Heimdall's Phone Conversations

Heimdall writes:

Two years ago, when Mommy was talking with Grammy on the phone, I asked to purr my motorboat purr for her, and then hung up on her by pawing the phone!  I've only done that one time since, and it was when I was purring for Great-Grandma (Mommy's dad's mom).  She heard my purrs, and all of a sudden she was listening to the dial tone!  Mommy called her right back and explained what happened, and everyone got a good laugh out of it.

I love to purr for everyone on the phone!  If Mommy's talking with someone, I immediately hop up onto the desk and start purring, then reach for Mommy's hand or for the phone itself.  She holds it for me and I purr, sometimes listening to the person on the other end talk to me.  When I'm listening to the person talk, I stop purring, then I start again when it's my turn to "talk".

Sometimes, if it's Mommy's dad, he talks in Norwegian to me.  I don't understand many of the words he uses, but I understand his meaning.  Then he purrs back to me!  I back away from the phone and look at Mommy, telling her that he's making that weird noise again!  I guess it's purring, of some sort, but he's a human so he shouldn't be purring.  That's my sound to make to him!

Thankful Thursday: Heimdall's Need to Purr

Heimdall writes:

Gramma's not feeling well.  She hasn't been to see us in a couple months, because she's taking some medicine but can't risk infection from a lot of things, including potential contamination from our litter box.  She doesn't want to take the chance, even though it's a low risk.  I miss seeing her!  I know she's not feeling well, so when I hear Mommy talking with her on the phone I sit nearby.

One time, Mommy put the phone to me so Gramma could hear me doing my two-tone motorboat purr for her.  Then I hung up the phone by pawing it!  "I love you, Gramma!  Bye!"  The last two times I've sat by Mommy when she's talking with Gramma on the phone, I've made my needs known very forcefully.  The time before last, I took one of Mommy's knuckles in my mouth to tell her I didn't want pets.  I got in trouble for it, but then I asked the phone by putting my paw on it like Tabby does to ask.  Mommy realized what I wanted, so she held the phone to me while I purred for Gramma and she talked to me.  The last time, I ME-YOWWW-ed at Mommy to give me the phone, NOWWW!!!  She did, and I purred for Gramma again.

Gramma loves my purrs and says they help her feel better.  I love my gramma!