Easter tale-Katherine

[Guest guest]

Hi, Kat! Glad you enjoyed my Easter tale...it was

definitely one of those 'zen moments!' I feel your

compassion for the pelican...I, too, wish I could take

in all needy animals. We have a stray kitten now that

is hanging around our front porch. She is so

cute...the tiger markings and yellow eyes to match.

But I have 4 cats already, and she is wild and has

been agressive with my cats, even though she's much

smaller. And, she is unapproachable. I have tried to

get near her and she will have nothing of it.

 

I would love to adopt her, but she is wild. She has

probably always been living free, the product of an

irresponsible owner who most likely owned her mother

and did not have her spayed; now her babies are

wandering the neighborhood searching for food. My

heart breaks for her, but there is nothing I can do

for her. If I feed her, she will hang around, fight

with my 4 cats, whom I have had spayed/neutered and

innoculated properly; plus, when she matures, she will

inevitably get pregnant and then I would have all of

her babies hanging around wanting food.

 

Very sad.

 

I will end this post on a higher note; you mentioned

enjoying watching the dolphins play...I do, too, and

get many opportunities living here on the GA

coast...whenever my husband and I go to the beach, we

spot dolphins not far off shore. I saw a cartoon in

The New Yorker recently showing two dophins swimming

along and one was saying to the other: " My only wish

before I die is to swim with a middle-aged couple from

Connecticut. "

 

Blessings & love,

Claudia

 

--- Katherine Miller <katsam19 wrote:

 

> Claudia,

>

> What a ride you had! It sounds so beautiful and

> bittersweet at the same time! That poor bunny, even

> though he has obviously been taken care of by God

> already! I worry about animals who are injured and

> wish I could take all of them into my house and keep

> them forever, but I don't think my two kitties or my

> doggy would allow more animals.

>

> Your story reminds me of a trip my husband and my

> boys, my sister and my nieces and I took the other

> day. Last Tuesday we took the boat out on the river.

> My sister wanted to take the boat to Sebastian Inlet

> which is south of us because she wanted to go back

> to the part of the ocean where the water is crystal

> blue and so clear you can see the bottom (we had

> been there earlier that day). Anyway, Sebastian is

> about 35 minutes from us in driving time (car) and

> so we knew it would take a little longer by boat and

> especially since we had to take the river. Anyway,

> we made it Sebastien, and most of us had to potty so

> we stopped on this island and on that island was a

> pelican that was clearly injured. Something was

> wrong with its wings and it couldn't do anything but

> run from us and it could barely do that. I sat there

> and sent it energy, but I don't know if it helped.

> It was so hard to leave that island and not be able

> to take the pelican with us to help it out. I know

> that it

> died because it looked as if it had already been

> there for quite a while anyway. I know that this is

> part of life, but it is still hard to just walk

> away. I said a prayer and asked God to take him out

> of his misery.

>

> ON a happier note I love to go boating in the

> river and watch the dolphins play! We took the boat

> out on Saturday down in Sebastien and it was so

> beautiful and I enjoyed watching the dolphins.

>

> Thanks for sharing your story with us Claudia!

>

> Love,

> Katherine

>

> Claudia Lambright <newtfoodbowl wrote:

> Hi, everyone!

>

> I was losing my 'serenity' this morning doing

> housework, and being impatient with my husband and

> beginning to feel real low. So, I put on my bicycle

> helmet and went for a ride on my bike. It's a

> beautiful day here but a little 'nippish.' I was

> talking to God and Shakti about my ego and how far I

> feel I will have to go to conquer it (balance it

> with

> the other bodies), and cried a little bit. Kept

> riding for quite a while, starting to feel lighter.

> I

> turned up a street to head back towards our house;

> it's a street I've ridden up and down many times

> before. As I rode, I happened to look over to my

> right and there in a front yard were three rabbits

> munching grass and clover and little weed flowers!

> One was near the road, the other two were further

> back

> nearer the house. I stopped my bike and sat there

> watching the rabbits. They were not bothered by me

> so

> I figure they were pets. The one nearest me looked a

> little odd; he held his head at an angle. As I

> watched him, I realized that he didn't have at least

> one of his eyes. He was grazing in such a way that

> suggested he was blind...he was following his mouth

> and nose rather than his eyes. He started moving

> toward the street, closer to me, as he followed a

> path

> of tasty grasses, and soon stepped off the curb into

> the street. I put my foot out and gently nudged him;

> surprised, he quickly jumped back into the grass and

> started eating again. At this point, I knew he was

> blind. He had not seen me at all, nor had he known

> that he was in the street. I hate that is blind, but

> he has obviously been taken in by someone who is

> caring for him now.

>

> Both of the other rabbits came jumping closer to me

> and the blind rabbit. The three of them grazed there

> in front of me for a while before I dragged myself

> away from them and rode on home.

>

> I felt so much better when I got home! This was one

> of those joyous moments that I will remember when

> I'm

> feeling low or scared or overwhelmed.

>

> Happy Easter, my friends...

>

> Claudia

>

>

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