Minou
I once had a cat named Snigglefritz and she sucked, she was like 18 when I watched her take her last breath of air. She was called the black mamba.
She was an ok cat but I never had a special relationship with her so it did not mean alot to me. A year later after Sniggs died I got another cat, my Son and I went to a shelter to get a kitten but when we left after looking at 20 cute kitties we met Simone:
It was this picture that won us over, we left and chatted and both felt compelled towards this older cat. We gave it a day and I went back to see if I was allergic and yes it turns out I am and was cool with it surprisingly.
This cat has grown so close to me in my life that I was able to witness an intimate experience with her.
I got her after she had a litter of pups and had a horrible first year of life and too boot with that also complications during delivery (one kitty was deformed and could not come out properly the hips were locked and could not move).
So my Son and I both decided to get her and it has been a great decision but coming up on the year 2 mark I realized she still has trust issues. Every time I would pick her up and give her loves she would need at a certain point to go off on her own and collect herself to come back to feel safe in my home. I felt she never could get over allowing herself to trust. Two years later she finally for the first time did not reset and stayed and i heard her gasp and got excited over it. She was intense in her love for me and couldnt love me hard enough enough for the next 5-10 minutes, i will never forget that experience.
Life’s pace is slower then we would like and we need to know life is not on our own schedules and this is ok. I love this cat that feels like a dog and loves like friend. I hated her name and just ended up calling her Minou and minou is now what she responds too.
If I wanted her to stay and not reset our relationship and tried to force my intentions onto her we wouldn’t have gotten here. I am glad I allowed her to open up on her terms, for there is no other way for that to have happened. My ego may feel I can do more than I can, it is my heart that keeps me in check, hopefully. Damn my ego.
This is Minou 2 years later.
