Week 19 - TicTac

A roommate brought his cat along and this cat HATED me. He used to hide behind the couch and ambush me. Yet, when my roommate was deployed for 6 months, all this cat had was me. I found him sleeping next to my left shoulder every night. This came at a period of time when, though I had many friends, I was known by very few. This was due mainly to my refusal to be vulnerable about my shortcomings. People knew who I was, but they did not know me. My struggles, my burdens, my ambitions, my desires, these were all kept safe and secure, deep in my heart, and I was miserable. Despite this being my fault for not opening up to my community, God saw fit to give me a small level of comfort by way of this small pain in the butt, named TicTac. Seven years later and he's now sitting in my lap. I'm much more vulnerable with my people, but it's nice a lap cat too.