It’s been a long night tonight…  The road from after school piano lessons to dinner to bathtime to dance party showtime to hairdrying time to teethbrushing time to story reading time where I quite literally fell asleep about 7 or 8 times during the course of 1 Power Puff Girls book only to find my 5 year old poking me to right now at this very moment has been paved with lots of little bumps.  No huge bumps, but just little bumps that get under your skin and annoy…  Oh, you know, things like: the dinner recipe I tried for the first time tonight proved to be anything other than edible which meant a replacment dinner had to be made; bathtime turned into “soap got in my eyes” tears; dance party time turned into a debate on who actually got the most dancing time on the fireplace stage, etc, etc…  You know, those kind of bumps.  Every family has those kind of days, right?!

But, just when I thought my evening was coming to a much desired quiet and restful place, I get a phone call from my mom…

And the words she tells me shakes my world for a second and then I gasped and the tears fell.  ”Precious died.”

Precious is my childhood cat.  I got her for my birthday when I was in third grade. Third grade.  Seriously….  Third grade!!!  For those of you who don’t know how old I am, I am 29.  I got her when I turned 9.  This sweet, little cat has been in my life for 20 years…  seems like my whole life.  I can still remember her soft pink nose, fluffy black and white hair, and beautiful green eyes peeking up at me out of the gift bag and the intense excitement that rushed my body.  She was all mine and intended to take good care of her.  And I did… we played dress up, she rode in a baby buggy with my baby dolls, she snuggled with me, she played cat games… She was always very sweet.  (Well, except for that time she was batting at my hair and her claw got stuck in the delicate skin on the fold of my ear… That wasn’t very sweet.  But, I think she apologized for that right away.)  

Although I feel sad that she’s gone, I’m actually glad she’s finally resting.  These last few years haven’t been that easy on her… and especially these last few weeks.  She looked like a totally differnt cat yesterday when I saw her and petted her tiny little body.  I plan on remember the plush, healthy, bouncy kitty in doll clothes.

When I decided to write this post, I planned on ending it with a photo of Precious… but oddly enough, I can’t seem to find one.  I think they are all at my mom’s house.  So, instead, I will post a photo of something that makes me feel really happy inside… My 5 year old.

xox, reata

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