…On Wednesday
Pictures of Precious ~ The Cat in the Drawer
4th February 2013
The Cat in the Drawer hangs on the wall in my bedroom.
It has been hanging there since the summer of 1988, June of that year actually. I could tell you the date but you would have to give me a moment to make quite sure.
The Cat in the Drawer is not something that I would have chosen for my self. Paul bought it for me. He saw it in a little boutique kind of shop in Oxford. He had gone out for a walk while I was sleeping, recovering in the clinic.
He was so pleased with me, with us, having got this far. Pleased in the way you feel relief, not jumping up and down pleased.
He will have been smiling to himself and worrying about me at the same time. What he had witnessed me go through was not easy for him.
He said he saw the little black and white cat first and it reminded him of our little cat. She was staying in the cattery because we were away for a few days.
Then he saw that the cat was sitting in a drawer and he thought of me carrying enough eggs in my body so that sufficient could be recovered to enable the embryologists to fertilise them for us.
That is what had happened this beautiful June day: my eggs had been recovered.
Paul thought the drawer was holding the cat, rather like me holding my precious eggs.
It was another step along the way in our IVF treatment.
When I look at The Cat in the Drawer I have so many memories of our love and hopes and dreams and that time in our lives.
When I dust The Cat in the Drawer I always smile because I remember and because it was so long ago.
A life time really.
Ben’s life time in fact.
The Cat in the Drawer, the story of My Precious for February was brought to you with thanks to Sian, she of the wonderful ideas at High in the Sky.
I am looking forward to reading all your stories here, tonight when I get in from work.
Miriam, what a sweet, sweet reminder of a special time in your life. I’m delighted that you shared it with us – and I love that by happy chance your story comes next in the link list after a pregnancy announcement. And I said there – it doesn’t get more precious than that.
very precious for so many reasons, thanks for sharing your story x
What a lovely story & beautifully told! I love that little ornament, being something of a cat lover, but I especially love it’s back story & that it has a happy ending! I’m sure you have, but what an amazing story & heirloom to pass on to your son Ben! 😀
Really very precious indeed. Thank you for sharing xx
That is such a touching story. I’m so glad that it all worked out for you and that you can remember back to that time with fondness.
What a sweet story, and a really cute precious piece to go with it. I love that you have already put it into a layout. Awesome!
I see that yours is similar – but perhaps even more years waiting and agonising than we went through. A thoughtful gift from your husband that I’m sure takes you back to that precise moment in time!
That is a beautiful precious. It was a gift given in love and so much thought was put into it.
Miriam,
What a wonderful, touching story. Thank you for sharing it. And what a blessing you received!
Rinda
This is one of the most touching stories I’ve read yet for Pick Your Precious! Thanks for sharing it!
Oh I’m glad that you have that reminder of that time – and the last lines made me smile 🙂