This is the law of cats.

I love everything about this and feel it deeply. Thank you for writing it- Penelope, and Odysseys, too, have always been touchstones for me, but Penelope the true center and strength.

I’m so sorry Kristin

I read this poem a few years before my mom died, painfully, of brain cancer. Because of this poem, I didn’t hesitate at all to crawl into her hospital bed and snuggle with her, like I was a little girl, because I needed my mom and she needed me and hugs and holding. I’m so thankful.