She may have been talking out of frustration and being overwhelmed yesterday.
I hope so and it really sounds like she is coming to grips with the situation.
Still, the baby needs a real home. Some farm cats live wonderful lives, others
don't.
If you have men who will
exclude any of God's creatures
from the shelter of compassion
and pity, you will have men who
will deal likewise with their
fellow man.
St. Francis
----- Original Message -----
From: Melissa Lind
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 9:07 AM
Subject: RE: frustrated
Wow! Thank you all for the support! I'm back at work now-late because I had
to go to the vet for some medicine for my babies-and the lady told me right
away about her little kitty who is lapping up milk by himself. She was very
excited. I'm very relieved because I worried all night about the little one. I
live in Nebraska-far away from everyone on this list I think! But, I'll let her
know later today that there are people who would be willing to help her take
care of the "nuisance." She seems less stressed today, but it still breaks my
heart to think of poor mama kitty and the baby having to go through that.
I'm more than willing to transport as far as my paycheck will allow if anyone
is interested in this baby (or any of my other foster cats, he he!)
Since I'm at work, I'll stealthily keep you posted today. Thanks again-I love
being able to reach out to people who understand and who aren't monsters!
Melissa
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marylyn
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 4:59 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: frustrated
My nephew got me a bumper sticker for Christmas "The more people I meet the
more I like my cat."
If the situation is still on-going tomorrow you could offer, ever so sweetly,
to relieve the "lady" of her problem, explaining how you know it is a burden,
etc.
If you have men who will
exclude any of God's creatures
from the shelter of
compassion and pity, you will have men who
will deal likewise with
their fellow man.
St. Francis
----- Original Message -----
From: Melissa Lind
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 4:42 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.
