"Nothing but love, child, nothing but love!”
That’s what I used to say to my sweet, tiny, 8 week old kitty, Piérre, (my Prince), when he’d growl and hiss at me! Boy, he’d hisssssss at me! He did NOT want to experience this new thing called ‘love’ and he most certainly did not want to be picked up and loved on! Three months (and 13 years!) later, he is (still)my BIGGEST LOVEBUG who can’t wait for Mama to bring home his ‘temporary (doggy, no less!) brothers and sisters, from the animal shelter for slumber parties, so he can snuggle, groom, and love on them, too!
I didn’t start out a ‘kitty mama’…I’d had dogs my entire life, but when my last beautiful one crossed over the rainbow bridge and my heart shattered irreparably, I thought I’d try fostering kitties because they’d probably be easier to give back when the time came.
Yeah. Right.
I had (very quickly) found out why ‘cat people’ were cat people! Looking back, I realized the local shelter I was working with knew I’d turn out to be a “Failed Foster”—in the biggest way! 8 times!….I wondered why they always let me foster as many as I wanted, lol! But who in the world came up with the term ‘Failed Foster’, when you’re giving them a home and more love than the whole world together holds?! Silly humans.
Baylee…….Woody…….Annie…..
THEY are the main reason She Has Paws was founded. Beautiful fur children I used to pet sit, who have since crossed over the rainbow bridge to play with all my forever loves. More beautiful, loving and sweeter than this world deserves, they (along with my present fur children) slowly repaired my shattered heart and showed me so, so much love, I still wonder what I ever did to deserve it, or how I can ever pay them back. I hope, I have found a way…..
Since then, friends and I have lived through the crushing pain of parting with other fur, scaled, feathered, and shelled children, but every time I look into the eyes of an animal I adore, and all I see is love, I know with absolutely every ounce of energy my soul has to give, I’d go through it all over again just to experience the PURE LOVE and joy I see (and feel) in their eyes, every time I walk through the front door, and they know, Mama has come home…..
Thank you for letting us share our love with you, but especially, for sharing yours with us.......
Trixi et al, the She Has Paws creation team