thanks for your concern, Mary. you know she's my little girl. when her time comes, I want to be prepared. I will send her ashes to a company, Artful ashes. they will make a glass globe, or a heart and add a color. her ashes will be added and will form the stars in the ball. She's very special, and has about a 18 word vocabulary. I work/play with her a lot. some of her favorite words are: dinner, treats, night-night, nap time, cake,(this is either a donut, or a blueberry muffin or orange cupcakes). icecream, pets/brush, she has other words, but these are her favorite. the first week I had her, I held her most of the day, and kept repeating her name over and over. in 3 days, when I said Zoey, she came running. needless to say, she is an indoor cat. she knows Man-bear-pig is outside, and he eats kittens. she won't go near that door. If anyone tries this, please let me know how it came out.
and Notwendy, thank you for validating me by saying that you too have the book. I know it's probably crazy sounding to those of you who don't me. ~~~~Mary