Cat Love {The Ordinary Moments}

LP and Little Man always loved our cats but since Luke died a few months ago LP’s love of Leia has gone steadily up a notch. She talks about the cat morning, noon and night and always looks for her when she comes home from school.

LP absolutely adores the cat and talks about ‘her pet’ all the time. She points out Leia’s eye colour, the fact she has a nose, ears and mouth just like us and every other characteristic she can think of. It’s one constant monologue that we are now just so familiar with.

Recently though, leia has started to return LP’s affections. When our boy cat was still around Leia was very timid and wouldn’t go near the children much at all, always hiding if we had guests. Since then she has started to come out of her shell and will even go up to the children and miaow at them, rub herself against them or sit with them.

Leia and LP love each other incredibly and it reminds me of my family cat when I was growing up. Watching Leia lay next to LP an LP stroke her absent-mindedly whilst she watches TV is lovely and I hope they continue to be best friends for a long time to come. The love of a pet is like nothing else and Leia is a friend to all of us but it’s only now that I appreciate how much she loves the children too.