In the midst of a family picnic at our old Stagecoach Inn home,
as our four grandsons and five other children played, Ginger, an abandoned orange tiger cat, appeared with a small kitten in her mouth. Then she gently placed this furry struggling, wide eyed prize at the foot of my daughter-in-law. She repeated the step as she brought two more kitties into this fray of children. What an astonishing act for a cat!Have you ever heard that cats are not only smart, but they’re also philosophical? I wonder what question Ginger asked that led her to bring three cherished kittens into the midst of eight little boys and one two-year-old girl! If ever a cat wanted to have her kittens “rescued” or adopted, her timing could not have been more perfect. This was the most amazingly incongruous event I have ever witnessed. Cats are usually very protective of their litter and would instinctively take kittens a million light years away from little boys. And here's more...
Ginger was not ours originally– she was a very friendly abandoned pet. We have a large old horse barn nearby and my guess is that someone, who did not want to be responsible for this cat simply dumped her. People who do this really irritate me!
Good news is that my daughter-in-law took the kitties since she “found homes” for them. And I had Ginger spayed. I paid about $150.00 – a small way of showing respect for the beautiful woods and acres that surround my home. In the vein of Thoreau, I did my two-bits to prevent feral cats from upsetting the balance of nature. Now, I can live with myself as a lover of the world around me. And Ginger can enjoy peaceful naps.Moral decisions about our environment can appear in very surprising wraps… Sometimes we have to step up to the plate and pay the tab. Fact is, I've already received so much more than I gave. Has that ever happened to you?
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