Hi Harry, 

Such a great idea to start this thread, thanks.

We have a cat who adopted us when we moved out from the city 8 years ago, and he has been training his new slaves diligently ever since. He is Smooch (by name and nature!). I'll try uploading a couple of photos. As you can see he's very elegant (not!) 🙂

When we first moved here my son was in mid-primary school. He was really missing his friends and finding it hard starting at a new school for 2nd semester. One day he was sitting on his bed having a cry and Smooch climbed onto his lap and put his paws on my son's shoulders and licked his face. My son described it as being given a reassuring cuddle.

Smooch loves joining us for prayer times and brings a great sense of humour to our gospel readings - he always wants to know where the fish leftovers got to, as all he sees are loaves on Sundays... no fishes! He also enjoys buzzing along when we are singing, and no bedtime lullaby for my 6yo is complete without his harmonies.

Cheers, Kristin