I took Maestro to the shelter as soon as Jay got home with the warm car.
What tipped the scales was when I discovered an attitude-ladden Maestro lying impassively on top of a screaming Elisha in his crib.
I dumped the cat out, and told him, “That’s the end. That’s what I needed to know.”
My decision [...]
I was just recently reviewing what having Maestro (and, earlier, Kricket) has taught (or allowed me to teach) my kids.
Having two resilient and transparent self-advocaters has shown the girls a few things.
Gentleness
Non-violent (and non-screaming) self advocating.
Both M and K will/would put up with as much as they wanted, and then leave.
Maestro had started batting [...]