#3 A Brief History of My Cats

For as long as I can remember, my family has had cats. Mama said she’d had a dog, Wallace, when she was a girl, but other than that, cats.

Theresa was our first cat. I don’t remember much about her, but I do remember that she was gray and white, and had at least one set of kittens. What I remember most about Theresa (and I have no idea why we named her Theresa), was her death. I think I was about eight and my sister Angie maybe six and a half when Theresa died. It was a balmy summer morning w...