A terrible tragedy has happened today. I was gone for the day visiting my sister, when I got home I found Lily dead in my basement. I don't know what happened to her she was fine this morning. I took her in last spring, she was the neighbors cat and they weren't taking care of her at all. She was very shy and I eventually won her trust. When I took her in I discovered that she was pregnant. She gave birth to 4 beautiful kittens on July 14, 2005. I got her fixed and didn't let her outside. She was only 2 years old. When I found her this evening it looked like she had just gone to sleep. I can't help but feel that if I had been here I could have done something. She was so sweet, I don't understand why she's gone.