End of the Year Cat Rescuer’s Prayer
by: Mary Anne Miller
While you are shopping at the mall,
Buying gifts for family and friends.
Remember those who answer the call,
Our giving never ends.
All year long our phone consistently rings,
Ears numbed with tales of woe.
Cats and kittens in distress,
Grabbing equipment off we go.
We hit the roads never knowing for sure,
What’s waiting round the bend.
A cat neglected, weak or cold,
A kitten without a friend.
Long hours spent dispensing meds,
Fluids, food, supportive care.
Prayers sent daily into the sky,
Knowing that He cares.
Sometimes He calls out to them,
Much sooner than we’ve planned.
The grief and tears following the loss,
It’s hard to understand.
And then the phone, it rings again,
Demanding our attention.
We push past grief focusing on,
Needs beyond comprehension.
So as you shop and chat and text.
Should you pass a donation jar.
Tuck a few bills down deep inside.
The monies will go far.
From those of us daily in the trenches,
We send you from our computer-
Our deepest, sincerest Holiday wish-
“Remember to spay and neuter!”
CATS Inc.,
Oregon
Mary Ann you are obviously an incredibly caring compassionate person – very cool.
I have to say I “escaped” the “real world” this past year to get back to something – I guess that turns out to be nature – animals, streams, plants – I trust you get the idea. I grew up in Asheville NC – a very cool place but recently moved to an area in a very remote mountainous WNC where my sister has 52 acres – there is probably 2 people per 100 acres around here. This is where my sons and I encountered the kittens last April.
I don’t know who’s more fortunate the kittens or me – I may be giving them life but they are giving me LOVE.
LOVE & PEACE
David
That is the nicest post to read David. I sometimes wonder from my end, who is actually rescuing whom. Good luck with the kittens.
Your poem says it all. Yours is a tough calling that you’ve answered, but when all is said and done, you’ll know you did good in the world and helped animals and people. That’s something to be proud of.