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Janet

In article >, says...
>
> jmcquown wrote:
> >
> > On 10/20/2016 12:53 PM, Gary wrote:
> > > jmcquown wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Without a pass, a transponder or a resident's permission, they don't let
> > >> anyone on the island. Heck, when I went home to get my car, my cat
> > >> Persia (got her out of kitty jail after months of being boarded!) and
> > >> some extra clothes, my mother had to call the gate ahead of time to tell
> > >> them to let me in.
> > >
> > > Why was Persia boarded for months? WHAT??? Just wondering.
> >
> > This again? I was only expecting to be here for a couple of weeks.
> > Turned out Mom needed me pretty much forever. I helped her with Dad.
> > Then he died and she needed me to stay. I was living out of a suitcase.
> > Persia was boarded at the vet back in Cordova. I finally went home to
> > get my cat, my own car and some lightweight clothes. Yes, that took a
> > few months.
>
> Sorry to ask but I didn't remember hearing that (the cat) part of the
> story.
>
> That's still a bit odd to me. I've always offered my mom and dad help if
> they ever needed me there. That said though, I would never dream of
> leaving my pet (family member) for months in a boarding place. Really?

Do pay attention. Jill didn't take her car; that should tell you that
the distance between her old home and her parents was a long way and she
needed to get there in a hurry.

A long flight, a strange place, parents needing all Jill's attention;
for the cat's sake she left it in kennels, expecting to be home again in
a couple of weeks. Then it was impossible to leave. If you'd been here
longer you'd remember what a tough time Jill had caring for her
parents' very demanding medical conditions.

> Did you ever consider how Persia might have felt totally abandoned?
> We're talking months here.

cheap shot. Jill put the needs and feelings of her elderly sick parents
before any other consideration; she gave up everything else ( her
private life, home, job, income, independence, and her cat), to care for
and support them in the comfort of their own home until they died.

Janet UK.