08/29/2026
Hi friends. It's me, Topanga ❤️
Well, it happened again.
Mom left me yesterday and headed to New York City. She said she would be home late tomorrow night, but that is still several days in orphan time.
Apparently, celebrating human sister’s birthday and seeing Harry Styles in concert is more important than staying home and filling my love tank. I hope Harry understands the consequences of his actions. Somewhere in Ohio, a tiny, medically fragile Siamese is wandering around with a nearly empty love tank because he decided to put on a concert.
Before Mom left, she gave me hugs, kisses, snacks, instructions for my medicine, and a full explanation of when she would return. But did I agree to any of this? No. I was not consulted. I did not approve the itinerary. Nobody even asked if those concert tickets worked with my emotional needs.
Since becoming an orphan, I have been doing my best to pass the time.
First, I rearranged all of my toys by knocking them onto the floor one at a time. Mom normally calls this “making a mess,” but this was clearly an art installation called Abandoned by Mother: A Siamese in Crisis.
Then I climbed into my window to check on Steve the Squirrel. Steve spent most of the afternoon running around the yard, eating snacks, and behaving as if nothing had happened.
“Enjoy your little acorn, Steve. Some of us have real problems.”
He stared at me for a moment and then ran away. Typical. Nobody wants to stay and talk about the hard things.
After that, I checked the front door approximately 47 times. Each time, Mom was still not there. Honestly, I thought she might come home early after realizing that Harry Styles could not possibly need her more than I do, but apparently she has not reached that conclusion yet.
I also held an emergency meeting with Lamby.
“Do you think Mom misses me?”
Lamby did not answer.
“Do you think she has shown Harry Styles pictures of me?”
Still nothing.
“Do you think she left enough Churus for us to survive?”
At that point, I realized Lamby had absolutely no emergency preparedness training, so I ended the meeting.
I am trying to stay brave, friends. But my toys are on the floor, Steve has shown zero compassion, Lamby is completely unhelpful during a crisis, and my mother is several hundred miles away.
Please keep me in your thoughts during this difficult time.
Love,
Topanga Banana Frank
Interim Orphan
Director of Unapproved Maternal Travel