Ahhh People

And so it is as I type these words that I have two boy cats that I cherish. One I suppose would represent the life I had in South Carolina. Older, survivor of many trials and issues, making many mistakes but having friends to protect me by their wisdom. And the other represents the new life I have in Kentucky. Much younger, surviving many things and making mistakes but having friends to protect me by their wisdom. I have been so blessed to have so many friends and I love them all and thank God for them and thank Him for acquaintances that well quite frankly I could live without but God put them in my life to learn that it's not all roses and kalli lilies. Sometimes thorns are there and sometimes you can dodge those thorns and sometimes you can;t. That's what antibiotics are for, May God bless us all in our relationships always.

WHEW

I thought it quite appropriate this week that a kitten named Speedy was adopted. I was thrilled for him but he represented the ever increasing need to produce produce produce and it made me think that this was what life was like during the Industrial Revolution, a time period with so much impact on the world that it changed the color of an otherwise camouflaged moth and allowed birds to devour them and die since the moths that were otherwise camouflaged were poisonous to one particular bird. I can only breath in the short lapses of time that I have between taking care of a demanding 94 year old woman who would otherwise be in a home and miserable because she was no longer in control and my business which is trying to thrive but for caring for mom. And I am just at wits end. This week will prove to be a busy one, I have one like this about once a month. I am glad to have those weeks. But I am exhausted by the end of the week and my mom is still looming large.I do thank God for her. I would not be where I am without her. So thanks mom, and you are 94, I believe you've earned the right to have your say at least in some things/

REST

One of the few times I have ever taken a nap was this afternoon (Saturday) after I fed me and mom and my furbabies. It wasn't a long nap but nevertheless I woke up refreshed from it. I haven't had much sleep time lately, which is ok. I am not complaining at all. I have been busy at work. And my 94 year old mom is so dependent emotionally on me that I finally checked out for a few minutes. And me and my cats napped. It's important to realize that we all need rest. We all need activity but rest prepares us for activity.In a word, we must put the oxygen over our mouths first before we can help our child sitting next to us when the cabin pressure falls. We have to take care of ourselves before we can care for others. God blesses us but He cannot continue to do so if we allow what we have been blessed with to wear down.

NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN

So it's been easily two months or longer since King has come into my house. King is a brown and grey tiger striped (although he is listed as tabby) and cute, cute, cute. But he is a young cat. And Robert is much much older so it's been an interesting road at best. But one thing I noticed right off the bat, King listens. If you tell him "no", most of the time he moves away. He is really trying hard to be good.

We as humans, most of us, are a lot like King. We try hard. We fall much more than King ever has but for the most part we try hard. Most of the time if we don't, it's because we don't want to. God doesn't expect us to succeed. He just wants us to try. And if we do try and our heart is their He will bless us always.

TODAY

Today and this weekend indeed will be busy for me. My first job is to care for my 94 year old two year old mother who believes that every ache and pain is single to her. She also craves for my brother to call just to chat and so she runs to the phone (as much as she is capable of doing on a walker) when the phone rings. She is capable of walking and getting water from the fridge and feeding herself amoung other things that perhaps other 94 year olds can't. But she also likes to whine and say I don't know what she is going through. And there's the rub of living with my mom and my biggest prayer to God that I don't turn out to be a cry baby like that. BTW she has always done this. Always. Except now she has someone who she thinks will listen to her. When the complaint is legitimate I do listen. There is the judgment call.

My second job will be busy with pet calls and doing quarterly taxes and accounting and yes the Saturday activity of what I like to call "my blogger". The two jobs sometimes run into brick walls and sometimes I feel way more tired than if I had one or the other. However God is awesome, He provides the rest and stays my tongue when needed. And I love Him. Praise Him because Today is His day!!!