As soon as I heard about this week’s Gallery theme I knew which picture I had to use. This one:
All right, all right, I admit it’s not a true instance of mother love. Keen observers will have spotted that this is not a child. It’s the divine Mme Bovary again, and it’s not even a new pictures, I’m pretty sure I’ve shown it to you before. But it is one of my great favourites, and I get the same rush of love when I see it as I did when the girls were small and I pored over their baby pictures.
The truth is that teenagers are not the easiest creatures in the world, and they do tend to answer back. Cats, on the other hand, are small, furry, reasonably loving, and don’t say, ‘you’re the most rubbish mother in the world’ or ‘I’m going to live with my Dad when I’m 16’ and all the other lovely phrases that ping around the house on a bad day. Usually, our days are good and everyone is reasonably contented, even in our current building site state. But the great thing about Mme B is that she never, ever says a harsh word. And that seems quite restful at the moment. The girls do accuse me of treating her like a third child. Even TL has been known to point out that she is a cat. But I’m afraid I do persist in thinking that she is one of my brood, just one that behaves a bit oddly in wanting to eat rock hard catfood pellets and hide under the sink. Just look at her. Who could resist? Awwww.
I’m convinced. (You had me on the not answering back bit…)
Isn’t it bliss? Do you have Potty pets yet?
So adorable! I can’t believe I haven’t noticed before now how much she looks like our youngest cat. I shall have to post a picture for you to compare!
Oh I’d love to see a picture of your junior catlet, let me know when it’s up!
I couldn’t resist her!! And your right about them not answering back it’s fab! She is a real cutie though.
There’s nothing like a bit of furry silence, is there?
She is indeed gorgeous. Is she a Tortie and White?
She is a little Tortie, and still quite dainty despite all our efforts to overfeed her on Purina (we all like big chubby comfy cats)
Awww, gorgeous! I do agree, our cat was our first child and is firmly established as a much loved member of the family! 🙂
Oh quite right too. Though she/probably sees herself/hiself as the lynchpin of the family rather than just another member 🙂
When I was pregnant, I used to lie in bed stroking our then-cat and wondering how on earth I was going to love my son more than I loved the cat. Sad I know, but I reckon it was a close-run thing.
Mmmm I’m with you there! We didn’t get our cat until the girls were quite big but I do wonder what would have happened if I’d discovered cats first ….shhhhh!