upcoming… part 3
Raising Reneseme part 3 is in process right now, been thinking of ideas for the next installment. But for now, here is new snap of the not-so little kitten.
Raising Reneseme, part 2: remembering Morris
When we last encountered our story, all was lost. The villainous fox’s apparent destruction of this newborn happy family was a sure bet. But nature in an extraordinary day later, beat the odds.
Seems the other young female, sister to the young mother, instinctively gathered the kittens and carefully placed them under the porch. She of course did not know how to be a mother or could she nurse. After a while my co-worker caught a sound pitched squeals. Seeking this noise she found, sadly, two and a half 2 week old kittens. Morbidly, the other female even recovered the remains of one kitten bitten in half. The other two, one the runt of the litter was wounded, and the other seemed healthy, and unscathed. Read more
Raising Reneseme, part 1: what in the world was i thinking…
On Friday, April 18, 2009 I made a decision… A decision where after a month of scratches, amazing observations, and some enjoyably frustrating incidents, I finally discover after almost forty years, I am much that same young child who daydreamed he’d some day tame lions and tigers.
Raising a three week old newborn grounds you and your life; doing so is an around the clock responsibility, always second thinking of yourself. In the first five weeks after birthing, a mother cat rarely leaves her litter for ever long. Since adopting Reneseme, my own life has kind of been as such. And for myself I find grace living in this duty daily; I am reawakened back into a world I apparently slumbered along, exhausted.
Each day this young kittens instincts befuddles me. As if from high above, I revel toward the instincts wired soundly into every tree, flower, human, and kitten. Even though I already am quite owned by two cats (Blu and Timmy) and am fully aware of the nature of cats, this relationship seems more intimate and crucial. Not only for the kitten, but for myself as well. Read more
