Animals, Y'all

I just love animals. In particular, kitty cats. I see my cats waiting for me to get up in the morning, and they have such a loving look in their eyes. There's also a look of impatience that it's taken me so long to feed them, but, I know it's love when I do put their food in front of them and they still choose to snuggle with me.

I was reading a meme recently that wrote, "Empaths need animals. Animals are healing." It's so true in my life. It's true for my husband and children. When I'm doing energy work, and breathing mindfulness where I sit still and run energy throughout all the places in my body that need repairing, one of my cats will get on my hips. That helps to ground me and their purrs help to bring peace to me.

My little tawny tabby always seems to know when I'm listening to my chakra balancing music, and quickly jumps on me to snuggle in for a session. I like to think it helps him, too.

My husband and I always say, "After this animal, we are never getting another. They are just too much work." It's a lie, y'all. We now accept that it's a lie. At least we have fairly portable animals, now. We have a travel trailer and we can pack our two cats and two dogs in it, and explore our southwestern neck of the woods as a whole family. No. We cannot leave our fur babies behind when we travel. They know they are family and their feelings are very hurt when we leave them.

Not only do my family and I grow from living with our own fur babies, but we take notice of the wild animals that present themselves to us. I feel like everything is a communication with God, and if the sudden appearance of an animal makes me stop and take notice, then I do an internet search to find that animal's spiritual meaning, and I see how I can apply it to my life. My children are learning how to do that, too. My husband likes when I do it for him.