You can learn a lot from a cat.

When she lived at her home, she had a cat door. And it gave her free choice to go in and outside as she pleased.

But when I moved her to your house, she no longer had the choice. She became timid and afraid to go out, even when the door was left open.

Yet, she transferred her emotions by cuddling with you, and loving you. And you loved her back. I wondered who she even was any more, but I thought her love was sweet.

Her love for you brought her comfort, and she wanted more of it. Annoyingly so, at times.

Until one day you told me she was too vocal, too in need of your attention, and you angrily chased her from outside your room.

She was too afraid to ever go back…

In those last days around you, she feared the consequences of the love she had for you.

She’s back home now, and the first night we were here, she came in late to the living room. Her coat damp from the night’s rain.