Friday, December 12, 2014

It's my birthday......just saying




Next year my mom is hosting a Medicare party for me

Birthdays...at my age... they are important...consider the alternative!
but the hoopla isn't as important as it was,say when I was  10
I like a phonecall....a card......flowers....
.wish my birthday were in summer
then I could really get some good stuff for the garden....but heck at my age
if I want it I usually buy it myself...Who knows better than me what calls to me at the market
or store?
So....dinner it is today ....with family.......or whoever shows up to sit next to me...
no birthday cake please...watching the blood sugar....
no gifts.....just a smile and a "glad you were born"loving hug
Thanks mom ...you did all the work
to make it happen

Oh...did I tell you my little brother, Tim was born on my birthday 12 years later?
I take my thank you back Mom....nasty trick :)

Thursday, December 11, 2014

whose house is this?

 
This has been harder than I thought.
Socializing
I have spent time on the internet researching this topic
and I have found a lot of helpful info 
But to be honest.....it's a heap of work
We are working on getting them to be dependent on us for feeding
moving the bowl closer and closer each time with us sitting on the floor in front of the bowls
got past that hurdle....now
we have to get them to eat off of our finger..baby food...chicken
they love it
This morning I came down and I found my husband feeding three of them
out of the jar....
They  have escaped out of the study and are running around the house...they sound like wild horses..
but a good thing is .....noise and the other cats don't seem to frighten them
progress
 
Now the hardest step....touching them
So far I have touched two.....cornered them in the closet
I held them tight to me and talked to them
they calmed down and let me hold them....
no bursting heart rate...no hissing no biting or scratching
But boy were they happy to be let down
Hank the tank and Mr Grumbles are still to be touched and held
But boy...I needed this job like a hole in the head
The parents have forgiven me and are showing up twice a day to be fed and are using the heated house outside on the deck
....not the ideal life for  beautiful cats but it works for them
My Boo, Ms.Kitty O'Shea and Abigail seem to get along with them just fine
 
I think it is good for them to have adult cats to mentor them
I wish
 
 
 


Tuesday, December 2, 2014

a still house, a stirring heart



They have all left now
 
There are still dishes to wash
 
towels to be picked up
 
sheets to change
 
...toys and books to be put away
 
The silence of the house was closing in on me
in an odd way
So what did I do
I put on Josh Groban's Christmas CD
 
tears started to fall....good tears
 
How I love my family
 
and how much do I love them all together
 
a neat trick if you can do it
 
 
It is Finn's 5th birthday today
 
we are going to CHOO CHOO Johnny's
 
Where our meal is delivered by a little train
 
how fun is that?
 
Then off to Build a Bear...heh, that's what he wants
 
Then later they will be off to the Bulls game with Grandpa
 
Grandpa......I have hardly ever talked much about him
Let me tell you
I am married to the kindest, generous loving man on earth
 
He'd have to be ...to let me keep 7 new cats in the house....
 
they are all doing well
But the day is coming soon when I will have to let go of the precious kittens
all of whom I have let into my heart
....but we must love
and we sometimes must let go
 
Just like waving at the suv pulling away from my driveway
my grandchildren crying in the back seat and waving goodbye
 
Our hearts heal...but they never close..at least not mine
Life and love go on
as it should
But for today I will be a bit sad
the house so quiet now
 
 
 

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