Her Safe Place

Emme has a "safe place" in Ken's arms. She loves to be held by him and insists on it periodically. When she gets up in his arms, Emme spends a few minutes licking Ken's fingers or reaching up to smell his face and then she settles down. When she is really settled in, she has her paws tucked into his arms just so. Ken holds her against his chest with her weight on both his arms. She would stay there forever. He holds her until one of his arms falls asleep. Emme's favorite times to cuddle in Ken's arms are right after we have finished a meal and when Ken is in his office working on the computer.

At mealtimes, she is more than content to lie quietly on the rug near one of us. After we are done eating, she seems to know. I don't know if it is because we don't rattle silverware or if we change the way we converse, but she knows that we are finished. She comes up to Ken and whines to be picked up. So up she comes and she rests in her safe place until we get up to do the dishes.

When Ken is at his computer she asks to be picked up. Ken obliges and has to figure out how to continue entering data into Quicken or play Scarab Solitaire without disturbing Emme. I think sometimes, he just gives up, turns on a video podcast and sits in front of his computer with Emme napping on his chest. Everybody needs a safe place.