No Silk Duvet for Me

For about 14 years we had a cat named Chelsea, a fat, lazy, onrey cat. She slept on our bed during the day and then again at night. During the night I'd wake up on the edge of the bed with Chelsea stretched out between us.

A couple of years before she passed I went to China. I was shopping for silk and found a beautiful piece to make a duvet cover for my bed, but once home I realized that Chelsea would lay all over it ruining it. I put the silk away for another day.

5 years ago Twinks was born and our son and his wife got her for their kids Christmas present, she was a little ball of fur. After Chelsea died the kids thought that it would be a good idea for us to take Twinks in until they returned from China and found a place to live that would accept a dog. We were not anxious to take Twinkle but every time we'd go to our daughter-in-law's parents home Twinks would jump into our truck and hide behind me. She'd look at us with her big brown eyes as though pleading for us to take her. Poor dog; she had to stay outside all of the time and all of the other dogs tormented her constantly. Finally I couldn't take it any longer and we brought her to live at our house.

Immediately Twinks took over where Chelsea left off; sleeping on the bed, commanding us to do her bidding. I soon realized that the silk was not going to work anytime soon.

The kids returned home from teaching in China but moved into an apartment where no dogs were allowed so Twinkle has remained with us until now. The kids have now moved out of their apartment and looking for a place that will take their dog and soon she will be gone.

I was looking for some fabric yesterday and ran onto my piece of silk. I immediately thought “Oh great, finally I'll get to make my cover. Oops that was short lived; grand kids have reminded me that we will need to get another dog as soon as Twinkle is gone. I imagine that the new dog will get right down to figuring out that the best place to sleep is on my bed. I'm giving up on any bed cover other than a beach towel. Maybe I can start a new trend!