Hi There,
I'm like a lot of other people, I have a hard time sitting still to use this technique for relaxation. I'm not a high stress person to begin with. I just like being alive so much and have been through enough lessons and learned them, it's easier for me to recognize when stuff happens learn from it, go through the process of healing and move on.
An example is; about two months ago one of my gorgeous long haired cats didn't come home for breakfast, I knew right away that I would never see him again. I am an expert at the grieving process so I cried, got it out, got angry, cried some more, then thought of anything good that I could find to come from the situation. Two days later, another of my gorgeous long haired cats didn't come home for breakfast. Again, I new I'd never see him again. I went through the same process; cry, get angry, cry, accept it. look for any good to come from it, and move on. Two days ago, the grandmother of all of my cats which is the most beautiful long haired calico I've ever seen disappeared during the middle of the day. We had ran errands, she was in our yard (she doesn't go far) when we left, she wasn't to be seen when we returned. I knew right away that I would never see her again. I cried and got mad. I tried to find a solution to possibly help her return, but it was not to be. The next morning I woke up very sad, cried for a long time, got mad, then I turned that energy toward baking all kinds of things like cookies, brownies, and chocolate chip muffins. I don't normally bake so this was very strange for me and the whole family. I made potato salad and pasta salad to. My family new that I was sad, but they were almost scared because of these different things I was doing.
I wore myself out baking and cooking all day. By the next morning I was fine again. No more crying, I'm a little angry because everyone elses cats are still walking around the neighborhood, not that I want anything bad to happen to them, I just don't like mine falling off the face of the earth without a sign. The good that I found was; the daughter of the Calico and the sister of the two missing boys had a litter of six kittens the week after the two boys went missing. I figured I would give away all six kittens (maybe keep one). But now, I'm keeping all six of them. I told my husband, "I figure I can have fun with them for about a year, and one by one they'll all disappear". :O)
She did have a beautiful little Calico that looked just like her grand- mother, so I guess I get to start over with her. Oh, I'm also going to have chips put in all of my cats so I can trace what happens to them.
Ok. I know that was a really sad story but I couldn't help laughing all the way through. I used to have 11 outdoor cats. I know have one who leaves me a small bit of gopher almost every morning. There is no such thing as a lost cat. We call them coyote bait. I loved your story. Sorry I was humored by it but I CAN relate!
ReplyDeleteIt's ok Karen, It is funny now :O) When the first two disapeared the talk was that either someone is trapping them or it was a raccoon. We live right in the middle of the city but we have four or five pine trees in our yard and we have had a huge raccoon in one of them. Except that I found him dead in the major street near us about six months ago. But they don't come out in the day time so we knew it had to be some thing else. No other wild animals around here, just humans.
ReplyDeleteHi Donna!
ReplyDeleteYour blog site is gorgeous and you did a really great job designing it. I am a cat person as well and I own a young male American short hair tiger cat named Oliver who thinks I am his master. Out of the blue he will come up and bite me then run! I have had him since he 6 weeks old. So sorry to hear about your loss of your long haired cat. did you see the news post of the bob cat sitting by the lake and a Huge alligator came out of the lake suddenly to eat him and he left just in the nick of time! Some guy just happened to have his camera and got the whole think on video! Hopefully your cat did not have a similar fate but just found a new home!
Cindy