Pointless announcements 2.0

Whoa slow down there with the hot takes, we can't handle that kind of controversy here.

 

We're down to a single kitty. Layla went to cat heaven a couple of years ago and Monkey went this past fall. I miss them both a lot. We adopted a kitten a few summers back. We won't have another. My heart hurts too much. Layla was my stalwart companion for nearly two decades, since before I met Magpie, and I still grieve the loss.

 

Thanks. It's the eight year old I really worry for. In addition to the two cats my mom's dog died. I wasn't super attached to the pooch though he was a good dog, but he was the only dog the kid's ever actually bonded with, she has a fear of every other one. So that hurt her.

And Magpie's dad has terminal cancer so we've been preparing her for that too. It's a lot of death for an autistic little girl who already has a hard time processing her emotions in productive ways without all that crap.