Hi Melissa, This is one of many reasons I don't have a husband! Ha!
I'm sorry you are frustrated. I am frustrated too. I sat at my desk and cried and cried today over a cat I couldn't help. Are you sure it is overstepping boundaries? It is a hard decision to make, I know. You can't control other people's actions, and you can't make her care if she doesn't. Would it be overstepping boundaries to offer to help her get the remaining cats (I am SURE there are more) altered? You could couch it in terms of helping her with the "nuisance" of kittens.
Dear Melissa, I am so very sorry to hear about what happened to the mama kitty, it's such a tragic and makes me very sad. Melissa, I hope you will do what your heart tells you to do.. regardless of all the concerns, the baby needs someone who really cares about her as she just lost her mommy. I hope you can go pick her up as you care enough to think about the baby. Obviously, your co worker does not want the baby, so you might be doing her a favor if you ask her to take her from her... you can always find her a good home if you cannot take care of herself.. this baby is lucky and strong enough to live through this tragedy..she definitely deserves a second chance by someone like you.. I will be praying for the baby.. Hideyo ----- Original Message ----- From: Melissa Lind To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 3:42 PM Subject: OT: frustrated I know this is off topic, but I just had to jot this down at work since it's consuming my thoughts. A lady that I work with has farm cats. Sadly, mama kitty and baby climbed into the car trunk when open, and they didn't see them when they closed it. It's been really hot and the two spent an entire day in the trunk. Mama kitty didn't make it, but amazingly the baby did. But now my co-worker (more annoyed by the smell than anything) isn't sure what to do with the baby. She tried to feed it, I think, but she doesn't know about kitty milk or anything like that. And she actually sounds as if she'd rather just let it die. How horrifying. I've been close to tears all day after she told me so "regularly" as if it were nothing more than a nuisance. I really want to go take this baby and help it, but 1) I'm new here—it's overstepping some boundaries, 2) the baby might not have made it through today anyway without food, and 3) I have 3 of my own cats, 2 fosters, and a husband who loves cats but is getting a little frustrated that I haven't found homes for the foster cats yet. I know what the right thing to do is, but I'm conflicted. More than anything I'm angry at this lady (or saddened) by her lack of enthusiasm to help the poor baby. I can't stop thinking about this little kitty. Right now I'm generally disgusted with people.
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