Miss Me?

It’s been an awful long time since I shared anything from the World According to Joy and it’s high-time I got back into the habit, eh?

To catch you up on a couple of things of pertinence, I adopted a kitten back in October. I named her Amelia — though I often refer to her simply as "The Beast" — and, after a suitable adjustment period, she and Rebecca get along just fine. I warn you about the kitten because, frankly, a lot of posts will end up being about her because I’m a little bit obsessed. Some say it’s because I’ll make a good parent some day. I think it’s because she’s so gosh darn CUTE!

Which actually brings me to the topic of this WATJ post.

Everyone who has met Amelia has become immediately enchanted by her. This pleases me, of course, because who wants to be the owner of a pet no one likes? But it does raise an interesting question.

Is Amelia really that engaging in her own right or is everyone enthralled simply because she is a kitten?

As kittens go, I won’t lie, she is adorable. She is affectionate and has so far made it a point to cuddle with every human she’s come in contact with. She is entertaining and will bat at and play with almost anything — but not so much so that she’s annoyingly (or painfully) swatting at fingers and bare toes.

I guess we’ll just watch and see as she grows older if Amelia will have the same ability to enthrall everyone she meets as she does now.