I crabbed around work today, snipping and snapping.
As Philip Larkin says:
The first day after a death, the new absence
Is always the same; we should be careful
Of each other, we should be kind
While there is still time.
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Working on the kindness thing. Working on being careful when most of the time I just feel like being done with it all.
What I would do for two weeks on a beach with umbrella drinks and white sand, no shoes, no worries, nothing at all to think about.
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Meanwhile, the kitten acts like a flying squirrel and leaps fearlessly onto the back of one of the Big Cats, who, when pushed and prodded too far, holds her down with a single paw and nips at her belly. She flails all four legs and generally pops free in seconds only to begin the torture again. She is the source of much laughter, beginning with the first light and ending with a pile of purring fur on top of my head at bedtime. I am lucky.
We should all have a kitten, to take our minds off more serious matters.
ReplyDeleteThey really do bring our attention on to what is important don't they? Eating sleeping and playing...
ReplyDeleteAnimals are bliss aren't they? For diverting us from the weight of being human.... I misread 'lucky' as 'plucky' and thought - but yes, you are. The kitten too. Go you plucky lucky two.
ReplyDeleteI dreamed a 'funny kitten' two nights ago, waking both of us with my laughter, laughter provoked by dream kitten's antics.
ReplyDeleteLove, C.
Cro, I couldn't agree more!
ReplyDeletemybabyjohn, the kind of perspective we get from them is profound. I find myself laughing in spite of everything that would rather draw-forth tears.
ReplyDeleteMary, they lower blood pressure as well as being blissful. Useful critters to have around. I can't imagine a life without cats.
ReplyDeleteFoxessa -- love that dream! What a gift to awaken with laughter.
ReplyDeleteI like the Philip Larkin quote -- I wonder, though, why we can't be more kind for days and days after the loss, perhaps always be kind and not forget it.
ReplyDeleteSigh.
I wish that I liked cats, but I just don't, and as for the beach -- my god. That would be perfection and is so remote right now in my future that I hardly know how to think of it other than an impossible dream!
T, we could learn a thing or two from your kitten. been away. I was on a beach, in fact, but the thing is, we bring our minds with us, hence, worries. but still nice to worry with your toes in the sand. love.
ReplyDeleteoh, just saw your next post. I am so sorry.
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