This was from May of 2011 - Funny, I mentioned my sweet boy Red....
TITLE: THE REAL ME:
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.
Aaww, Teddy is gorgeous, what is his illness Janine ? God bless those young women that support what you do, that means a lot to the cats, it is another person who shares your belief that the cats rightfully exist without harm or hinderance. It is a good thing for many reasons, including your safety on those streets.
ReplyDeleteAwww... Janine this is nice that you are sharing past posts. Surely Teddy is very pretty/ handsome. I would also like to know the illness & the outcome. By the way, there were pallets (or atleast one) on Merchants, on right side beyond Woodstock, heading towards Winton
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