Every time I turn around, Trish is right at my heels, sometimes clawing at them, but never hard, trying to get me to play with her. Because that's me and my cat, and probably you and your cat, too, if you're still reading this.
I have a book called When You Love a Cat that I read often, and there's a line that reads, "When you love a cat, you speak a language of little sounds and gestures (It's a secret language, but you both know what it means)." Every time I read those words, I tear up. Personally, I like to think long and hard before settling on a new design to add to my growing collection, and this one was a no-brainer for me - as were the meaningful tattoos I've gotten for my sister.
Maybe for some people, paw prints are not tattoo material. I love tattoos, but tattoos are art, so everyone has their own opinion about what looks nice. A little more than three years later, I was DMing Trudy Lines, who's an extremely talented artist at Bang Bang in New York City, begging her to ink Trish's paw print onto my arm. When my future husband adopted her as a surprise gift, plopping her in my lap on Christmas morning (I'm sure he was trying to think of anything that would distract me from my own all-consuming thoughts), we became inseparable. Trish the Tabby came into my life at a time when I was suffering from severe anxiety and debilitating panic attacks that disrupted entire days at a time. But maybe if you have a cat, or any pet for that matter, you'll hear me out.
Do you already think I'm crazy? You probably won't even give me the benefit of the doubt now that I've told you I have a tattoo of my cat's paw print.
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