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Warning: The following describes a disturbing event which happened outside my house earlier this week. Please consider this and its possible effect on your state of mind before continuing.
I was the angriest I have been in years earlier today. Our dogs ganged up on one of the kittens. Dante wound up running off with it in his mouth.
By the time I got to the kitten, it looked like a limp dishrag. It's eyes were bulging and its breath was coming in short gasps. I tried to push the rake under it to lift it up, but it wasn't happening. When I picked it up, there was no blood, which surprised me. But there was no spirit either.
When my husband got back from his errands, I went to the nearest town of sufficient size, just to get away for a while. I wound up getting my hair cut (which I tend to do on the spur of the moment), and get a journal. I wasn't intending to write about what had happened earlier, but that's what came out of the pen. And it helped repair my shattered insides a little.
By the time I got to the kitten, it looked like a limp dishrag. It's eyes were bulging and its breath was coming in short gasps. I tried to push the rake under it to lift it up, but it wasn't happening. When I picked it up, there was no blood, which surprised me. But there was no spirit either.
When my husband got back from his errands, I went to the nearest town of sufficient size, just to get away for a while. I wound up getting my hair cut (which I tend to do on the spur of the moment), and get a journal. I wasn't intending to write about what had happened earlier, but that's what came out of the pen. And it helped repair my shattered insides a little.
How awful for you. It rips the heart, when things like that happen. You conveyed it very well.
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Thanks, Juneta! I appreciate your taking the time to read and comment! :O)
DeleteOh, I'm so sorry. I hope writing about this helped calm your spirits, sometimes it helps.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Millie, I appreciate you. It did help to write about it.
DeletePainful--and you can't expect the dogs to understand.
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry to hear about this, LuAnn! I'm surprised there was no blood too, but glad there wasn't for your sake. Great idea to grab a journal. Writing about an upsetting event is always so healing :).
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