Avoiding a Life of Insanity

Growing up, I always wanted a pet. I remember always running next door to my neighbors house, a kind and much too sweet older lady, who happened to have a black cat. I was fascinated by the grace, elegance and playfulness that the cat had. So, I planned a way to get a cat of my own. Instead of a cat, I got stories of all the cats my mom had in her earlier years and fish.

Now, fish are in a category of their own. You can’t walk them or really play with them but what I failed to see was that th...