I can't have children and it breaks my heart. But then I think about my cats, who fill my life with so much love and tenderness. How they curl against me, call out for me and sleep on my clothes. How they seek comfort and safety in my presence as well as each other's. How they try to remove my socks with their teeth and hide under the couch when it's time to go to the vet. How the youngest throws tantrums if I don't let him in the bathroom with me when I pee.
They were both rescue kittens with no mother, I'm a woman who cannot have children. Fate was so kind to put us in each other's way.
I was meant to be a mum, but maybe my children were never meant to be humans. What a privilege, to have so much love in my heart for creatures unlike myself.
