Mum is making her birthday plans. Every so often she gets her\npriorities right. \u201cWhat shall we do for my birthday, Wilma?\u201d The fact she was asking\nme was a good starting point. I thought the answer was fairly obvious, but I\nspelt it out to her anyway. \u201cGo to our favourite place in all the world and eat\nice cream.\u201d Obviously, I mean we should have a walk first and include Dad. Now\nyou\u2019re not going to believe me, but she actually totally agreed with me. She did\nsay she was really sad that it will mean leaving Alfie out of the plans and I\ncan see how hard that is for her. It\u2019s just a shame that he really isn\u2019t up to\ngoing with us as it would be so lovely to take him. It\u2019s another couple of\nweeks before all that will happen but I\u2019m looking forward to it already. I just\nhope the weather is nice \u2013 more for her sake than mine, Frankly, I\u2019m just as\nhappy in the rain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My enforced separation from Mum is nearly over. It\u2019s a good job there is only once a year we have to be apart for this long. I don\u2019t know how the others manage it when Mum and I go away together. I\u2019m just not built for being apart from her. I do enjoy playing with the others, but I get my strength and confidence from being close to Mum and she gets hers by being close to me. In general we like to stay in touching distance. Actually, not so much in touching distance as actually touching. Being able to feel the other one there really does make all the difference. Alfie says he used to be like that, but he\u2019s grown to like his own space over the years. I can\u2019t imagine every getting to that point. Shadow has always liked her own space. She\u2019s more of a cat than a dog. Ari just sighed and said he\u2019d like what I\u2019ve got, which made me feel a bit sad for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Have a great Thursday<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wilma<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"