Business, Interrupted

Well, heck. We all know we shouldn't let our careers come before our God or our families, right?

The priorities should be:

1. God
2. Spouse
3. Kids
4. Career

If you are a single parent (like I am) you can skip the Spouse and go straight to Kids.

In our household, our pets count as Kids too and boy have the last couple of months been tough! Clark Kent got a bacterial infection in his nasal cavities, we rushed him to the vet. $1,000 and a couple of prescription refills later he disappears. No sound or sight of him anywhere.

Then we find out one of the wild kittens got pregnant even though she never went into heat. Animals can get raped too, we found out the hard way. I was raped myself and cried buckets over the poor little girl.

She went into labor prematurely because the other kittens started drinking her now-budding body and the kitten was so huge it got stuck. A breech birth, HUGE kitten and the mom-to-be's first litter. Oh jeez.

The only reason we caught up to her, to try to help her, was that she flopped down. Who knows how long she'd been walking around with a dead kitten halfway in and halfway out of her body!

So here I am. My concentration is shot, I'm feeling so cranky and frustrated because I feel so impotent and unable to control my wandering mind, which makes it hard to control my life.

Lord, I would not wish a lot of my life experiences on anyone but I can tell you that - you know this is coming - I still see silver linings in this.

Clark wasn't doing too well. I was at the point where I'd have to decide to put him down or continue treatment until the bitter end (which seemed pretty close, let me tell you). His disappearance was, in an odd way, a kindness because I didn't have to watch him die.

The breech kitten? If it'd been born the other way, we would have killed it just trying to get it out of the little momma. He/she was that huge. Again, we didn't have to watch him/her die or unintentionally kill him/her. Another blessing in disguise.

That little momma? Her name is Rhyce. She is the wild kitten CJ has been trying to become BFF's with from the beginning. Her two brothers (Mr. Katz and Grayson) have chosen to become housecats but Rhyce? She wouldn't have it. Until now.

What are the bad things going on in your life? Can you see a silver lining anywhere? It may not seem like it but God does try to ease our burdens. It just takes a little observation to see Him at work.

Wishing you much peace, happiness and success,