As a military officer, I ask a lot of my family. We moved 11 times in 18 years—each time I received permanent change-of-station orders. My wife, Elizabeth, has had to give up jobs she loved. Our three daughters have had to leave behind wonderful friends. I think that’s why our cat, a tortie named Wembley, came to mean so much to us.
Elizabeth and I had adopted her right after I’d come home from a deployment to Iraq that was tough on both of us. Elizabeth pulled a tiny tortoiseshell kitten out from under a box at a pet adoption event and knew she was the one. It was early in our marriage, and Wembley was our first baby. Her love helped us heal the pain of that deployment. In 15…
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Mysterious Ways (Digital) - 1 Issue, Oct/Nov 2022