A TRIBUTE TO ONE-EYE

IT HAPPENED AT DUSK WHEN IN A HOME OF HIS OWN THE LITTLE BLACK FERAL CAT WAS MINDING HIS OWN... TWO SCAVENGER RACCOONS CAME TO CALL WITH A PLAN OF THEIR OWN, AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE LITTLE WARRIOR, WHO WAS LATER TO BE CALLED ONE- EYE. AFTER STANDING HIS GROUND AND FIGHTING THE VERY VALIANT FIGHT HE LIMPED AWAY, STILL ALIVE WITH ONLY HALF A FACE, THUS ONE- EYE, AND HALF A TORSO. ALTHOUGH BROKEN THIS LITTLE GUY WAS CERTAINLY NOT BEATEN. HE WORE HIS BATTLE SCARS PROUDLY AND JUSTLY, FOR HE HAD WON THEM AS A PROUD AND FEARLESS WARRIOR WOULD HAVE DONE. WE LEARNED MANY LESSONS FROM THE DEAR CHERISHED ONE -EYE. HE REMINDED US HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER, THAT THE UNDERDOG/UNDERCAT SHOULD NEVER BE COUNTED OUT BECAUSE WITH TIME, LOVE AND KINDNESS MIRACLES DO IN FACT HAPPEN. HE REMINDED US OF JUST HOW RESILIENT A CREATURE'S SOUL AND SPIRIT COULD BE IN THE FIGHT FOR LIFE. HE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ALLOW MY LITTLE RESCUED DOG, BRANDILYNN, TO BE CLOSE TO HIM, IF FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN TO HELP RESTORE HER FAITH IN HERSELF AND REGAIN SOME OF HER LOST CONFIDENCE. I NOW KNOW HOW MUCH HE APPRECIATED THE LOVE AND COMPASSION WE SHOWED HIM BECAUSE IN HIS LAST MOST WEAKEST STATE HE CAME BACK TO US TO WISH US A FINAL FAREWELL. SO, TONIGHT AS ALL THESE KIDS OF MINE LOOK TO THE DOOR AND WONDER WHERE THERE LITTLE MIRACLE CAT IS, I CAN HONESTLY TELL THEM THAT HE IS A HAPPY CAT NOW OUT OF PAIN WITH TWO BEAUTIFUL GREEN EYES.

MY DAILY GRATITUDE LIST
#1. ANOTHER DAY, CLEAN AND SOBER
#2. THE JOY OF PETS
#3. WONDERFUL FRIENDS
#4. BEING RICHER THAN I COULD HAVE EVER DREAMED, EVEN THOUGH I DO NOT HAVE 2 NICKLES TO RUB TOGETHER
#5. SOUNDS OF NATURE
#6. LOVING MYSELF TODAY, FOR WHO I AM
#7. HAVING ALL OF MY NEEDS MET, BECAUSE I CHOOSE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MY LIFE TODAY
#8. BEING HEALTHY
#9. THE TRUST AND LOVE OF GOOD PEOPLE
#10. BEING TRUE TO MY WORD