the life of fawn

our oldest cat fawn who is also the great gramma to our other two cats, thaddeaus and calpurrnia, has been with us for 5 years now.....
she was 5 when she came
the first 5 years of her life were vastly different from what these past 5 have been

i wonder if the past 5 have made up for the first?

she was born in a cage, and except for a few instances.........lived all her first 5 years in a cage.
well cared for, cleaned, fed, brushed......but in a cage.
she went from the cattery cage to the carrier
from the carrier to the show cage, or the breeding cage, or the queening cage
then she came here

now the reason i have these cats is because of her.
i saw her face online

it was love at first site

she lives here now

now her days are filled with her grandchildren, with birds, and bugs and mice (she likes to eat them when she catches them)
with dust and dirt on the floors
feathers on her nose
sprawling among the african violets on my craft desk behind my drafting table while i draw
or 'sharing' my drafting stool with me.
she lols around on the cat tree, sleep with me on the bed
follows everyone around the house
and gets hugs and kisses and pets and rubs almost constantly
but it took us 5 long years to get to this point where fawn is a normal cat

i was thinking about her this morning, as i got up and there she was....laying on the side of the bed waiting for me to open my eyes.

i love you so much fawnie, and i am so lucky that you are you, that because of your sacrifice we have thaddeaus and calpurrnia, and now.....you
to which fawn replys......

'is there fancy feast'?

COULD there be fancy feast???

hahahahahaha

then she runs off to play with thaddeaus