Ever since beginning this blog, I have been touched…(and not in the head) with the positive responses received by those who stop here.

When I find that the person contacting me, knows very little about dealing with a stray cat, a feral cat or a bottle baby- I often wonder just exactly how they found me. But I know that God has given me a resource to help people shift through the misinformation and confusion that exists on the Internet in regards to these wonderful cats.

In some instances, those I am able to help, decide to also open up their heart and home to other strays and begin to rescue, this warms my heart and is indeed a rich reward, especially for the cats long abandoned.

Someone who stops here on a regular basis recently contacted me. She holds a special place in my heart, and she knows who she is when she reads this excerpt. She lives overseas and we have never officially met- but came together one day two years ago, when she happened upon a motherless kitten in the bushes. Her husband refused to let her take it to the vet, and this little piece of orange sunshine, sounded (by her description in the emails) as if it wouldn’t live to see the next day. I started working with her, using everything that God has given me in regards to this rescue. The kitten survived and thrives to this day. He is her best friend.

Because of her exposure to my world, she decided last year to rescue the strays in her village. For days on end, emails flew across the ocean between us as she picked my brain regarding TNR.

Her husband, less than thrilled with the prospect of more cats in his home, opposed her from time to time but she continued on, posting messages on a village bulletin board that she would pay for the first ten people responding to her ad for a neuter of their cat.

She would tell me of sitting out in the rain, watching the traps, her coffee long cold, wet and miserable while neighbors laughed at her and even refused her the use of their toilet to relieve herself.

A few months ago, her husband began making viable threats towards hurting the next cat she brought home. Now mind you, she brought these cats home only until they were vetted and neutered, then she let them go. But he had reached his limit and the threats started to get ugly. She was told she was a mental case (hmmm how many of us who rescue have heard that?)

During our correspondence over the years, she was responsible for so many kittens that I rescued finding good homes. How? She would contact me and tell me she would pay for the spays of the latest litter, or she would pay for the initial vet visit and she was good to her word. My adopted families were so amazed that someone not a part of this house rescue would do such a thing. They were bowled over by her unconditional love for these creatures, and so was I.

Recently, she reached her limit with her husband and has left him and her grown-up children so that she can continue to rescue the strays. She lives in a rented home along with all the current cats waiting for their vet visit and she confided to me that for the first time in a long time, she is relaxed and at peace. She said, she will never go back to the man she married.

C- I know you don’t have access to a computer anymore on a daily basis. But I just want you to know that I admire you immensely for your love and your committment to these cats. Although we have never officially “met” I consider you one of my dearest friends. I can’t imagine what it cost you to walk away from a marriage of so many years, but if he indeed was making those threats against cats, pretty soon violence towards you or the girls might have started and that would have been a travesty.

You are a prime example of how one person can make a difference. I am proud to call you my friend and I wish I were close enough so we could share a coffee and some laughs. Take care of yourself and watch your back. He may just be beginning to get even with the cats that took him away from his wife and all that she could do for him.