I cling to Piper... that's the wonderful or a wonderful thing about pets... they don't marry and go off to raise their own families...  Piper is there every morning to stretch (gives me an opportunity to marvel at how beautiful he is and he knows it....) and make his little purrmeow noises that tell me he's glad to see me and would I be so kind as to give him a bit of a pat here... no there... will maybe I was right the first time... so pat there again... LOL He's spoilt and I'm really enjoying him...  Right now he's settled himself on a chair beside me while I type on the computer... He certainly makes me feel appreciated...<>I'm reading journals... seems like a lot of the people who wrote so much in the beginning... we're not writing as much... I'm sure that's a good thing... but I miss yall...  Just want you to know I do think of you and I'm here.  Hugs Elissa