Jingly balls, valentines among cat’s holiday loot
SUSAN LOESCH
CATS IN THE STACKS
Valentine’s Day…a day that was much more to Alex’s liking than the snow days we had earlier in the week!
Since the holiday fell on Sunday, students at the Arkansas School for the Blind celebrated the Friday before.
Alex had a good time hanging out with our secondary students looking at their balloons, candy and stuffed animals. “No, Alex, no chocolate for you!” He got a kitty treat instead.
Brandon and Brianna brought Alex valentines, and Brandon brought him balls with bells in them!
Alex got lots of hugs and then played with the balls, batting them around my office, slipping and sliding on the tile floor.
Mary admired Alex’s bandana with hearts on it.
“D-O-G?” she spelled out as she covered Alex’s ears?
“Nope, P-E-O-P-L-E,” I spelled back.
She uncovered Alex’s ears then.
We started the habit with Big Footsie of never letting him know that most of his bandanas were made for…shhhhhh…dogs.
It really is hard to find a bandana made for a cat, so we improvise.
We never told Footsie or Alex that their Harley-Davidson bandana was not only not a cat bandana but not a dog one either.
It came from Build-a-Bear.
Some things are just better left unsaid!
Susan Loesch has been the librarian at the Arkansas School for the Blind for 35 years and is on the board of Feline Rescue and Rehome. She started the library cat program about 10 years ago after much animal therapy research.
Such a sweet, good boy deserves adoration, especially on Valentine’s Day!
Ii love Alex…I hope I get to meet him the next time I come to Little Rock. I am so glad he had a good Valentine’s Day party. Those kids are really great and I know they love Alex and he loves them.
Happy Valentines Day Alex! I’m so glad you’re there with the kids and having fun.