My travel companion and I took an hour to wander Katsurazaka together.
The main street has tons of cute little stores. Many of them French, which I observed randomly.
Turns out, it’s the “Little Paris” of Tokyo.
Anyway we went into this one French store. And all it took was one bar of “Moon River” on the sound system to send tears gushing from my eyes.
My companion nodded sagely. “She got you.”
“Mom used to sing this to Kadie,” I choked out.
She didn’t need the explainer. She has plenty of random sightings from her own mom.
Heck I got one from HER mom the next day.
Our moms went from being the only ones who got us … to “getting” us when we least expect it.
In the back of the store, I saw a bag I should have bought. Or at least photographed.
It was the “Strength” tarot card.
But with a tuxedo cat instead of the person with the lion.
Kadie.
There were a couple other times I thought of Kates.
The Lucky Cat/Beckoning Cat is a Calico, like Maddie. But there are all-white and all-black and even tuxedo variants of it.
Then of all the things, on the way to Haneda, I caught the Rainbow Bridge out of the corner of my eye.
And surprisingly, I had my phone ready to capture the sign.
I imagine it’s not THE rainbow bridge where my babies wait for me.
But what a lovely thought …
That my little “huckleberry friends” are living in beautiful Japan together …
With all the flowers and the birdies and the CLEAN air and streets.
I hope there’s whipped cream and cream cheese at the bridge for my Kates.
