Imagine this: you walk into the living room and catch your cat perched over your laptop, tiny paws tapping the keys, glasses sliding toward the tip of their nose. Note – the good people at Orlando Cat Café don’t even have to imagine this – they see me doing this every day. Sometimes writing this column. Sometimes ordering from Chewy or Amazon. And sometimes just scrolling IG (don’t judge – we all do it)!
Now here’s a question for YOU: What would you write to your cat if they truly could understand every word?
I suspect most of you would start simply—with gratitude, the kind that cats never ask for but deserve every day. Would it be a thank-you note? A love letter? A poem? A full-blown ballad worthy of a Grammy for “Best Emotional Correspondence to a Domestic Animal”?
Something like:
Dear Fluffy Face,
Thank you for choosing to sit with me even when you have 37 better nap spots, some of which are in the sunny spot.
Thank you for sometimes turning your head when I call you.
Thank you for knowing when to nudge my hand, when to lean in, and when to just quietly exist beside me.
Love,
Your Human
Or maybe you’d go poetic and dramatic (cats are MASTERS of drama!):
You, who steal my tuna and also my heart,
You, who meows and headbutts me at 6 a.m. because you are STARVING
You, whose fur I’ll never quite remove from my clothes
You are the softest reminder that companionship doesn’t need language to be loud.
Maybe you’d get even braver and write a confession:
To Comet,
I sing to you when no one’s home.
I narrate your daily activities like you’re the star of a reality show.
I pretend you understand every word—and honestly, I think you do.
What would you say? A love letter? A sonnet? A haiku? A note begging them to please stop knocking cups off counters at 3 a.m.? Whatever it is, write it. Because even if your cat can’t read (yet), they understand something far more important.
That you chose them, and they chose you right back. Just like the nearly 500 cats and kittens who found their forever homes this year at The Orlando Cat Café.
