Elucidating Questions

When Tiga died I learned that some bonds don’t grow they just are and

I only had a few months with her

But even though it hurts still the thought of her wheek

How powerful it was

Brings a smile to my face

I will never forget the feeling when I came with veggies and one pig was missing

We don’t know what happened

Pet store genetics

I’m just glad she knew what a family felt like for the end of her life

I never worked through that death either because I had to look for work and deal with the EI and PWD debacle of 2023

Tigger moved in almost to the year I got Tiga

Whose full name was Tiger’s Eye

A piggy who needed a family

The distribution system knows

I’m ready for an animal companion that comes to me willingly

There’s something in the getting

The catching

I don’t like it

I feel like I’m infringing on their autonomy

Which I am

I love these little creatures though

They’ve taught me more about resilience and what family looks like than anything in my life

They showed me how many personalities can exist even in the tiniest of creatures

Each one as the same as they are different

Just like us

A billion billion lives just as the same as they are different

I’ve gained a lot of perspective

But I need someone in my life that wants to be with me

If that is a couple of cats so be it

Currently I’m making conversation with a wasp

They expanded my knowledge on just what life is

That it can’t just be me who is as alive as I am

Or just humans

Pets are amazing that way

If you truly know them

They teach you that humanity’s definition of “intelligent life” is flawed

That we’re not just not alone in our universe

We’re not alone on our planet.