Thoughtful Reflections on Faith and Life
I have always been a cat person. While I like dogs, and my previous dog Halo was the best pet ever, in general I have a thing for cats. There is one problem with cats. They die. One of the pets that we have had the longest was a cat named Whitney. We got her … Read More “Goodbye Whitney” »
This past week we took our cat Whitney to the vet. Whitney is about fourteen years old, has a significant limp, and does experience pain. We know that one of these visits to the vet will be her last one. We went to the vet open to hearing the options. We understand that at some … Read More “Good News: Some More Time” »
One of the things that we have noticed since we started having dogs and cats as pets is that addition or subtraction of one animal significantly changes the dynamic of all of their inter-relationships. This is not always for the better. But sometimes it is. We recently added Maggie, a young kitten to our household. … Read More “Good News: The Animal Dynamic” »
I grew up always having cats and for the last fifteen years or so, our family has had cats. A number of months ago we lost our cat Pekoe. Would we get another one? Apparently so. Today, Maggie came to live with us. She is about seven weeks old, which is far younger of kitten … Read More “Good News: Meet Maggie” »
We didn’t have a cat run away, although that has happened in the past. But in a way, we have had one of our cats return to us. We have four cats, one of them being a rather large ginger tabby named Pekoe. Even recently, she has weighed approximately 25 lbs. Over the past year, … Read More “Good News: Our Cat is Back” »
Growing up, we had pets for most of the time. We had two different dogs, one I don’t remember at all and the other I have vague memories of. However, I do remember our cats and we had a lot of them (I think we have 14 at one time because two of our females … Read More “Good News: Our Pets” »
I love having pets. While I really enjoy my dog, I will confess that I am more of a cat person. That may make me unpopular with some. Until recently, we had one dog and three cats. But an opportunity came up to bring in another kitten. It is grey cat, similar in look to … Read More “Good News: Gandalf the Grey!” »
My good news is easy this week. I recently shared how we moved about a week ago. One of our cats, Pekoe, slipped out while we were bringing some furniture in. She was not an outdoor cat and had no survival skills. It was not looking good. The kids held on to hope that we … Read More “The Cat is Back!” »
