A letter to Annie

OOPS...sorry that this post showed up and now I'm not sure how to delete it properly without losing it entirely. This was a post from when I fostered Annie & her three kittens from the local shelter in Sept. 2011. I'll just leave it up here for you to read if you are interested or like to look at kitten photos.
I am finally correcting some photos that disappeared on my blog last year and I guess I hit publish instead of post.

Dear Young Annie:
What a pleasure it has been to know you. From the moment I saw you in the cage with your 3 kittens, only a kitten yourself, I was amazed at your tenderness and ease. Your world had been turned upside-down and you were sick and scared and yet you allowed me to pet you and caress your babies. I think you knew I was there to help you.

I will always remember this experience of having you in my home to spoil and care for while you raise three rambunctious, illegally explosive poop-filled kittens.

How quickly they grew.

 You did a wonderful job in spite of being so young and frightened.

I have spent many hours in the last 2 months observing you and your strength and kindness with your little ones. And cleaned poop.

"We didn't do it....it was Audrey" 

What a wonderful mother cat you have been. Even as they grew to roly-poly, sharp-teethed lunatics you only once growled and walked away. I understood...we all had our 'mommy dearest' moments. (Oh! we didn't?)

Thank you Annie for enriching my life and keeping my mind focused on your beautiful family. I needed you right now to fuss over and care for  instead of worrying myself into a puddle over my travelling daughter.

We will be strong together as your babies leave one by one to fill another's life with happiness, love and friendship.

I will be sure that you are taken care of for the rest of your life and never see the inside of a cage again.

That, I promise you, Annie.

Well, we see how that all turned out.  And I'm happy it did. I can't imagine not having Annie and Audrey in my life. 

Love, Deb