Look to the left of this post. See that beautiful kitten? She has been a bit of a mystery to me, in that she doesn't resist me picking her up, she eats from my hand, has never hissed or swatted at me - yet doesn't care for me much either. She sort of gets a little smaller when I reach for her, like, "Oh no, here comes the hand [eyes squinting and squishing closer to the floor of the carrier], I bet she's going to...touch me..."
So today, I was holding Whirly on my chest after feeding her some wet food off a spoon and she was quite relaxed - I was almost falling asleep, so I was pretty relaxed too... All of a sudden I heard something... Hmmm.... Could it be purring? Then the pretty calico kitten began vibrating with her first purr in contact with a human. So just about when I start to think, "Sheesh, this isn't working at all. This kitten is never going to like people, no matter how many pets I give her." It appears to begin to work. So, my lesson is patience and attention and surrender to the divine timing of kittens. We'll see what happens tomorrow...
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