@bigmaya This is a lovely idea. I am not currently a caregiver but I was for a few years for my father.

I grew up with cats and dogs. My mother loved animals and often brought in stray dogs and cats to our home. For many years I lived in rentals where dogs and cats were not allowed. About 30 years ago I realized I could now adopt so I brought one cat, then another, and then another. Those three cats are no longer with me but I have placed their framed photos around the house along with the dogs who are no longer with me.

I have a soft place for cats and right now we have two senior cats who are in very good health. I named one of them, Minnie the Moocher (Moochie or Mooch, for short). When we were trying to come up with a name this came to me one day when she was on the chair next to me while I was eating. She kept swiping at my hand when I had food and I said “You are such a moocher”. There! That’s the name. She came to us as a foster from our local shelter. You know the rest. She never left and is still here trying to get her own way. Moochie is a tortoiseshell and typifies the term “tortitude”.