Therapy Appointment
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Canadian Acts of Kindness
By Shirley K. Stevenson

Fun fact: Only female calico cats are fertile; males are few and they are usually sterile.

"You want out again, Marmalade? You were just out. What, not the back door, you want out the front?" I was very surprised that our beautiful, longhaired, ten-year-old calico cat wanted out again.

Several days later, I realized that almost every day she had been asking to be let out at 1:00 p.m. and always wanted the front door instead of the back door she normally used to go to the yard. As a busy housewife and mother, I hadn't been paying much attention, but I realized this had been going on for a while, and I had no idea why. (Keep reading)