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Hearing Stray Cats "Stray Cat Strut"
Hope Paves The Road
"Sanity may be madness but the maddest of all is to see life as it is and not as it should be." Don Quixote
I sometimes forget rather easily the simple echo of hope that runs beneath everything we are and do in our lives...Hope is the essence of courage and belief in something more than our simplicity. Yes, it does sound like an oxy moronic statement after what I began this writing with. It's a simple thought and desire, yet it's so much more than we realize. Hope is what I've hung onto for a little over a week now. With that hope was determination and faith mixed in for good measure. I had hoped things would work out, I had faith and was determined I would see it through to whatever end it promised. (Smiles) I can finally see a light at the end of the tunnel to my recent frustrations. I never doubted one way or another I would find a solution to the 2 litters of kittens and their mothers. I just needed time to sort through my options and figure something out. Between money problems and a new Director in the Animal Care Council I worked with from time to time with the stray cats, it seemed as if everything in that moment when I had become un-frayed had come head to head. Today I received some good news and thought my biggest supporters would enjoy hearing the outcome. (After all it never hurts to get some good wholesome news from me, from time to time does it? *winks*).
Another woman who is familiar with all the work I do with the strays and works at the Animal Care Counsel has stepped up to the plate on my behalf. Normally I offset the cost of fixing the mothers and taking care of all the kittens myself. I figure in this way it leaves donations to be used for even more cats than my bunch. This time around roles are slightly reversed, I'm still taking care of the cost of the mother cats (they will continue living on my property and under my care). The kittens will be moved when they are old enough to another home until they are adopted. This takes the pressure off me of trying to re-home so many cats. After I'm through taking care of the two I need to get fixed and find some semblance of normalcy, I will be on call for fostering kittens from the agency. Of course there will always be more strays that will need to be rescued. You do what you can , when and how you can. There are a few male strays still roaming loose that show up from time to time. Hopefully they can be captured and neutered. I wish people would realize just because they have a male cat, doesn't mean they don't have to worry. Male cats roaming free are the ones who end up impregnating the stray females. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that one out. If your a responsible pet owner , do the right thing and make sure ALL your animals are spayed or neutered please. Spring is the season for so many kittens being born in the wild (on the streets).
For all those wonderful friends who worried about me and those few who even offered to make donations to help...Thank you! If anyone still wishes to make a donation, please make your donations to your local Animal Care Shelter or no kill shelter. Every little bit helps. Will I learn or change what I do? No, I probably won't. I can't say why it means so much to me to have a hands on experience to try to make a difference....I do know as some of my friends have pointed out, I do it for me as well as these animals. The feeling I get from knowing they have half a chance is priceless. By no means do I think I do enough or I'm something special for what I do. There are hundreds more out there doing the same thing I am...trying to make a difference one animal or person at a time.
I sat outside today watching the older kittens play king of the mtn. romping all over the porch and me. I can't describe how much sense it makes to be where I am at this point in my life. Perhaps I understand on a primal level what it's like to be abandoned and unwanted. I need these animals around me, they keep me human and real; through them I seethe beauty in life I was rather ignorant of once upon a time. Yes, I've had a lot of ugliness in my life but I'm finding an ethereal balance, with a subtle beauty every time I save one of these creatures. If this sounds selfish...then perhaps we all should be a little more selfish in this pursuit. Finally an upbeat and promising entry from yours truly...It was never about me being worried on my behalf, it was all about giving those little romping gentle creatures outside my door a fighting chance.
Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, Oooh,
Black and orange stray cat sittin' on a fence
Ain't got enough dough to pay the rent
I'm flat broke but I don't care
I strut right by with my tail in the air
Stray cat strut, I'm a ladies' cat,
A feline Casanova, hey man, thats where its at
Get a shoe thrown at me from a mean old man
Get my dinner from a garbage can
Yeah don't cross my path
I don't bother chasing mice around
I slink down the alley looking for a fight
Howling to the moonlight on a hot summer night
Singin' the blues while the lady cats cry,
"Wild stray cat, you're a real gone guy."
I wish I could be as carefree and wild,
but I got cat class and I got cat style.
I don't bother chasing mice around
I slink down the alley looking for a fight
Howling to the moonlight on a hot summer night
Singin' the blues while the lady cats cry,
"Wild stray cat, you're a real gone guy."
I wish I could be as carefree and wild,
but I got cat class and I got cat style.
"Stray Cat Strut" by the Stray Cats
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Have a great week my friend! Love2U
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I know all too well how you feel here. I don't feel whole unless I'm out doing something for the less fortunate animals out there. I can't sleep at night unless I'm doing something. Sometimes I feel the weight of all the indignities of the human race towards animals, on my shoulders. Too bad more people don't follow the, if you feed 'em, fix 'em.
Love,
Jamie -
It is wonderful what you do for the strays. We seem to be finally thinning out around here. Maybe people are finally getting the message.
Julie -
I am happy for you and your new kitties that it is working out.
xoxo
5/27/08 1:22 AM
natalie