It occurred to me the other day that there is a member of our family that I have not formally introduced you all to.
Meet our first child, Puzzle, also known, affectionately, as the stupidest cat on the planet.
Ken and I got Puzzle a couple of months before we got engaged. Her litter was dumped at a local animal hospital and a friend of mine had taken them into foster and find homes for them. Puzzle was the last one and the runt and so cute! My friend kept telling me she was the cuddly one. That didn’t last long! Ken and I used to joke that we had gotten a jungle cat by mistake! She bit, she scratched, she didn’t like guests, she didn’t like kids. She liked me and Ken sometimes. She could be really sweet when she wanted to be and then a total bitch the next second. Okay, yes, I realize that I probably just described 90% of domesticated cats. But all this combined made me really nervous about having kids in the house.
She has ended up being so patient with the girls. She puts up with so much and is really good about just walking away when she’s had enough. And having her has been so helpful in teaching the girls how to be gentle. And they LOVE her!
Seriously. I think she’s their favorite thing in the house.
Unfortunately, Puzzle is not very bright. She will run into a close location when she’s running away from a baby. She will scratch at the cupboard for her food when there’s a full bowl in front of her. That she has just eaten out of. She has fallen off of the counter/heater/bookcase more times than I would really like to count because after so many I start to get embarrassed for her.
But she fits in perfect in family that has been formed by odd balls. And there is nothing better than curling up at the end of the day in bed, with a book, and a cat.
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