The Cat Came Back

Thought he was a goner but the cat came back!

Author’s portrait of Bertram, her mother’s cat

I haven’t written about it because I felt so guilty I couldn’t bring myself to mention it. My mother entrusted her very beloved cat to me — well, she didn’t have a choice — since she had to go to a nursing home. The thing that was hardest for her, and still is at times, was leaving her cat. She cherished him and spoiled him rotten, too. We always joked that…