The Good Boy

Boy do I miss him. Weird that I miss him so many years later but I think having lost a few important people in my life, he was the first loss ... we were still in Argentina, he was older but not old .. he was healthy and then suddenly he wasn't .. He wasn't very ill for long .. He died at home with us holding him and whispering love words to him .. I still can't imagine having another dog .. will I compare them all the time or will a new dog fill the empty spot that Tate left.
The cats don't want to hear about it. They have all given me paws down on that, even though we didn't even have a vote yet !
My daughter just got a new baby.  An infant ... Shitzu. I don't think there are many dogs in the world that are that cute when puppies. And comical.
She has given me the idea that when the time and place is right, a new member might join my family .. the cats just have to adjust . When we got Tate, we had an Abyssinian cat named Sebastian..that cat was gorgeous and unlike the cats I have had ... and I have had cats all my life.
My grandmother bred Siamese cats We hated each other, those cats and I.
My cats , growing up, were always long haired and My cats .. sleeping with me, running to me .. mine.
Now I have 3 cats. I adopted 2 and inherited one.
They are all my babies now .. I am officially the Cat Lady.
But I sure wish that boy was still around .. he would have made so many things easier for me .. being alone for the first time in my life .. He was such a good boy.