I Remember When.....

[Emilia Darkwatch]

Thank you both for writing as you did. The words of both of you actually made me cry with the honesty and emotion of them and I want to thank you for this because it is great to cry this way sometimes and truly feel the power of words beyond the written <3

I just woke up and my mind is bleh so my "I remember when" is a sleepy one and scattered (though it is debatable if, even when in full consciousness, I am capable of NOT being scattered or slightly sleepy lol)

I remember when... a friend of mine who seems no longer in SL asked me for a cute kitty to give to his close friend

I remember when... I gave him this kitty and laughed (in a playful way I may add) when I found out his friend had opened the box instead of using the menu and the poor kitty was white and broken!

I remember when... I remembered just a few days ago that this very person is actually the very person who started this thread... Devilness lol

I remember when... just a few minutes ago, based on what I just mentioned, I thought wowwwwww what a small world it really is and that people are connected to one another in the most weird yet wonderful ways

I remember when, just seconds ago, I just looked at my neighbour's cat who is sleeping near me right now and thought, and not for the first time... "Hmmm, isn't it a bizarre thing that two so totally different species can get along comparatively better together than the vast majority of humans with each other"

And finally... I will put the last thing first as I find it the happiest... I remember when I joined kittycats and why I did. I joined because my best friend then had told me all about them and knew I loved cats, and I was so excited! I had lost my real life cat not long before coming to SL which really had affected me a lot as we had such a close bond. It is honestly a big part of things that made me feel better about it all, to have been able to have cats in SL. For years I felt so guilt about the thought of having another cat of my own in real life... I felt disloyal and even angry to think of another kitty in my home, and I guess was in mourning for my cat who passed away especially as I was so close to her. However, I have gotten used to being around cats again, watching them play, sleep and just be the wonderful little fuzzballs of utter craziness they are... because of KittycatS. It has played a big part in me feeling able... and wanting... to have a cat in RL again and I am really grateful for that experience to be honest. I especially remember waiting for my first cats who were called Eve ( a Domino I) and Dr Fang (a Smokey I) to have their first kitten. I had not a clue what I was doing lol... I had neverrrr had any breedable in my life and in my head it was made way more complicated than a few % for the stats and watching the box pop out, but when it happened it was amazing lol. I can remember my 2 nieces who lived with me at that time and how they were always around the cats waiting and excited too and it really was a magical experience. That baby was odyssey sorbet which at THAT time was veryyy rare and it was at this time that one of my nieces, Trisha... taught me an invaluable thing I have never forgotten lol. I had contemplated selling that first kitten to make money off it, and it would have been quite a bit at that time especially for the first kittens ever born. I told Trisha this and she looked at me and said only... "BAD EMI! No!" hahahaha. And with these few words lol... this kitten was never sold lol and she named him Elif... and from there, many generations were born which would never have happened as they did... if I didn't keep Elif lol. I sometimes wonder if Elif has any relatives to this day and/or it is possible that someone somewhere is just as amazed by a Domino kitty as I am, as it has remained my favourite fur for all these years for the reasons I just shared