Frankie Weiss and Her Magic

Getting back to my story, loving my two housemates equally, I must admit Frankie has more smarts in one of her pretty paws than Johnnie has in her entire body. Not only that, the personality drips from her every move. Not all cats are so blessed.

Just a while ago at the computer, as I’m writing this chapter, Frankie decided she needed some attention from her Mr. Mom. She jumped onto the bed, from the bed; onto my lap and then jumped from my lap and sat down on the scanner. Her paws were hanging over the scanner and the look in her big expressive eyes, caressing my face with the words, “Stop, give me your love.” “I need your touch.” What could I do? I stopped typing and took her into my arms. Meanwhile, Johnnie was sound asleep on Evelyn’s cushion on that side of the bed.

A few minutes later, Frankie had her fill of love, jumped to the floor and went into the living room and fully stretched out in a sunny spot. It’s late October, the weather is not warm and I have the heater going. Somewhere in their genetic makeup these felines know the sun is good for them. Having stopped typing, I go into the living room and sit down on the far side of the Love Seat. Frankie gets up, circles the seat a few times and jumps to my lap and walks to “her spot” on the Love Seat. Jumping onto the Love Seat is not good enough for her; she has to use my lap to gain her objective, the left side of the seat. Circling a couple times, she lies down, waiting for me to fondle her. I comply. Satisfied, Frankie gets off and walks to a sunny spot on the carpeted floor, stretches out, fully and goes right to her catnapping. Meanwhile, Johnnie woke up and followed me into the living room, and as cats will do, also took advantage of the warm sun by fully elongating herself.

I look at them, stretched out on the oatmeal colored carpeted floor, and think to myself, “How lucky could one person be to have such wonderful and beautiful feline animals as loving companions?”

In its wisdom, nature never ceases to amaze, endowing these cats with the ability to love the human being and the human being to be fulfilled. And, the human in knowing and having a need to give their love to these often mysterious four legged feline creatures that bring so much contentment to them in their allotted time on this earth. We are both blessed.