My Little Helpers

Today I moved this piece from the front home page of this website. I am making changes and never want to forget how this website started. I want to share this with you my rental reader too!

​March 2014
These three wonderful critters that share our household are indeed my little helpers. Life would not be the same without them. Pets give us so much comfort, company, love and a sense of being needed too.

My little Gurney also serves as my alarm clock. She wakes me up many mornings with her gentle purring as she sits above my head. That is until the not so sweet licking of my hair starts because she won’t let me push her snooze alarm! To receive some kitty loving first thing is a wonderful way for me to come alive in the morning.

2018 Update: In July of 2017 we had to say goodbye to our dear little “Dunkin punkin”. She was born with one misshapen kidney and the other was smaller than normal. The vet told us early on that cats with kidney problems don’t live long lives. I had forgotten that but had obviously filed it away recalling that statement shortly after her death. We did the best we could providing her with special food and medicine to help her live her life. In a week’s time early in July she declined dramatically from what had appeared on the outside to be a fully functioning cat. It was a very sad time and I still miss that little one. There truly is only one “Dunkin punkin” as I told her zillions of times. Life isn’t the same here for sure with out her. We are adapting and the other two have filled in some of the empty spaces she’s left. I am very grateful we were able to have her in our lives for the 12 1/2 years she was with us! Dunkin is the black kitten in the picture above.

2021 Update: In May of 2019 my dearest ‘Gurney-dorable’ went to kitty heaven. She and Dunkin are resting out back within view of me as I write this. She suddenly went down hill and unbeknownst to us had severe kidney problems. It was a painful few days watching her decline. The last time she really snuggled with me was the Monday evening before we said goodbye to her on Friday…she was perched on my shoulder as I watched TV on the couch and she hugged me like she had never done before. I believe she knew what was ahead and was saying her goodbye to me in her little way that I will never forget. She is the one with the blue eyes in the picture above. She was my smuggle buddy. I miss her dearly.

I know I am still grieving both of these losses. The house is just not the same.

McAllister who is 16 now has grown even more spoiled if that is at all possible! And even more dear to me and more of a snuggler to…but for her I have to get down on the floor and kiss her up as she lays in her pile of toys! We aims to please!I think she is lonely at times being the only one left and having lived with the other 2 for all of her life till their deaths.

Life is hard work it just is and loss is a normal part of life. Grief is a journey…it just is.

Who provides you with gentle love and care when you need it the most?
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​Update August 2021
We bid a sad farewell to McAllister the last of the three little kittens we adopted 16 and a half years ago on 8/18/21. She had pancreatitis and developed liver failure as it progressed over the summer.

Mac ruled the house and us too. This has been her house and we’ve had the honor to be her kitty parents. She is resting now in kitty heaven and out back with her sisters. And I have no doubt that she has made her presence known out there in kitty heaven too…you pretty much always knew where Miss Mac was!

Mac was the only one of the three that always came out to say hi to any visitor we had checking them out and making new friends too. She was a charmer who knew how to get what she wanted from belly rubs to her favorite people food treat. She was a smart one with a twinkle in her eye.

Tis the end of an era with her passing…La Casa De Tres Gatos Locos…The House of Three Crazy Cats…is no more. Our lives were forever changed when they joined us and will not ever be the same without them!