Ask and You Shall Receive

Alyssa got the perfect Christmas present this year..A little kitten.  She has been wishing for a cat the longest time and the timing happened to be right as the perfect cat came into our lives.  We welcomed Mittens into the family on December 25th, 2014.  He is 8 weeks old, has gray stripes and white paws. Jason met the sellers from Craigs List at a gas station.  This is a testimony to the fact that things that seem impossible one day, can be made possible.  First, the answer to having a cat is "no."  Then later it became, "wait after the house is done" and now, voila he is here.

Sweet as a Muffin

So far he sleeps a lot, eats a lot and well...goes poop a lot.  But he loves to be around his daddy as each time he wakes up on a pillow, he moves and sits on daddy's lap.  Seems like he's got a sweet personality already.  Alyssa is going to have a great companion now and will grow up with many great memories with Mittens.  Thinking back to my first cat, Tabby, we got her in the late 80s when I was only in 7th or 8th grade.  She lived with us in several different places and last place that was mostly her home was Archdale Rd in Germantown.  She traveled with me to Ottawa, my first post and then went back and lived with brother and mom.  Ultimately she became more of my brother's pet and maybe the fact that she was a female kitten and grew to like my brother.  She ended up having to live with Papa Bear for a few years when we adopted him and the two simply did not get along.  Eventually they did which was nice.  Papa Bear died of cancer which was soo sad for me and my mom.  Few more years later, Tabby got sick and mom also took her to the pound to get euthanasia.  It's never easy to lose a companion.  I miss her and every now and then I would dream about my one and only Tabby.  I'm excited for Alyssa and the journey she will have with Mittens.