Things have been crazy around here the last few days with a new addition to the family. May I introduce 'Mischa', our new kitten. She is 4 1/2 weeks old and was a stray rescued from the RSPCA. She loves my studio and thinks Christmas has come early with the endless supply of toys she has found - mostly balls of wool, ribbons and doll limbs! I can't believe how quickly she has settled into her new life, and as you can imagine two little ones certainly give her LOTS of love and attention.
When our wonderful and loyal cat Narla passed away a few weeks ago after 13 years of love, I honestly wasn't sure if I would be open to giving a home to a new kitten. The children were desperately confused about what had happened to him, and finding the words to tell them was one of the hardest things I have had to do as a parent so far. Although I miss Narla terribly, when the children started putting dirt into water and saying 'here is my new pet fish', or tying pieces of rubbish onto ribbon and pulling it around the house like a dog, although I wasn't ready, I knew they were. So, Mischa has now become part of our little family and I look forward to many wonderful years watching her grow.
3 comments:
She's beautiful. She'll never replace your darling, but she'll help. xx
I hear you on the kid thing - Ella started keeping pet ants (!) so I relinquished my no-pet stance and we got rabbits. And I love them.
I hope she brings you many years of love and joy.
Mischa is so cute....I mean look at that little face, I bet the kids are so excited to have a new family member after such a sad loss.
I wonder if I'll find something as cute as that in my tree?
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