Not particularly unsettled, but dynamics are changing. Fluff wants to spend more time with Thursday, and Thursday is taking over Tate’s spaces, sleeping with me

Oh thank you for sharing in my loss. I loved her so much and she’s left such a hole xx

Oh thank you for hearing my sadness x

My darling Tate, my shadow, died in my arms last month.

As she went to sleep, I told her how much I loved her, how magnificent she was and that I would never forget her, and she looked up at me with trust and love.

I’m lost without her.

My Tate, 31 July 2011 - 20 Jan 2026

Happy gotcha day, Lenny!

WHAT A WOMAN

She’s entertaining me right now!

Oh that’s good - rubbish to go through that and not find what you need

That’s the best reason for learning: yourself

You’re actually inspiring - if I can say that in a non ott way

a woman in a black hood holds her finger to her lips in front of bbc ALT: a woman in a black hood holds her finger to her lips in front of bbc

Meh, Harriet played a dumb game there

It’s interesting when clever people undermine themselves because they’re so sure of their plan

Love is letting your fading cat sit at the open kitchen door because it’s raining but she likes to be outside - while the fire’s on in the sitting room and energy costs make you wince

Well it was a case of no big change - lost some more weight, but that was it

Back next week

I’m cherishing every moment and it’s a privilege to know it’s the time for that

How has the day treated you?

Nice work!

I really wish people understood apostrophes

I even went outside and watched pigeons enjoying their superiority

Looked up to use awe to get small self effect

Check my bad self out

It’s great, isn’t it!

Today was a big nope to work. Yesterday’s all-team meeting was exhausting; all that team-player face and not calling anyone stupid

Today, I just hung out with Tate

I’ve been enjoying this all day

Thank you, Sian. We have a vet check up tomorrow to see how things are going. I know this is the price you pay for loving them, but now it’s time to pay up, I’m devastated

Trapped. Don’t send help, I’m cherishing every moment because I don’t know how long my Tate has left

The tears can wait

I had them, until I got a SILVER pair for secondary school!

Fingers crossed!

Fingers crossed!

I might explode with envy!

Unless you were insanely rich, all children needing glasses wore the same style of free NHS frames in either pale blue, pale pink or tortoiseshell

That’s stunning

Thank you - I am. Just dreading the final goodbye. Went through this with another of my cat family last year and it feels unfair we’re facing this again so soon

She’s genuinely beautiful. And, if she’d had a more collaborative temperament, I would have got her into cat modelling!

The cat that holds my heart, Tate, is fading and I don’t know how long she has

She’s been my companion for 14 years and I’m struggling to imagine life without her

Interesting that it feels right to say this here and not openly on twitter