Recently, my DH and I watched the movie The Golden Compass(which if you haven’t seen it yet I really liked except I felt the ending really left you hanging, which I really did not like!) In the movie, the characters, who all live in an alternate dimension, have what they call demons in the form of animals that follow them around and are actually part of them and considered to be their souls. The humans and animals can’t be parted from one another physically for very long or at any great distance, or one of them can die. Of course, my cat Silty immediately came to mind as she was out in the kitchen calling for me half way through the movie (we have the cats in a different part of the house…long story). My husband quipped, “Your demon is calling you!”

She is now about 14 years old, and still pretty darn active when she’s not sleeping, which admittedly is about 20 hours out of a 24 hour day! When DH first brought her home, she was really a “daddy’s girl” for about the first year we had her. I was okay in her book, but I wasn’t him! She was also very quiet and rarely vocal compared to some cats. As the years have gone on (and I have of course cleaned her cat box, filled her water bowl, fed her many meals, and so on), the reverse has happened. She literally follows me around the house, greets me at the door, and constantly jabbers to me, especially if I’m not doing what she wants me to do. She is very bossy!

I love having my own demon. What about you? Do you have one too?