The sun is shining this morning. I like that. It looks so pretty outside. The flowers aren’t blooming yet, but I know they will be soon. I like to see them outside the guest room window. I don’t ever get to visit them (unless I can slip out the door) but they are still pretty in yellows and blues. I can see others out the … Continue reading Part 55 – Cold Feet

Mom did it again; she forgot all about my blog post because she was wrapped up in writing another chapter for her new book. I tried to remind her. More than once I sat on her desk in front of her keyboard. I knew just what I wanted to say, but she didn’t take the time to write it down. Today she said she was … Continue reading Part 54 – A Small World

One of Mom’s author friends commented that Mom needed to write a book about a talking cat. I know she was referring to me and my blog posts here. I need to clarify the facts. I don’t actually talk like people do. No one else could actually hear me talk the way I do with Mom. Dad only passes that bar occasionally, but that is … Continue reading Part 53 – Being a Talking Cat

Dad usually buys an assortment of cookies when they go shopping. Mom shakes her head, but doesn’t say much about them. She explained to me that Dad shouldn’t be eating them. She knows they taste good, and that they are a small part for the quality of his life. It is the same thing with the Diet Coke he drinks. She said it is a … Continue reading Part 52 – I Like Cookies!

It has been two days since Mom went to the hospital. I’ll admit that when her friend Brenda came to pick her up Friday morning, I was nervous. Dad, Missy, Sophia and I weren’t sure when she would be back home. She said she thought she would be home before dinner time. That seemed like a really long day. Dad had to take Missy out … Continue reading Part 51 – Mom’s Home

Mom and I had a long discussion before we got out of bed this morning. She explained that on Friday she was going to the hospital to have surgery. She said it was to have her gallbladder removed. Unlike when I had that tumor removed from my throat, this is not an emergency. She explained that she could make a plan for it. Her fear … Continue reading Part 50 – Surgery

Mom says I complain when I ask her to open the shades early in the morning. I just want to be able to see outside even before it is daylight. She may not be able to see well without a light, but I can. Okay, maybe not well because I do have vision issues, but I can still see things in the dark. That is … Continue reading Part 49 – Complaining

Mom talks about the weather a lot. There are days when she say she won’t let us go outside on our leads, although she still takes the silly dog out. There have been days recently where you could hardly see her under the layers of clothes as she headed out the door. She often tells people that here in our area of Texas, we have … Continue reading Part 48 – Winter

Mom gets emails about the Publisher’s Clearing House Prizes. One today was for their Search contests. They offer her silly things to search for, but she always wants to come up for her own ideas. Sometimes it is for things she cares about like her friend Gerry Eugene and his books. Other times it involves things she has seen on Facebook. She has threatened to … Continue reading Part 47 – I’m Almost Famous!

It is cold outside. It is also cold inside. Our house was clearly not designed for an 8 degree morning. Mom says there is only a little insulation in the attic and none in the side walls. When the house was built, the hot summers were more of a concern than the possibility of a cold winter. The skirting around the post and piers under … Continue reading Part 46 – Cold