a box tied with ribbon...

I got a parcel in the mail today.

He had asked if I was headed home from work to have lunch.

I asked "should I?"

Master said "Only if the postman has been"

I have often said if I were a cat I would be long dead, dead of curiosity disease.

I wasnt intending on having lunch at home, in fact I was eating my lunch when He asked.

I did then say goodbye and race home to see if the postman HAD been.

He had.

I stood at the letterbox for a couple of minutes, I must have looked like a bloody idiot running a fingertip over the writing on the front of the bag.

I was so excited I had to pee, but I didn't want to put the parcel down, so I took it with me to the bathroom.

(you lot can quit laughing about now...)

My hands were shaking so bad I had to find the scissors to get the bag open.

Inside was an envelope and a box tied with ribbon.

I love cards, I would rather have a card than a present without thought.

The person writing on the card has to pick it out, and then stop and think about what to write, that always means something to me. I like cards to say the right thing when I buy them for others, it has to be JUST right.

I opened this card, and it said....

To MY sweet kitty

(insert message)

M

If I am completely honest, just reading that bought a tear to the eye, in a good way of course.

I looked at the box tied with ribbon for a minute before I could stop shaking long enough to open it.

Inside was a necklace.

But, I KNEW it wasn't just a necklace, this was to be my collar.

I had told Master once that I liked the idea of a symbolic collar for the simple reason that I was His ALL the time, I didn't want something I couldn't wear ALL the time.

By now I had to get a tissue, the tears were out of the eyes, not just in the corners.

I asked Master whether I was allowed to put it on, or was I to wait for Him to do it?

All the while HOPING He would say I had to wait, I didn't think it would feel right putting it on the very first time by myself. It's HIS collar after all.

So, here I sit, with a beautiful card, and a box tied with ribbon, a new name, and some fresh beginnings with MY Master.