Cats and Dogs
My mother loved cats, and when I was a child, we always had a pet cat at home. I remember Frisky and Sooty and several more.
The man who became my husband liked dogs, and the first time he came to take me out to dinner, he was greeted at the door by my haughty little Siamese cat named Sapphire, so named because of her beautiful blue eyes. Being a “dog man,” he bent down and ruffled her fur, treating her like a puppy. Oh, dear! Not a good start for romance.
In spite of that, we were married for many happy years, although sometimes it was an armed truce between husband and cat. Sapphire passed over the Rainbow Bridge at the grand old cat age of 13.
Have you met that wonderful cartoon cat named Grumpy Cat? He always looks on the sad side of life, and his reaction to the holiday season is, “Holiday cheer hurts.” Does the season of joy and gladness bring sadness into your life, remembering lost loved one or childhood memories? Don’t let that happen this year. As the old hymn says, “TURN YOUR EYES UPON JESUS, LOOK FULL IN HIS WONDERFUL FACE, AND THE THINGS OF EARTH WILL GROW STRANGELY DIM IN THE LIGHT OF HIS GLORY AND GRACE.”
Jean Dean
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