100happywords: 14. Purple Sen
I’ve been living away from my cat for six months. A break-up and pet-unfriendly accommodation caused our temporary parting. She has been on a ‘seaside vacation’, a cat sabbatical. She’s doing well – having lost a few of her more neurotic habits and gained a healthy appetite – but I miss her. My days are no longer punctuated by her requests for food, attention or door-opening. I miss her constant companionship. I miss her adoring gaze. I miss her snuggling in a ball on my lap as I write on a winter’s morning. I count down the days to her return.
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