I just got re-addicted to the Who. Love that band. Great tune too. Well, this morning, I cried. Not out of sadness, but of joy. I know I am super emotional, so don't mock me, but at my first stop, as I was going back to my car after feeding 5 cats in the back of the lot there, and as I was putting down food near the tree by the street for the grey cat that has come to expect it, I turned around and outside the house next to the lot was a girl standing there watching me. As I finished up, I walked towards her and said my normal statement "just feeding the cats" and she started to say something like "Bless you". Well, I was shocked. Not many people in 'the hood' say stuff like that to me. She was a heavily accented and very pretty Puerto Rican girl who later after introducing each other, named Jacqueline. We talked for about 5 minutes and she told me she has watched me for years doing what I do on her street and she said she admired me for doing it being an animal lover herself. She had a friend named Emily with her - of course this is all at 5:20 am. - not sure what she was doing just getting home - but it just made me cry. Its so far and few between that you are thanked for what you do every day out there on the streets. Of course, I felt like asking her why she couldn't take care of the kitties on her own street, but thats another problem in itself. What I do is just such a thankless job, but I wish I could live forever doing this, I really don't want to age more than I am because I won't be able to do what I do anymore. I wish I could clone me! The top pic is of Teddy (the Tiger), the kitty that is sick that I need to rescue, but have no room for, and the second pic is of Red, I feed Red at my last spot. Wonderful beautiful Red.
Well, the children and young people are the future and maybe your work will touch her heart enough for her to do something about it at some point. You may never know...but kindness should never be done for reward but for itself.
ReplyDeleteJacqueline may not have the money to do some effective work or may not realize simply HOW to help your efforts. Maybe she wouldn't mind being recruited and shown what she and her friends could do, even without or very little funds?
ReplyDeleteGod bless you for doing what you do - karma does not forget! I do what you do for a small number of stray cats in my area, but what you do is actually making a huge difference in probably hundreds of little lives. People like you have a lot to teach the world, my friend. Don't forget that, or how much the cats appreciate you!
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