Stray cat

There has been this stray cat hanging around our house for the past few days. My husband and daughter have done what you’re not supposed to do with strays, and gave it some food. Because we recently had to have our cat put to sleep, my daughter has been wanting another cat and has of course (as any 9 year old would do) fallen in love with the stray.

I personally have been somewhat enjoying not having a cat for a little while (since I have had cats throughout my life and do love them)- mostly I have not missed the litter box and cat hair everywhere. But one night when she was upset about the cat being outside meowing incessantly, she asked me “how would you feel if you were just abandoned?” My first response was “I’m not a cat, so that wouldn’t happen.” But in my head I knew that that is exactly what happened to her and so many other little girls in China.

The conversation ended there, but that thought has randomly rattled around in my head ever since. Then I read a post by Kristin over at This Is Kristin and it got me thinking again about this stray cat, the abandoned girls in China, and unconditional love.

Now there are many different directions this post could go, and right now I’m not sure which one to take. But I felt I had to get this out there, to start the conversation, and see where it goes from there.

More to come later…