I am really excited about a new little friend my tiny cat Chance just got from a lovely shop on Etsy called CatCalls. This wonderful cat lover not only makes the cutest handmade cat pillows, but a pillow for humans has become my cat's best friend.
Since my 11 year old tiny cat lost her best friend Pretty to old age, she's been so lonely. Chance and Pretty were joined at the hip, and because of that, Chance didn't develope whatever goes for kitty manners. She really doesn't like any other cat period, including her own sister (same litter).
So anyway, I ordered this little cat pillow hoping it would keep Chance company in her bed at night, so she wouldn't be so lonely, and I was so happy I cried when she actually decided she liked her new friend, Gus the cat pillow. She curls around him at night, and is actually getting territorial. I imagine the days I have to sneak it away to wash him will be tense. Chance might not be really bright, probably from being premature, but she can hold a grudge for a week or more.
Nothing makes me happier, than making those around me happy. Especially our animals, as they have no voice in decisions being made. Though my husbands horse, Laddie, has been known to get really verbal when he has something to say, and our cattle can rattle the windows if you're half an hour late doing chores.
Hard to imagine some people view animals as nothing but possessions. They should come live here for a week. They'd leave with a new perspective on whether animals have emotions and can get their feelings hurt. I have a steer, that won't eat until he's addressed by name and his own flake of hay is tossed at him. I have worked with humans that have shown less emotion:)
Well, I'm off to bed, it's storming out, I have orders to mail (thank God) later, so I can't sleep in. I pray that my campaign to raise money for HelpTheGulfCoast and The Humane Society, by donating a portion of every sale in my shop, from now until the 4th of July, actually raises some decent money. There's so much need. If all the people that can't start their day, without their $3-$4 cup of coffee, would for just one day, donate that money, there would be a lot less suffering. All for the price of a cup of coffee. It seems so simple to me.
I actually have relatives that think if you help people, you make them lazy and dependant. I pray for them. They've been helped along the way from other family members, and that point seems to completely escape them. Or that not everyone has a large family that can help. There are a lot of people, on their own, with no safety net, and people like some of my relatives, that would watch a person starve, before giving up a single cup of coffee. Like I said, I pray for them. I know I would not want to explain how a cup of coffee, trumped a human life when it's my turn to face judgement. Even if you don't believe in an afterlife, I think everyone would agree, if nothing else, it's just sickeningly selfish and short minded.

My thought for today, is my favorite thing to say to myself, when I'm getting overwhelmed, or really angry, the 23rd Psalm (which, though known as the 23rd Psalm, is actually the 23rd thru the 26th). The Lord is my shepard, I shall not want.......
Night all.

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