This Is Us

What a Cat Taught Me About Love and Separation

A soul is a soul, be it a cat’s or a human’s

Wardah Abbas
Human Parts
Published in
6 min readAug 3, 2020

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Kitten pop art, vibrant colors.
Photo: jhillphotography/Getty Images

One late September evening, my husband and I were chatting at the dining table in my father’s home. Our conversation was interrupted by a high-pitched meow from the window. It was the tomcat that had fathered Coco’s kittens.

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Wardah Abbas
Human Parts

Founding Editor, The Muslim Women Times. I write about Gender, Culture, Equality and Islam | Visit our Website at https://www.themuslimwomentimes.com