Just Go With It

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Pumpkin…

That beloved neighborhood cat of ours…changed up his routine recently…used to come early morning…stay around a few hours…now comes and eats…and heads right out again…

Used to come in the evenings…eat a snack…take a nap…then play with toys…now he comes and sits in the old man chair with the old man who always sits there…

I hate to leave Pumpkin when we go to Texas…came the words from that husband of mine…unexpected words…sad words…heartbreaking words…

Words that made Pumpkin loving me think maybe…

Everything we need is right here…right here in New Town…right here in Little Cottage…right here in our own backyard currently curled up in old man chair…

Maybe…she says…we don’t have to go to Texas…maybe we could just stay here…

One of us…and he shall remain nameless…didn’t miss a beat…turned…smiled…and said haha…

One word…or is it two?..haha…or is it even a word?..but whatever it is…it was understood…

And so it is…that thing called life…ever changing…ever evolving…sometimes by choice…sometimes by happenstance…and sometimes…you just go with it…
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And that man who hates the cold…agrees…