All I want in the whole world...

 

Damn, Jim, are you trying to get another guitar?

I may have used that line at some time in the past.  ;-)

While Joan and I were at lunch, I asked her, "Do you know what I'd like more than anything else in the whole world?"

"Do tell."

Remember after we first got Rufus, and I went to lay down for a nap... and that little boy (he was kind of little at the time) laid by me on the bed?"

"Of course, I remember that - I took one of my favorite photos of it."

 

Then she said, "There will never be another Rufus."

"I don't doubt that," I said "but I hope this new girl will come to be snuggly."

When we finished lunch, we walked back to Discount Tire to pick up our Equinox (it needed two new Tire Pressure Sensor Monitors), then drove home.

Murphy had been a bit of a pill, stalking Stella more than usual.  He was getting a "time out" in our bedroom.  I was chillin' in my easy chair, when Joan came to me, holding Stella: "Wanna hold her for a while?"

"More than anything."

She handed her to me.  Stella wriggled a bit; Joan suggested holding her more on her back, and...

 She is so tiny.  I just want to protect her.  I am also realistic.  That first photo in this post was about the first week after adopting Rufus.  He was estimated to be about 2 years old at the time.  Little Stella is just barely 5 months old (estimated)... maybe in time she will come to be that snuggly.  For now, I am happy to be able to hold her.  The timing has to be right.