Happy Birthday/Gotcha Day !

(Mommy has highjacked our blog today for her annual sappy birthday drivel):

Today we celebrate all of my precious cats’ birthdays/gotcha days. It all started seven years ago…

Grrreta came into my life as an adult cat on April 19, 2005. I didn’t know what to expect adopting an adult cat, but it has been absolute pure joy. When I try to describe Grrreta, the only word that comes to mind is “perfect”. She brightens every day, and I am thankful to have been given the great honor of being her mom. 

Teddi also came into my life as an adult cat. She was feral and a new mom in May of 2007. It took almost six months of patience and Stinky Goodness to convince her to let me touch her, but it was definitely worth the wait. Feeding, vaccinating, spaying/neutering, earning trust, and providing a home for a feral cat is incredibly rewarding. I knew it would make an enormous difference in her life, but I had no idea what a difference it would make in mine. Watching her blossom into a healthy, happy, loving cat with a forever home has been absolutely amazing.

Ambrose and Chloe were 4 week old feral kittens when Teddi moved them to my back yard in June of 2007. They were already fearful of humans when they arrived, so I had to be patient and earn their trust. It was pure joy watching them grow up, knowing they would never be hungry or homeless as would likely be the case if they had remained feral. The best part was that they got to stay with their mamacat too. It was heartwarming to see Teddi be such a great mom, teach them how to be cats, and make them feel so very loved.  

Clarence mysteriously appeared on my back deck in June of 2011. He was around 5 weeks old and had somehow gotten separated from his mamacat. I fed him outdoors and watched from a window for hours waiting to see if his mamacat would return. I was torn...If they were to be reunited he would grow up feral which is a hard life, but I didn’t want him to miss out on the love and lessons that only a mamacat can give, and I didn’t want his mamacat to suffer the loss of a kitten either. When she didn’t return, I felt relief that Clarence would have the chance to have a forever home. He has been the perfect addition to our family. I am grateful to his mamacat for choosing our yard, and setting into motion the chain of events that lead her precious kitten to have the chance to grow up happy, healthy, and surrounded by love in his very own forever home.

  

Happy Birthday/Gotcha Day, Grrreta, Ambrose, Teddi, Chloe, and Clarence!

Thank you to our friends for stopping by on our special day! Please help yourself to some of our party treats: catnip, ham, real live dead shrimps, meowgaritas, niptinis, and silver vine. (It's the least we can do to make up for making you read through all that sappy stuff our mommy wrote. )