Life as Seen in the Eyes of Tatiana

By Monica Brosnan

I decided to relate Tatiana's story because she means so much to me. She is also part of and a continuation of Bill, my late husband, because she shared our bed for eight years. She is my doughty, plucky, four-legged friend who takes the bite out of living alone. After she had a very sad, tr

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pen Culture Solutions
• Release date: Dec 30, 2023
• ISBN: 9781638128649

Monica Brosnan

I was born in Dublin, Ireland, the only girl in a family of six boys. My parents, Catherine and Joseph, ran a cattle farm about twenty-fi ve minutes from Dublin City Center. At an early age, I was sent to a private boarding school for young ladies.I decided to study biomedical science and later worked in Trinity College, Dublin; Iraq; and the University of Zurich, Switzerland, where my husband, Tom, soon joined me when he took up a position as an academic lecturer. We later set up an extremely successful academic institute in Switzerland. We traveled worldwide privately and for business. While we were on business in Turkey, Tom died suddenly from a brain hemorrhage. Through this trauma, I was alone and also had to return to Ireland for his funeral. Then I went to Switzerland to take over my late husband's directorship of our international management institute.Four years later, I met Bill out of the blue-a manna from heaven. After sixteen years of bliss, dear Bill died suddenly too. My trauma once more was unbearable.Now I am with my little gem, my cat Tatiana, who has been with me through thick and thin and whose story is now published.

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Life as Seen in the Eyes of Tatiana

Copyright © 2023 by Monica Brosnan

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My name is Tatiana, and I was born into a human family’s back garden, as was my brother Ginger. Ginger’s name came from his colour. I am described as being tortoiseshell in colour. We began as animals in distress.

It was one of those days when anything that could go wrong had gone wrong. From day one, I had an ability to sniff trouble, and later on, this ability saved me. My pussycat mother had a lovely name, Abigail, and all who saw her agreed that she was truly beautiful. At times, people were cooing at her, giving her little goodie bags of snacks, and treating her like royalty.

We two kittens were usually hiding in the bushes, out of sight from everyone. From an early age, Ginger had a defiant streak that usually got him into trouble, and sometimes he was chastised by the owners of the family in whose garden we were born. The couple had no love for us kittens and would leave us out in the rain as we sheltered under shrubs, which eventually let the rain through.

These are vivid memories for me – and not happy ones. When I was nervous, I hissed at