All joking aside, Athena does calm me, often. She is aware of my moods and often jumps into my lap, or my bed, or my dinner plate, just when I'm beginning to feel panic or worry. The habitual and insistence of my hand running smoothly across her places me into a tranquil state that has little to nothing to do with her personal pleasure. No, my girl here, is a soulmate of mine. She knows when I need her. Just like I know when she needs me to change her litter, feed and water her, having nothing to do with her cacophony of mewing, that sounds as if she is DYING.
Perhaps this symbiotic relationship could be better phrased parasitic but nevertheless, she is one of the soul's that I have chosen to travel with in this life. Thank you Athena girl...now get off the couch!
