Perfect All Along
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Clever, Curious, Caring Cat
By Laura Plummer

If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.
~Jewish Proverb

I always knew I’d be a cat mom. My vision was a studio apartment — perhaps above a café overlooking a park — where I’d write award-winning novels with a loyal feline companion by my side. She’d be plump with white, rabbit-soft fur and a pink nose, maybe five or six years old. I’d have chosen her — the perfect cat — at the local animal rescue. Together we’d have a perfect life.

But the dream would have to wait. Like many twenty-somethings, I was working full-time, sharing a flat with two recent college graduates. My priorities included going to parties and jet-setting to exotic locations. I wasn’t ready to be a pet owner. (Keep reading)