Friendship Purpose Love

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This old gal…

Has had to look deep…to figure out why she’s so despondent…about losing a cat…who wasn’t really…her cat…The Old Man Wrigley saga…began a year and a half ago…when retired teacher me…moved to the hometown…of her new husband…

Said goodbye…to family…friends…a job she loved…students she loved…a town she’d lived in…all her life…sad…scared…didn’t know New Town…or its people…life had been spent…loving those daughters of mine…caring for those students of mine…where would that energy go…where would there…be purpose…

And then voila…Wrigley…watching his new neighbors…from the garage next door…venturing closer…perching at the corner of the drive…and so it was…that cautious…wary…curious cat…became…this old gal’s project…coaxed him…little by little…a pat…some petting…a cuddle in the lap…

Developing a routine…gaining trust…building a friendship…creating a unique…and loving bond…just two oldies but goodies…finding what they needed…when they needed it…friendship…in a new town…purpose…after retirement…an old lap…who has time…to sit around all day…because of this…Old Man Wrigley’s friend…mourns…
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And this husband of mine…agrees…