I love those boys so much, there are cat-shaped spaces in my heart now, which, pre-August 2018, I would have never believed.
One thing I wanted to mention (but ultimately edited out for length) was that we adopted our cats only months after Lucie died. She was a huge cat lover, and I have always felt like the universe called for us to honor her by adopting cats of our own. We inherited a few of Lucie's beautiful rugs after she died and every time one of our cats barfs on a rug I think of her and expect that somewhere she is laughing.
