Posted on December 26, 2014
My cats were born in Uganda. And it’s kind of cool to think that they’ve been somewhere I have never been and probably won’t ever visit. I adopted them from a person who had them transported all the way to the United States from Africa. So my cats are immigrants.
They were originally given names that I thought were idiotic for African cats. One of them (a girl kitty) was named Tigger, and the other was named Punkin. These names are cute, but c’mon–these cats were born in Africa. They should have African names. I promptly renamed them Simba and Pakka. Simba is the Swahili word for lion or tiger. And Pakka is the Swahili word for cat.
Simba (AKA Tigger) has a starring role in Last Chance Family. And Pakka (AKA Punkin) is the kitty in the short story entitled “I’ll be Home for Christmas,” which appears in the anthology Small Town Christmas.
