['My most treasured item is her ornament that she had for her cat Barney.   That cat was her world.', 'I had a cat named Barney too! We was a one-eyed grey tabby. What kind of ornament is it?', 'Its a porcelain one.   Barney was a black cat that lived into his 20s.  I loved that cat']
Wow, that's quite a long life for a cat. I'm glad you got to enjoy so many years with Barney.
My grandmother passed away two weeks in 2005.   She had given me all of her Christmas decorations a few years before that.  Her death made me appreciate that even more than ever