This
is my little girl Caramella, she came to me when she was only two
to three weeks old, actually dumped in my lap by a neighbor. It was at
a bad time in my life when I didn't even know if I would be able to
take care of myself much longer and I was really upset at that
neighbor for dumping her on me. How in the world could I take care of
a bottle baby at that time in my life? I was on disability, not able
to work at a job I loved and enjoyed, not able to work or even know if
I could ever return to work.
As time passed, I came to realize that God doesn't
make mistakes... She was His "Gift" to me in my time of need when I
badly needed a distraction, something else to concentrate on other
than the sudden turn my life had made. Since He knows me best, He knew
this would do the trick to cheer me up and totally take my focus away
from my own problems.
Caramella has been a real blessing in my life, she
did her job well. I had never raised a bottle baby before and I got to
experience a lot of new thrills with her. The first time she used the
litter box, her first time to eat kitty food, her discovering her new
wonderful world, investigating everything for the first time. Just
watching the kitten antics kept me laughing at the things she would
do. How hard she would play and play for hours, then just suddenly
stop and fall asleep right where she was playing.
She came to realize I was her Mommy and that is
when she really warmed my heart and wrapped me around her little paws.
I had a organization that was going to take her and put her up for
adoption once I had her off the bottle but by the time she was off the
bottle, she was working hard on me to keep her. She was so loving, so
demanding, so clingy and always by my side, in my lap or following my
every move. Every time she heard my voice, she would come right to me,
begging to be picked up and loved. I learned to recognize her cries
and know what they meant. She has four that I understand, the "LOVE
ME!" cry, the "I'M HUNGRY" cry, the "DISTRESS" cry and the "Where are
you MOMMIES?" cry.
She has brightened up my world beyond belief, yep!
God knew what to do to cheer me up and distract me so I have turned
all my problems over to Him and am enjoying this special "Gift" he
sent to me!
She also made it into the new 2010 addition of the
"Animals of YouTube sing "Jingle Bells".." of 2010!
