to be the one to find the kitten, make arrangements to pick it up, and pay for it… details, details.
So, not one who has much patience when it comes to getting what I want, I had to cross my fingers that someone would actually have Ragdoll kittens available and I quickly scoured the classified section under pets, because believe it or not, back then the Internet was not a part of my life. How ironic that now it is the newspaper that is not a part of my life… Anyhow, luckily for me, someone did have kittens and a short two hour drive later, there I was picking out and reserving my furry little gift from a litter of six. Because he was born on 4/17/1998, he was still not old enough to leave his mother at this point, so I had to wait about a month to actually pick him up and bring him to his new furever home, which ended up being July 2, 1988, his official “Gotcha Day.”
Now, 15 years later, I am blessed to be saying Happy Birthday to that special kitty that you all know as my beloved Jazz. Jazz is winding down in his journey with me, so everyday I have with him is cause for celebration. He has become a very distinguished and elderly mancat, hence the respectful title that we now call him, Mr. Jazz, and he is such a good boy. While his mind and body has slowed down and is showing the signs of age, he remains a loyal, loving, and devoted cat whose greatest joy is to snuggle on my chest when I watch TV at night as he purrs and hugs me with his now shrinking bear paws. He and I have been through quite a lot together and there is not a day that he does not tell me how much he loves and adores me.
The feeling is mutual buddy – I love you so much and am so grateful to be wishing you a Happy Birthday.
Much love from all of us – Human Dad, Zee, Zoey, Mia, Peanut, Rolz, Harley, and Kizmet
And Jazz, I hope you hae a great day!
Hope you had a puuurfect birthday, Mr. Jazz!!! kisses and purrs to you!
Oh such a lovely article. They are so special, and you are right even more precious as they grow older. I have been blessed to have many wonderful pets in my life, and I can easily say they have…each and every one of them…owned my heart!
Happy happy birthday to Jazz, and an extra hug from my kitties in Austin, Texas!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to a very handsome mancat!
Happy Birthday Mr. Jazz
Happy Birthday Mr. Jazz. We hope you have many more.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MEW MR. JAZZ! 15 years is a fabulous milestone and the fact that you have been with your staff/Mom since mew were a baby kit makes it all the more special. As a fellow senior kitty, I admire how mew have adapted to living in a family of so many youngsters. My brofur Kaspars is a year younger than me and he drives me nuts, I can’t imagine having 7 others running about! It’s excellent how mew have maintained control and let them know mew are still top cat.
I hope mews special day was filled with lots of rest, fun, delicious noms, prezzies, and love!
PURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!
Beautiful post about Jazz. Happy Birthday, big guy!
Oh Jazz!
Me wishes yous a furry happy birthday! Me too is 15 this year. We celebrates my birthday in a month (though Mommy and Daddy is not furry sure when my birthday is)
The is not too many of us old cats that mes knows!
Me sends yous a furry happy birthday wish and mes is singing yous the birthday song!
*•.¸¸•♫♪ Happy Birthday to you ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸•♫♪ ¸¸.•*
¨*•♫♪ Happy Birthday to you ♪♫•*¨*•.¸•♫♪
¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ Happy Birthday Dear Jazz!!!!! ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸•♫♪
¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ Happy Birthday to you! ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸•♫♪
Many Kisses
Nellie
Happy Birthday Mr Jazz! Mom is squeeing over your kitten pic!!
The Florida Furkids
Happy Happy Birthday Mr.Jazz!! I don’t think I received this via email yesterday….I have to check my email but I don’t think I have received anything since the upholstery post!
Hope Jazz had a great day!!
Love, Caren and Cody
Happy Birthday sweet Mr Jazz. Hope you had a wonderful day!
Happy Birthday Jazz!! You sure are a beautiful boy. And I think your nightly cuddle ritual is just the best thing ever.
I have always loved the look of the Ragdoll.
Happy Birthday buddy. We ope this is the best birthday ever.
I am late! Happy Happy Birthday, Jazz! Such a beautiful boy!
Happy birthday Mr. Jazz! & in Spanish, Feliz Cumpleaños Señor Jazz! You are one precious cat!