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The Cat Came Back
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Lessons Learned from My Cat
By Jayne Thurber-Smith The thrill of coming home has never changed.
~Guy Pearce Our Garfield became a mostly indoor cat under protest. He used to wander but we discovered he had a terrible sense of direction, so now he has to stay inside. He does not enjoy being on the inside looking out, but it’s safer for him so that’s how it has to be. When Garfield isn’t sleeping, he’s either sitting on a windowsill or sitting with his wet nose pressed against our glass door overlooking the deck, like a prisoner behind bars. We have relented a bit though. As he aged, he earned back his outside privileges an hour per day because he showed us that he would stay close to the back deck. (Keep reading) | 