PET TAILS

BRIDGING THE GAP
Starting over in a brand new place feels terrifying for a child.
Sitting on a taped cardboard box watching your old life get packed.
The backyard looks strange and the future feels completely uncertain and cold.
A flat-faced white Persian cat walks over with absolute quiet confidence.
It settles onto your small shoes anchoring you to the present moment.
Children and animals share a pure unspoken language during difficult transitions.
The heavy moving truck waits but the fear begins to dissolve away.
Burying your face in soft comforting fur makes the world safe.
As long as your best friend is coming along home is anywhere.
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ECHOES IN THE KITCHEN
Grief has a way of making a familiar house feel massive.
Staring at an empty chair across the kitchen table brings fresh tears.
The silence of a long winter afternoon can weigh down your soul.
Then a massive gentle giant jumps up to sit right beside you.
A beautiful long-haired Maine C**n rests its heavy chin on your lap.
Its deep rhythmic purring vibrates directly against your aching breaking heart.
They share our losses and hold onto the memories with us silently.
We are not entirely alone as long as they are here watching.
Stroking soft dense fur while the sun breaks through the clouds.
We will find a way to heal together during this winter.

SAVED FROM DARKNESS
Mental health struggles hit hardest when we are isolated.
Driving lonely highways left me feeling completely alone tonight.
Dark thoughts began to cloud my mind entirely there.
My senior calico cat noticed my sudden shifting energy.
She climbed up to press her face against mine.
Her vibrating purr anchored me back to reality safely.
Animals possess a profound intuition for human emotional pain.
She saved my life at a random rest stop.
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