Good-by Sadie...

This morning started out as usual...the alarm went off and I felt like I had just went to bed, it couldn't possibly already be time for the new day....but, it was...and today is my Friday...yeahhhhh ! Life has been a little full lately, and I was anxious to get into my morning prayer time...then, my stretching exercises...a couple minutes to check my emails :D (Another highlight of my morning!) I was almost finished reading my emails when Melissa came in from feeding... I hear..."Aunt Tammy, I have some bad news"...of course, my mind races...is it a horse or cow crisis???? Thankfully, it was neither...but, as Melissa was pulling the garbage can out to the end of the driveway for pick-up, she saw my little Sadie lying across the road. Sadie, my sweet, adventuresome, almost year-old barn kitty had ventured across to the luring open mice-loaded field and hadn't been fast enough to avoid, the way to fast, always driving vehicles on our road. Since I had been down this road many times, I put on my coat and headed out to give my Sadie the tribute she deserved. Poor Melissa, I think she was afraid I would have a melt-down, but after going through such things so many times, I've learned to realize it's just a part of life, and I'm thankful that I had the opportunity to love another critter and that they had been a sweet blessing to my life. I picked the perfect spot (okay, I looked for a spot where I thought the ground wasn't rock hard solid),which turned out to be under the tree, and began to dig her a spot. Melissa insisted on helping, and soon, it was time to truly say good-by to Sadie...and say a sweet prayer for the smiles she'd brought. So, that's my story for today....except for which, afterwards, I came inside and made sure I gave Missy kitty the big lecture about NOT CROSSING THE ROAD...I only hope she was listening ! Thanks for reading...! Sweet Blessings!