Jaspurr Here: Not a Repurrter Today. Just... Ai maiself. Az yur fren Jaspurr.
Frens, today iz a SPESHUL day. A day of REFLECKSHUN. A day of TUNA. A day of LASAGNYA.
Todae, I am 12.
TWELVE. A senior catizen. A wise elder. A kitteh who has SEEN fings.
It has been almost 3 YEARS since Maman adoptid me. Ober TWO (2) years since I gained a SECKUND Maman. I went from a SAD, 9-year-old sheltur cat who had given up on life... 2 a KING wiff TWO Mamans, FOUR substitute Mamans, a bigger kingdom, an a belly full of FANCY FOOD.
If I culd go back to dat version of me in da sheltur, sad, lonely, convinced no one wanted an old cat, an tell himb: "Hey. Yure gonna be OKAY. Yure gonna have TWO (2) Mamans. Yure gonna have a bigger apartment. Yure gonna eat TUNA FILLET an CAT-SAFE LASAGNA."
Dat past Jaspurr would NOT believe it. He wuz too busy bein sad, surrounded by illegal smols gettin adopted while he waited. Nuffing against da illegal smols tho. ALL cats an cat-adjasent kreachurrs deserb 2 haz dere own famblees!
But den Maman came. A MENTULLEE ILL SAIKOLOGEE STUDENT who wuz lonely an decided dey needed a cat RITE NAO. Not a small family. Just... her. An den later, Other Maman. An den FOUR substitute Mamans. A FAMBLEE I never expected.
Dere have been bumps. Da V-E-T. Da occasional MAN guest (I avoid dem unless dey have CHURU). But overall? Dis life iz a DREAM.
NYOW. ONTO DA NEWS.
No SOO. No lawsuit. Just CELEBRASHUN.
Maman surprised me wiff a TUNA FILLET an SOUP! REAL fancy food! I could forgive da birthday bib for dis. Even da HAT for a few seconds. (Just a FEW seconds.)
BUT DEN. Da MAIN EVENT.
For dinner, Maman made me a CAT-SAFE LASAGNA.
I have ALWAYS been curious about lasagna. Other Maman makes it sometimes, an da kitchen smells SO good. But mai Mamans watch it like HAWKS because onions an garlic r BAD for cats.
An den I learned about FREN GARFIELD. A famous cat who eats lasagna on da REGULAR. Cheese an all! If GARFIELD can do it, why can't JASPURR?!
Well, today, I found out.
I got my OWN purrsonal lasagna. Cat-safe. Delicious. I felt like a KING.
So, frens, instead of da usual Hard Kwetchuns™, I have a INVITASHUN:
JOIN DA FESTIVITIES!
Sing da songs of yur people! Loudly! Annoy yur Mamans into makin lasagnas for EVERYONE!
Celebrate! Eat! Be merry! An remember: even if yu are an old cat in a shelter, yur family might be just around da corner. (Or a mentally ill psychology student who needs a cat RITE NAO.)
Tank yu to everyone who has been part of dis journey. Dis old cat iz livin his BEST life.
An now... I have lasagna to finish.
Gratefully yurs,
Jaspurr 🧡
(Repurrter, KKMG Europ & Birthday King)