I love to smell the top of a cat’s head. Cats have spots near their ears on the tops of their heads that have glands that secrete an oil. This is why cats rub their heads on furniture — to get the oil on their favorite pieces. They are marking their territory.

I have replaced my favorite smell being that of a cat’s head with that of Sun. I have found that I now smell Sun whenever I pick her up. I smell the top of her head and kiss her. She doesn’t always smell like baby shampoo (in fact, she rarely does). She just smells like Sun, just as CS smells like CS and Peanut smells like Peanut. And I inhale her scent and hold it in my nose the way a cat smells something new — with it’s mouth slightly ajar memorizing the scent.

I can’t get enough of her smell. Even when she is crying heavily and I get a noseful of her milky breath. Sun’s scent is intoxicating.