Comments | n_decisive: LJI Season 8: Food Memory

n_decisive

LJI Season 8: Food Memory

Dec 01, 2011 19:35

I sit in a corner of the long abandoned chicken house, still as a statue. The sight of me must be strange; I wear my mother's heavy jacket over my jeans and light sweater and my five year-old hands are cartoon-ish in my stepfather's thick work gloves ( Read more... )

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pixiebelle December 3 2011, 05:56:32 UTC

I love that you're taming these cats! What an awesome thing to do. I love this take on the topic top! Great job!

n_decisive December 4 2011, 17:15:30 UTC

Thank you muchly, and muchly again! :) It makes me feel better about the world, although our local animal control doesn't like us to feed or care for them.

wherdafux_d_cat December 3 2011, 13:06:01 UTC

I just want to hug the bejeebers out of you for this.

n_decisive December 4 2011, 17:16:05 UTC

Okay- I'll let you. ;)

Also? Thank you.

____hejira December 3 2011, 14:53:25 UTC

My bes t friend Dom is a lot like this. I've always had a wariness about animals I don't know. I'm afraid of being bitten. Now stray people? That is another story. Lol.

n_decisive December 4 2011, 17:17:08 UTC

See, I'm more afraid of people than cats. They're less complex in their intentions.

I'd love to hear about your stray people!

Thank you so much for this... ellakite December 4 2011, 03:00:19 UTC

I am a cat lover, and have had the good fortune to have been owned by several wonderful cats in my life... but the apartment I live in is far, far too small for me to keep a cat now.

I, too, was a "stray cat whisperer" in my youth... and the two most wonderful, loving cats I have ever known were strays that I helped bring in from the cold.

Thank you so, so much for bringing back those wonderful memories.

Re: Thank you so much for this... n_decisive December 4 2011, 17:19:33 UTC

I'm truly honored that this tale could bring back good memories for you. That means a lot to me. One day, hopefully, you'll be able to have a cat again. When my daughter moved into her first apartment, she couldn't have a cat right away, so she volunteered with a rescue group and took care of the adoptable cats they had at the local big box pet store. She loved that.

notodette December 4 2011, 03:24:57 UTC

This is wonderful. It's good that there are people like you in the world.

n_decisive December 4 2011, 17:20:46 UTC

When I wrote this, I didn't know what type of response I would get. I'm so thrilled that I'm hearing a lot about people who do the same or appreciate what's being done. Thank you for your contribution to that feedback. :)