Friday, April 13, 2012
random thoughts
pardon my thoughts, pardon me, do...but I need to write this down & then toss it out to all who might hear. there are these moments when I just don't get it...just don't quite understand. there are these times when I wonder why with all my heart, when the questions run far deeper then the quest. usually it will be the seemingly small thoughtless acts that will set my blood to boiling and become my tipping point. these will be the moments that will cause me to place my teacher hands on my hips, straighten my back and when the words will flow with wild abandon. and so it is today...after a long week of head shaking....my tipping point was found with a black & white cat we have come to call Faith. at this moment he waits in a live trap in our milk house, most of his fur has been pulled from his little body, matted so with burs. he found his way to our barn, certain I am that someone drove him out to the country & just let him go. he has figured out how to fend for himself, but when his fear subsides for a brief moment, I can see how this is a house cat, abandoned. and that does become my straw this week...that someone gave up on him. last night as I sat on the cold barn floor, trying to calm him....I told him, we will do right by you. so this morning he will travel to our angel, Suzie, at the Trempealeau County Humane Society. they have a "no kill" policy and will soothe Faith's hurts and find him a home. as for me, I awoke with these random thoughts today and tears for a cat. that's all...
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My heart goes out to you, Kari. It is people like you that are required to right the world's equilibrium - to the good side. Things like animal negligence get to me also. Fortunately, eventually there will be an act that you will witness that will restore your faith. And restore Faith.
I am sending you hugs for doing this for Faith. I think I've said before that all of our cats are foundlings. Two are on meds, one has become blind within the past few months....sometimes she finds the litter box, sometimes not. (Viva is a wonderful brand of paper towels!). My husband and daughter say I need to have her put down but I've told them when I am old, shaky, blind and incontinent I hope I'm not put down!! We have Miss Kitty, our current feral cat and she gets warm meals morning and night. There are times when I think about finding a home for my fiber flock but then I realize that I promised them a home and to be able to stay together (they really do function with herd mentality...always close together). How could I ever change that for them just because I get tired and busy??? So I am a slave to them but they return the love many times over.
Thank goodness for the animals that are no longer loved that there are people like you and me.
On another matter......I am so sad that I won't be able to make the Barn Sale. That is the same weekend as the Shepherd's Harvest in Lake Elmo, MN and we are there both days. :O( I will be there in spirit, though!
Thanks Cheryl & Barb for such thoughtful words....
Faith is now in caring hands...he will someday have a home & family again. The Humane Society also felt that this was an abandoned domestic house cat. Just so sad that people do this....shame on them.
Kari
Kari, my heart is with you. I get so upset sometimes when another one shows up here....and then I remember that they didn't ask to be thrown out like garbage. I try to leave a little extra food out to help them out...but that gets expensive. Bless You
What does it say about the state of humanity when people can do that to poor creatures? It makes me sad but sadder yet that it's so common.
Jani
Kari,
By others acts of cruelty you show humanity...don't forget that when you ponder the ways of human nature.
Warmest Regards, Jeannine
Kimmykats, Jani & Jeannine....thank you.
You all give me such faith in the good in people.
I was off Friday p.m. and had the chance to watch Ellen.....she had on the President of the national Humane Society sharing a book he wrote, The Bond.
I do believe that how we treat animals is a true reflection of our core being.
Kari
Kari, what a tender heart you have and how blessed Faith was to wander to your barn. You did a special thing for Faith and it shows what a special person you are.
Just this past week a gentle golden lab showed up at our house. He had a collar but no name or phone tags but I felt certain he belonged to someone so I called our vet and our local newspaper to list him in the lost and found. I didn't have the heart to just turn him away so I fed him for two days and then had to go out of town. Thankfully I got a call that the owners were looking for him and the happy ending is that he is back with his 'real' family.
So I understand taking in strays and lost animals and appreciate that you do also.
Betsy
Oh Betsy...you are sweet.
So, with Faith away, our resident Tom, Cinnamon, has returned. He travels between our three neighboring farms...they all know him. We keep him vaccinated, and this is where he was born....so this is home. We figure he stayed away when another male cat was at the farm. He is so happy to be in his barn again.
Kari
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