Someone once said: (this is a recollection not an exact quote) that a person is not the last conversation you had with them but the sum total of your relationship with them. I thought that was well said and worthy of repeating. I have seen relationships destroyed by "one wrong move" or something as small as a misunderstanding or something as lethal as a "juicy" bit of slander that was not properly catagorized as trash in the hearers mind.

Now, on the other hand, my experience with these wonderful creatures that God has blessed us with, it's like you can virtually do no wrong. As a for-instance, last week, I was yawning, streaching out my arms just as China was jumping up on the bed to lay on my chest and Boom! She ran right into my fist but didn't skip a beat. She just shook her head and continued on her way to me, climbing upon my chest and wrapping her little arms around my neck and began to purr. There were no questions of my love for her. She is so sure of our love for each other that I don't need to "explain" myself to her. And, even when I do do something that might come out of stress or anger, they don't let that moment define...or should I say: " sum up" your relationship with them. We sure can learn a lot from them and, I have to say, that that is my favorite thing about them.
Annette

That is true Annette !