donnalewwho
Lairian
- Joined
- Aug 10, 2012
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I joined in July (I think?) shortly after Hairrisyn moved in and have been MIA after my first few posts because my husband was getting ready to deploy and I was following him around and crying...just kidding! I have cried but I think we had one of the best goodbyes possible. I made every effort to feel like I was preparing to "send him off" as opposed to him being taken from me and that seemed to make a world of difference. If people can be pregnant for 9 months, I can live without physically having a husband for 9 months...I know that's not a real comparison but for some reason that time frame linked in my brain so I'll go with it.
We decided that after a year of marriage and the inevitability of my solitude that would be doable...He's left for brief stints (the longest of those being a month) prior and not coming home to anything...alive...was a little sad. For whatever reason, I think I crave life...I'm not afraid of being alone, I like my own company and always agree with what I want to do, but I really value interdependence. No man is an island.
I decided on a cat and was then told that my husband is allergic to cat hair (or there's something about it that makes his reaction unbearable). To make him prove this "allergy", I schedule meetings with several friends that had cats and eventually I believed him. But we gradually realized that all cats didn't trigger the puffy eyed, scratchy throat response...just cats with LOTS of hair...enter the Sphynx.
Over the last month and a half, Hairrisyn or Hairri Princess...has become an enormous source of love wrapped up in a tiny body (she's a little over a year old and only 5.5 lbs). She's come out of her shell and is the most talkative, energetic, and intuitive cat I've ever met. We were meant to be together. I'm also so happy that my connection with her has led me to such a supportive community.
I'm adding some new pictures and I'm looking forward to being active in the forum!
Donna
We decided that after a year of marriage and the inevitability of my solitude that would be doable...He's left for brief stints (the longest of those being a month) prior and not coming home to anything...alive...was a little sad. For whatever reason, I think I crave life...I'm not afraid of being alone, I like my own company and always agree with what I want to do, but I really value interdependence. No man is an island.
I decided on a cat and was then told that my husband is allergic to cat hair (or there's something about it that makes his reaction unbearable). To make him prove this "allergy", I schedule meetings with several friends that had cats and eventually I believed him. But we gradually realized that all cats didn't trigger the puffy eyed, scratchy throat response...just cats with LOTS of hair...enter the Sphynx.
Over the last month and a half, Hairrisyn or Hairri Princess...has become an enormous source of love wrapped up in a tiny body (she's a little over a year old and only 5.5 lbs). She's come out of her shell and is the most talkative, energetic, and intuitive cat I've ever met. We were meant to be together. I'm also so happy that my connection with her has led me to such a supportive community.
I'm adding some new pictures and I'm looking forward to being active in the forum!
Donna
