Here's Lookin At You Kitty

​When that daughter of mine was little…

All she ever wanted was a kitty…wasn’t going to happen…this mom didn’t like cats…especially not in the house…tried to make it up by welcoming a stuffed pet into the family…

Little Beauty went shopping with Grandma…and came home with a surprise for that mother of hers…child eyes wide with anticipation as the gift was unwrapped…

An oversized sweatshirt…popular at the time…embellished with the cutest of cute…and the words…Here’s Lookin at You Kitty…

Beauty loved that sweatshirt…her mom loved it even more…because it was chosen and given with the gracious heart of a five year old…

The gift hung proudly in the closet…25 years…Beauty borrowing it at night…when home for a visit…and so…the gift of all gifts…keeps on giving…passed down a generation…to that daughter of mine…who…funny thing…is now a proud pup mom…

Feelings a little bittersweet…Kitty no longer in the closet…but this mom’s heart warmed with the knowledge that that gift of mine…will be hugging Beauty and her pup…when this old gal’s arms can’t reach…
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And that Beauty of mine…agrees…