My Thoughts on "Remember Me Thursday"

Meowlo, Peeps.

Do any of you remember this photo of me?

Yep.  This is the photo that Brian of Brian's Home posted way back in The Dark Ages when they were trying to find a home for me.  He had written something along the lines of, "Look at me.  Who would want me?"

Well, MomKatt took a look at me and WANTED me.  Me - a cat someone else, maybe a lot of people, would look at and say, "Oh, it's a black cat. Big deal."  Or maybe, "Well, she's not PERFECT, is she?  I mean, she's only got one eye!"  People HAD already laughed at me on the country club golf course where my Uncle Bill was caring for me, just because I was having trouble hunting a chipmunk.  I was HUNGRY and they laughed at me.

But Uncle Bill cared.  And Brian's hooman cared, and a bunch of other folks did, too, and they got the word out and took care of me and, when MomKatt saw me online, she said to herself, literally, "You're going to be MY kitty."

And she begged DadKatt, who was saying they already had enough kitties, showing him this picture, and telling him about my sad history, and about how brave I was and how it was going to take someone VERY special to adopt me and that she wanted them to be those special people.

And he said ... "Yes."

Today is "Remember Me Thursday".  It is a day to remember all the cats and kittens who don't have homes, and who so desperately deserve them.  It's an "Adoption Awareness Campaign" and, no, you can't save ALL of us, it would be totally impossible, and it is.

But maybe you can save ONE.  Like I was saved.  Just ONE life.  It's a ripple that goes across a pond, producing more and more ripples.  Many shelters now are "no kill", more than used to be, but ... many are NOT.  So many wonderful companion animals senselessly lose their lives in these other kinds of shelters, all because of over-population (SPAY AND NEUTER!) and because, for whatever reason, they don't get adopted.  And that's sad.  It's a waste of a beautiful life.

We're supposed to light a candle for this day.  So I shall do so, and while I do so, I will imagine a shelter kitty, like I used to imagine what it might be like to be a 100% indoor kitty.  To have my own bed, and snuggle with someone who loved me in a chair or on a couch.  I would imagine these things and yearn for them, like so many cats currently in shelters do.  Somewhere there might be a shelter kitty like me - waiting for YOU.

We light a candle to pay respect to innocent lives lost to human cruelty and neglect or the thousand other meannesses some folks inflict upon us.  

You can light a virtual candle here:

Light a Candle for a Pet - Remember Me Thursday 

Believe me, when that imagining goes from fantasy to reality ... it's a joyous thing.  I'm in a home where I'm adored and pampered and laughed at and laughed WITH and it's all done with LOVE.  But if it hadn't been for all those kind people helping me and seeing something besides "just another black cat" when they looked at me, besides seeing something some would deem "imperfect" through no fault of my own, besides seeing through to what a beautiful soul I was and seeing, as MomKatt tells me, "how much love I had to give" ... I wouldn't be here today.

Nor would all the lucky animals who HAVE been adopted into forever homes.

So wherever this goes, take it from me:   if you adopt a cat or kitten, you ARE making a difference.

Even if it's just ONE.

Thank you.

Purrz
Selina & a very grateful MomKatt Laura