i think they get it.

remember the lady at peet's that gives haley treats all the time? well, for all this time, we never knew each other's names. she just knew haley. we just knew her as the lady that gives haley treats all the time. so today, i introduced myself. her name is patty. today, she was leaving for a trip and didn't have treats and felt horribly. she told me that she wished she could make haley understand and relayed the following story to me.

she was widowed three years ago. their cat and her husband would play a little game everyday. each time he walked up to the house, the cat would be waiting by the window. he would tap-tap-tap on the glass and the cat would tap back and run to the door to greet him. at night, the cat would sleep at the end of the bed with them.

the day he died, the cat just sat there by the window and she just wished and wished that she could make the cat understand what had happened.

that night, for the first time, the cat curled up next to her and has been sleeping there ever since.

sometimes i think they actually do understand after all.

photo credit: me.