At the risk of jinxing it, we may have found a forever home for Matilda a/k/a Itty Bitty Kitty. Months ago--not long after we first took her in--a local not for profit offered me a courtesy listing on their website. Two days ago, I finally heard from a woman who had seen the listing and was interested in adopting her. I did my best to be positive about Matilda's personality but also wanted to make sure the woman understood that she's pretty high energy and food-obsessed. She's not a bad cat at all, but she's fearless and often gets into stuff. Otherwise, she just plays and plays and plays.

Signficantly, this woman has no other cats but has had them in the past. While we've made some progress integrating Matilda into our home, our two-year old remains pretty opposed to her. She can also be somewhat aggressive with our geriatric male, and that's the last thing I want. I think it could work out over time, but I don't know how ideal it is for any of them. Plus, as I mentioned, she is totally food obsessed. Dealing with that and the other two cats will be challenging. Not impossible, but challenging. I'd add that we have been using a couple different flower essences with the cats, and it's resulted in much less aggression. The change is actually pretty dramatic. Izzy used to charge Matilda (or vice versa) fairly regularly, and we haven't had a single spat in the time since I started using it.

Anyway, it's certainly not a done deal, but I do think once she sees Matilda, she'll fall in love with her. She looks wonderful and is so full of personality. I'm going to miss her dearly, but this would be a happy outcome.

So, as much as it pains me, please keep your fingers crossed that this woman is willing to adopt her and that, once adopted, they're happy together.