I was driving on a two lane road in to work this morning and
a large yellow school bus was beside me. Earlier, I had woken to the disturbing news on television about the school massacre in Florida
that happened yesterday, Valentines Day, and Ash Wednesday. As I was next to the bus, I looked over and
up to see a young man sitting in his seat, gazing out the window. In front and behind him were kids probably
ranging from 12-13 years old, to 16-17 years old. Some were talking, others were gazing out
the window like the young man I noticed first.
I thought to myself, what must be going through their minds… are they frightened half to death thinking
that the same thing could happen to them at their school like what happened
yesterday? And all the school shootings
before that? I sometimes daydream myself
at work, as I sit in the front where people come in, that anyone could come in
and start shooting. There are so many
deranged people out there. We must stop
this cycle. I know people are born with mental
illness, but I also know more deranged people are they way they are because of
their upbringing. Domestic violence, child abuse, we must stop
it because its creating monsters. Massacres
don’t happen just in schools, but I wouldn’t want to be a child, or a parent of
a child in this day and age, or a teacher for that matter, with a worry like
this looming in the back of my mind. Just
sad. I had tears rolling down my cheeks
at 2 am. Say a prayer for these people,
and all those that have witnessed something like this in their lifetime. We can never feel too safe, its sad to say.
As far as the kitties out there, Big Red is still not
trusting me enough to come near me these days.
I think he knows what I’ve been planning to do. To rescue him. His time is coming. Maybe he’s psychic. And when it does happen, I hope he accepts
his fate and feels gratitude, whatever kind of gratitude a cat can feel. I pray this wonderful woman who offered to
take him hangs tight long enough for it to happen.
I had great news from foster mom to Parsley and Hermie last
evening. She reports: “Big progress! Parsley was on the bed. Game him lots of pets. He purred and leaned in to the pets. Hermie came out from under the bed a bit for
treats. Both are eating canned food for
first time since they’ve been here. Doing
much better!” Hurray! J
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| Pregnant Cat |
I received a call from an elderly man yesterday who took in
a pregnant stray cat in his neighborhood.
He asked for help, needs to find another place for kitty. The man stated he can’t even care for the
eight cats he has and needs to start finding them homes. He begged me to help him find a home for the
pregnant cat. Can anyone foster? I pray someone steps up and helps him. I offered to take kitty and have spayed
before the kittens are born. He didn’t
like the idea. I couldn’t change his
mind about this being a better thing for all involved. That there are just too many cats out there,
and too hard to find them all homes.
Please let me know if you will consider it and I will contact him.
Have a great day everyone.
Stay safe.
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