How We Met
Sometimes your pet picks you, sometimes you pick them, and sometimes it’s just fate, or coincidence, or something else entirely…
Love Is a Little Black Cat
Sitting by the poolside, we saw your billboard from the rooftop of our hotel, asking: “How did you two meet?”
We are visitors from The Netherlands, spending our holiday in San Francisco. Unfortunately we had to leave Sophie at home, though she would have loved doing “the catwalk” over Golden Gate Bridge and having a tuna sandwich at the Fisherman’s Wharf.
She is three years old now. When we left our apartment in Amsterdam for something bigger in the countryside in 2014, we decided it was time for a cat. After spending hours on Ebay – the Dutch equivalent is called “marktplaats”, my wife read about six kittens being born in the little port of Volendam just 15 miles north of Amsterdam.
It was love at first side. She has black fur and white scarf when we first met. Her bright and blue eyes looked curiously into this world. She easily fitted into the palm of my hand and greeted us with a high pitched meow. Yes, she was the one.
Several weeks later we came back to take her to live with us. A heartbreaking moment when mother and daughter were separated. She was the last to leave the house.
In the beginning, she was shy and anxious in her new environment. We kept her inside to comfort her. Slowly she started exploring her new home. Finding where to eat and sleep. Making friends with our two kids. Going upstairs for the first time. Finally going outdoors and knowing her way through the garden.
Nowadays she is part of the family, just like a child. We miss her while being abroad. But surely after tomorrow she will be standing in the driveway: “I am glad you folks are home.”
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