The Year of the Cat

If you’ve ever wondered why there is no year of the Cat in the Chinese zodiac, it is because, according to one legend, the cat was betrayed by the rat in the race for calendar signs ordered by the Jade Emperor and hence missed this opportunity for all eternity. However, the Vietnamese substituted the cat for the rabbit in their zodiac. Whatever the explanation for this difference in the zodiacs, 2016 was for me purrsonally the year of the CatS: parting with a beloved older one, adopting a younger, unfamiliar one. In the process of bonding with my new pet and contrasting her personality with that of her predecessor, my imagination took a feline leap and related the reputed traits of the sign of the Cat to the recent accomplishments of the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists (CSHP)