BC is our 16 year old cat, cleverly named by our little children because she is a 'black cat'. That's what can happen when you allow your children to name a pet! I recently read a couple of good quotes about cats that seemed a perfect accompaniment to a picture of our geriatric old girl!
The problem with cats is that they get the exact same look on their face whether they see a moth or an axe murderer. Paula Poundstone
Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a purpose. Garrison Keillor.
We joke that BC is like a stuffed animal except one that you have to feed & clean up after. Now in her "golden years", she spends most of her time sleeping in the exact same spot on a couch downstairs. Sometimes though she startles us with an ear splitting "meow" and when we go to see what horrible thing has happened to her, we discover her standing in front of a closed closet door that she absolutely needs opened that very second. If her breakfast is a few minutes late her complaints could wake the dead. Dare to disturb her sleep and she gives you a snippy little meow that I'm sure is cat cussing.
I think her purpose the last 16 years has been to remind us of OUR purpose in life...which is to take care of her every need.
Dogs look up to you; cats look down on you; pigs treat you as an equal. Winston Churchill
Maybe we should get a pig!!!
I didn't know you had a cat. She must hide when I visit. Cats are just too good for me. They make me feel dumb!
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