↑

  • Recipe Index
    • Appetizers
    • Main Dish
      • Casseroles
      • Main Dishes: Beef
      • Main Dishes: Pork
      • Main Dishes: Poultry
      • Main Dishes: Vegetarian
    • Salads
    • Soups
    • Sandwiches
    • Side Dishes
    • Desserts
      • Slow Cooker
      • Instant Pot
      • Holidays
  • Travel
  • Fitness & Health
    • health
    • free workouts
    • buy chanelle’s eBook!
    • shop chanelle’s faves
  • Pets
  • Crafts & DIY
  • Lifestyle
    • entertainment
    • home decor
    • productivity
    • style & beauty

  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

  • About Us
  • Terms of Use | Privacy Policy

Eat Move Make

food | travel | lifestyle

  • Recipe Index
    • Appetizers
    • Main Dish
      • Casseroles
      • Main Dishes: Beef
      • Main Dishes: Pork
      • Main Dishes: Poultry
      • Main Dishes: Vegetarian
    • Salads
    • Soups
    • Sandwiches
    • Side Dishes
    • Desserts
      • Slow Cooker
      • Instant Pot
      • Holidays
  • Travel
  • Fitness & Health
    • health
    • free workouts
    • buy chanelle’s eBook!
    • shop chanelle’s faves
  • Pets
  • Crafts & DIY
  • Lifestyle
    • entertainment
    • home decor
    • productivity
    • style & beauty
Home » Lifestyle » Pets » My Baby is Ten Years Old

My Baby is Ten Years Old

By: Liz  /  Published: May 3, 2016  /  Updated: April 25, 2016  /   Leave a comment

As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.
  • Share
  • Tweet

I don’t really know where to begin this post. If you haven’t gathered, it’s about my cat. I guess I’ll just begin, as everything does, at the beginning.

One snowy evening in the winter of 2008, I drove to a stranger’s nearby apartment in the middle of a snowstorm to pick up a cat. I can’t quite remember what made me decide I needed a cat – after all, I’d never had a pet before and I was still in college – but nevertheless I politely asked my roommates if they’d mind having a new friend around and soon stumbled across an ad for a free cat on the now long-defunct Facebook Marketplace.

Her name was “Kitty” and they were getting rid of her because they’d gotten a chihuahua; the two weren’t getting along.

Mony hiding

I gathered her in a flimsy cardboard carrier printed to look like a house and she cried for the whole five-or-so minute ride to her new home. For a few weeks, she was very scared and hid under my bed all day most days. She was in a weird, new place with a weird, new, weirdly giddy lady.

Mony sleeping on pajamas

But slowly, she warmed up, and we’ve been inseparable ever since.

I named her Mony.

Mony on papasan

Mony has been my constant companion for eight years.

Through college graduation, and through jobs that seemed to nearly kill me.

Mony kiss

Through a marriage that didn’t work out.

Through the times I was so depressed I could barely get myself out of bed in the morning.

Mony in sink

Through an embarrassing number of relationships, good, bad, and ugly. (She lets me know if a man is a keeper or not.)

Through move after move, apartment after apartment, state after state.

Mony on my back

When I’m sick or sad, Mony curls up into the space between my arm and my body and stays there until I feel better.

When I act like I’m too busy to pay attention to her, she (mostly) understands, and she loves me anyway.

Mony snuggle

She runs to the door to greet me when I get home, no matter how long I’ve been gone, and when I see her, everything feels okay again, whether or not it actually is.

I could never have imagined just how much I would love a ridiculous, 7 lb. creature. And for as long as I get to have this tiny, special angel in my life, I will be grateful.

Mony shadow

Happy 10th birthday, Mony-bear.

Related topics
Petsbirthday cats pets

About Liz

Liz is a midwestern mom gone southern (accent in transition). She lives in North Carolina and loves cooking, baking, traveling, movies, crafts, hot and cold tea, wine, pizza and the occasional nap. She also revels in the fact she's a crazy cat lady.

Primary Sidebar

recipes in your inbox

Subscribe for the latest updates

Thank you!

You have successfully joined our subscriber list.

.

The Latest

roasted red pepper soup in bowls

Roasted Red Pepper Soup with Potatoes

spicy lemon chicken with lemon sauce

Spicy Lemon Garlic Chicken

plate of black cherry rhubarb dump cake

Black Cherry Dump Cake with Rhubarb

chipped beef on toast

Creamed Chipped Beef on Toast

add dressing to BLT salad

BLT Pasta Salad Recipe (No Mayo)

stacked strawberry grilled cheese panini

Strawberry Grilled Cheese Paninis

Eat Move Make is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon properties including, but not limited to, amazon.com, endless.com, myhabit.com, smallparts.com, or amazonwireless.com.

This means that some posts may contain affiliate links. We earn a small commission when you purchase through these links, which helps us create more great content! Full terms of use here.

Footer

Meet Liz

Hey there, i’m Liz!

I’m the founder of Eat Move Make and a North Carolina mom of two humans and six cats. I love to cook, bake, craft and travel. I’m also addicted to tea (but not sweet tea).

When I’m not creating something in my kitchen, and since my kids are now adults, I’m all about my bucket list of travel destinations and adventures.

recipes in your inbox

Subscribe for the latest updates

Thank you!

You have successfully joined our subscriber list.

.
©2021, Eat Move Make / About / Terms Of Use / Privacy Policy / Site by Pixel Me Designs