13/07/2025
Think about it, from the cats' perspective...a moment of peace
I came home from a three-day work trip to find my husband had hung "cat-level wall art" throughout our house, and honestly, I'm not even mad about it.
See, our cat Smokey has been struggling since we lost his brother Felix last month. The vet said cats grieve just like we do, and Smokey had been barely eating, hiding under the bed, just completely lost without his lifelong companion. We tried everything - new toys, different food, even playing Felix's favorite bird videos on the TV. Nothing worked.
While I was away on business, my husband apparently decided to take matters into his own hands. He went on the Tedooo app and found this amazing artist who creates custom pet portraits. But instead of hanging them at human eye level like normal people, he hung them exactly at Smokey's height throughout the house.
There's a painting of a cozy cat bed in the hallway, a beautiful fish bowl scene by his food dish, and this gorgeous piece of a cat lounging on a vintage car right here in the living room. When I walked in and saw Smokey sitting there, actually looking at the artwork like he was contemplating it, I nearly cried.
"He's been sitting by different paintings all day," my husband said sheepishly. "I thought maybe if he had something beautiful to look at from his perspective, it might help."
For the first time in weeks, Smokey purred when I pet him. He's been making rounds to each piece of art, and I swear he looks more curious and engaged than he has since Felix passed.
So yeah, I now have a house full of cat-level art gallery, and it's the most thoughtful thing anyone's ever done for our grieving boy. Sometimes love means seeing the world from someone else's eye level, even if that someone has four paws and whiskers.
