As I type this we are awaiting a new addition to our family.
We will go from two people and a beautiful little Pomeranian. After this evening we will be all that and plus a cat. Yes. I am finally letting Antonia have a cat which she has been begging for years to have. She has shown me that she is responsible enough to have a cat and a dog.
Antonia has grown so much over the last five years. It amazes me to see how strong she can be. Back in the summer, she knew that she wasn't ready for driving, and she let me know. She is excellent at advocating for herself. At the end of the month, she will be going back to a regular school.
I know she can handle it. She has been through her grandmother passing, her father chose to be a full-time abusive alcoholic, and us being homeless. To escape being stalked constantly. Yes, she has been through a great deal.
Over Christmas Break, I passed to her a Purple Heart which my late father gave to me when I was the same age as her. She is far stronger at 15 than I was. She is ready for the responsibility of two pets. I can't believe she will be 16 on Feb 4.