Sprinkle

Meet Sprinkle. She's the newest member of the household, found at the high school where I work. I guess I was tentative to put her on my blog because we weren't sure how she would get along with the other cats, and I wanted to make sure she was going to be living here. She's getting along fine, and she's now part of the household.

Things aren't perfect, though. She bolted out of the house yesterday for a minute (luckily she allowed herself to be scooped up quickly), she still doesn't know all the rules of the house (like don't mess with Casey's art stuff), and she hasn't completely warmed up to being held and loved by my wife.

While Sprinkle is definitely the "third" kitty here, Casey and I will give her all the love she could want, and probably more than she asks. She gently rests her head on my chest in the mornings, purring and squirming around (she doesn't quite know how she likes to be held yet), and has this gentle "squeek" she lets out to communicate with me.

I'm a sucker for animals, and I know I can't save them all, no matter how much I might like to. Sprinkle does remind me that it's worth it sometimes to take a chance. Her life, no matter how small and insignificant some might tell me it is, is meaningful and worthhile to me.