Last night I had my first dream of Grailing. I’ve been asking and asking, but this was the first.
Grailing and I were on the front porch. Â Something startled him, and he ran through the railing and down the street. Â For some reason I couldn’t get off the porch directly, but immediately went back to the closest gate I could use and chased after him.
A few houses down, there was a woman holding a bundle, not immediately recognizable as anything in particular, but I instantly knew it was Grailing. I went up to her; she asked if this was my cat.  Yes, I said, this is my Grailing.
She asked what I fed him, saying that he often came over to her house and ate. I started to list what I was feeding him until she stopped me, laughing. She said that I obviously fed him very well, far better than what he had at her place, but weren’t cats so funny and opportunistic when it came to food.
She handed him over, and Grailing settled into my arms and purred. The lady again remarked that yes, he was obviously my cat, but she let me know that he was welcome at her place any time because she did like him and he would always have a safe place with her.
Took Grailing back to my house, set him down and started working on the computer.  Then he called to me; he was chasing one of his crinkle toys and wanted me to play with him. So I got up and we played. We played and played and played, with the energy and focus and interest he had when he was just barely into adulthood, and he looked his most perfect, most beautiful, and he so obviously enjoyed playing with me and including me, inviting me, into his world.
It was a good dream.
I’m glad to know I can recognize him, from whatever distance. I’m glad to know he’s staying with someone who cares for him, but who acknowledges that I care for him more. I’m glad Grailing is happy, and that he still wants to be with me and is happy with me.
I’m glad Grailing has finally made the full transition to the point where he can be with me in dreams.
Just thougth I’d help everyone close on this happier note.  Grailing and I are both healing, both adjusting to our new states of being. But we’re still together.
that is one excellent dream.
i am happy that you had it and that both of you are doing well. it also makes me feel good to know that grailing has someone to spend his time with when he can’t be by your side.
Very good to see him and you accepting that he is moving on and finding new arms to cuddle in and be safe.
I read your post the first day, and have been sort-of mulling it over in my mind… It took me a while to “get” that the dream had that “message” feeling to it. Some dreams do… When i have a dream that feels that way i pay attention…..
I guess the thing that strikes me is that Grail is still your cat in your dreams. He may have moved in with the lady down the street, but even she knows that he is, first, yours, and, though Grailing likes it at her house, he can come to you when you are there.
And, of course, it is happy that he is in his prime again……