The Plight of Mamma

I've been taking care of a stray cat for about a year now. She's had two litters of kittens that I have found homes for. She's a nice cat, doesn't 'stray' far from the house, gets in the car with me, is a happy cat. However a couple of weeks ago something happened to her tail. It has a patch where the fur has come off and it looks icky, not infected though. It doesn't seem to bother her. It does bother the two neighbor girls who were upset when the saw it. They came to the house with their mother and we talked about having the
'cat police' come and get it so that it could be taken care of. I then began to cry. I had to leave the house so that I wouldn't see them come and take her away. I drove around for a long time, did a couple of errands and when I started to head back home I saw the 'official' truck and decided to wait till it was gone. Finally I went back home and got settled, cried over the loss of a nice cat who I took care of and had a relationship with.

About an hour later I was in the kitchen and looked out the window and who did I see? You guessed it, there she was, looking in the window wondering where her dish of water was. I guess she bolted away from the 'cat police' ! Oh the emotions of it all.

What A Way to Start The Day!

At four thirty this morning, with the cat laying on me nice and cozy, we were both awakend with a start. My music box globe in the other room suddenly began to play. It hasn't been wound up in quite some time. It's a globe with an angel in the middle and the word HOPE on the front. The song, "Beautiful Dreamer". Yes it startled me. I jumped up and went to look at it thinking....well the worst I guess. Then I just relaxed and rolled my eyes and went back to bed. The song stuck in my mind as I went back to sleep. The first thing I did when I got up later was look up the lyrics to the song. I'll share them with you.

Beautiful dreamer,

Wake unto me

Starlight and dewdrops

Are awaiting thee

Sounds of the rude world

Heard in the day

Led by the moonlight

Have all passed away

Beautiful dreamer,

Queen of my song

List' while I woo thee

With soft melody

Gone are the cares of

Life's busy throng

Beautiful dreamer

Awake unto me

Beautiful dreamer,

Awake unto me

I got goosebumps reading them. And then I broke into tears. That was God waking me up and talking to me through these words. What a way to start the day!!!

News From the Frontline

So, what has been happening since we last gathered at the blogging hole? I have recently gone through training to be a Homecare Aide and I work with a local agency. We provide in home care and errand service to seniors. Three days of boring training, old videos and paperwork....I guess the training I got from my mother most of my life didn't count. :-) I continue to operate my business and have picked up another private client. I also continue to do basic housecleaning and laundry for private clients. A local business uses my errand service to shop for their office supplies and at times I even clean the office. I truly love what I do and do what I love.

In my spare time I continue to work on my mystery/romance story that my writer's group is helping me with. I have also started writing poetry. Go figure.

I love my Saturday mornings at the cafe where I sometimes meet with a new friend or set alone and write. It's nice to have a place to go to where "everybody knows your name, and they're always glad you came." I walk in and hear "Jenny's here" and suddenly I'm catered to!

I continue to fully trust God for provision. Life has changed. And I know good things will come from this change, for one it has brought me closer to Him. Sometimes though, I prefer the type of change you find under the couch cushions!