I really love this story, and I'm so sorry to hear about your cat Shadow. Hope you and your husband are doing okay.
Thank you so much, my friend. I really appreciate your kind words and I am happy that you are loving the story! (your username has sparked joy, by the way, lol) ^_^
Ha ha thank you! I certainly thought I was being extremely clever with it when I was a kid.
I am very much an adult and I would argue it's still clever, lol.
Rare moment of brilliance on my part.