I don't know if we ever fully recover after a death of someone we love, but we do find ways to manage that empty spot in our lives. The pain gets easier to bear and it dissolves into happier memories of more pleasant times. For example, I can now talk more openly about the death of my cat, Brandon, without big fat tears rolling down my cheeks, and that's definite progress.
In fact, it's been more than a month now since I said goodbye to Brandon. So, I am proud of myself that my emotional state is such that I am able to adopt a new cat. Check out his photo on this page. Picking him up in 2 weeks. It took me more than a year to adopt a new cat after my previous cat died. That was in 1991, when Brandon came to live with me. Twenty years later, time passes a lot of faster than it did then, and I guess time becomes more precious.
Just for the record, we already have two cats, Pia and Pica, but they are our cats, ocicats, and not my cat.
My new kitten is a flame point ragdoll. He presently lives in San Diego. So, I'm flying down in two weeks to meet him at the San Diego airport. I will personally carry him in the cabin back to Sacramento because I don't want him flying in cargo. He will make his home in Land Park. I realize pets are transported in cargo all the time, but I can't help but feel it's too hard on them and too frightening.
I'm thinking about naming him Jackson. What do you think? Isn't he precious?
Photo: G. Strobel
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