My cousin Robyn came up to
check the smoke detectors one morning. Mom was asleep. I was running around the
house trying to stay away from Robyn’s husband Michael, who was helping her. I
know Robyn, but not him. I always hide when someone I don’t know well comes
into the house. If mom is up, then I will sit or lay near her.
While he was checking
smoke detectors, Robyn went into mom’s room and woke her up. “Your bathroom
sink is full of water!” Mom stirred up from bed and said, “Yeah. Tuxedo likes
to drink out of the bathroom sink.”
See, I like to drink out
of the sink because mom washes there. I like her smell. I also like the way her
bathroom accessories smell. So, she fills up the bathroom sink with nice cold
water after she brushes her teeth, cleans the sink and such. And I get to push stuff
into the water.
Mom always has nice stuff for
me to push into the sink. Toothpaste, tooth brush, a fingernail brush, a comb,
a sponge or whatever else she may put around the sink. I like to push them in
one at a time and see them float around. I also like to drink from the sink
after I push the stuff in the water. She also has a water dish on the floor
that I drink from.
When she forgets to leave
water in the bathroom sink, I’ll cry until she gets the message. I don’t know
how mom and I started this habit. It was so long ago. But it works for us now.
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