Sorry to hear of your loss Freda, its always hard to lose a good friend and companion. I lost Gizmo, a long haired tabby, just aweek before Christmas 2004, poor little sod was run over by a car, he's buried at Mum and Dad's place next to Clyde (CQ, CQ, Clyde is asleep)
But you will always have happy memories, until you meet again.