Grandma Ellie's Familiar - Short Story - NYC Midnight Entry
Synopsis The loss of Clara's Grandma Ellie was a turning point in her life she was not prepared for. Inheriting her Grandma's cat Simone, she feels this task is her responsibility to care for the cat even as the curious feline gets her into some trouble with her Mom. There are a few times in one's life that can be explainable. Moments so complex we dismiss them as a fantasy because there was no way it could happen. I thought I was only a lonely child, but now I know what I experienced was something magical. But all magic starts with a moment of loss. My own loss was when I was twelve years old, the summer before starting middle school. Grandma Ellie had passed and what transpired for the following year was both a test of patience and a test of love. Everyone knew that I, Clara, was Grandma Ellie's favorite. Although I didn't know it at the time, I reminded her a lot of her son, my late father, who passed away in war before I was born. My mom, Ti...
