Well. I had originally planned to send this in the day of, but things happened, and sometimes you must simply roll with the punches.
For a very, very long time in this life, I have wanted a cat. On the 18th of this month, this wish came true. I had planned on getting a cat that was anywhere from 6 months to a year old, 5 months at youngest. However, because there is already a dog in my household, that was quite the limiter.
In the end, I got a 3 month old kitten, so perhaps you can imagine what delayed me from sending this in.
Now, onto the real meat of it. I've wanted to remember those from my past lives by naming a pet after them for a quite a long time, and now that I've been given the opportunity, I have. I have named this tiny, rambunctious kitten Vespa.
She is quite sweet when she's not scratching and biting my hands, but she's well-worth a few battle scars.
I wish she could meet her namesake. It would be a little funny, I think, considering how different cats were from then to now. No stinger or multiple sets of eyes on this one I'm afraid.
I'm not sure how Vespa, my wife, would react, but I cannot help but imagine her being so incredibly careful with something so tiny, and compared to spacer cats, defenseless. I imagine they would grow fond of one another. Many would never get to see the vulnerable side of Vespa, but there would hardly be a reason to hide that side of her in front of a kitten.
Excuse my ramblings, I never really had the foresight to plan where I was going with this. I suppose I'll sum it up by saying; Vespa, my love, I miss you so dearly. I hope that wherever you are, you are safe and happy. I hope it makes you smile to hear there is a kitten tearing about my room with your name, who makes me laugh with her antics and fawn with her incredibly cute, incredibly tiny face.
- Buddy Aurinko (The Penumbra Podcast)