the ghost cat

long long ago at some point in my childhood, I had a cat named either Tommy or George. There were 2 big orange tiger Toms, don't remember now which was mine (maybe neither was?). They were there, they'd leave forever, then they'd come back.
Recently Katie pointed out a huge orange tiger tom to me in the yard. she wondered whose cat it was.
I told her maybe it was the ghost cat of Tommy/George. We went with that for awhile, making up stories of why he came back after all this time. (We're big into ghosts & make believe...it doesn't hurt that I'm somewhat crazy....)
Then she asked our neighbor Morgan if it was her cat. It was. His name is Jinxy.
So much for my ghost cat...
but it did bring back something from the past that I'd forgotten. Tommy/George lives on.