Welcome to Week 10 of our 15 week countdown to retirement! (Simply click on over to HERE if you happen to missed the large announcement.)
Right this moment’s put up honors all of the cat mothers, mothers with out fur, and the influential ladies who’ve formed our lives. Just like the kitties, Glogirly was adopted when she was only a kitten…er, a child. She’s been blessed with 4 moms over the course of her life. First was the younger lady who gave her life. Then was her mother you taught her tips on how to stay it. Her mother selected a really particular lady to be her godmother, who close to and much was at all times there for her, particularly after she misplaced her mother to most cancers. And most not too long ago, Glogirly’s birth-aunt, the older sister of her birthmother. She was one other mom. Sudden, and one among her life’s biggest presents.Â
Here is a spacial dialog between Glogirly and Waffles. And a glimpse of these 4 wonderful ladies Glogirly has known as mom.
WAFFLES:  So, Glogirly?Â
GLOGIRLY:  Sure, Waffles?
WAFFLES: Â Glogirly, are you my mother? Since you do not actually appear to be me. You do not even have orange fur or stripes or something. However I actually love you. You already know, like a mother and stuff.
GLOGIRLY: Â In fact I am your mother, Waffles. I adopted you so that you simply’d be a part of our household and we ALL may love you, handle you, and spend our lives collectively.Â
WAFFLES: Â So despite the fact that you are not likely a cat, you may nonetheless be my mother? Like perpetually and stuff
GLOGIRLY: Â Eternally and at all times. Eternally and ever, Waffles.
WAFFLES: Â And so that you’re Ellie’s mother too, proper? Eternally and every part?
GLOGIRLY: Â Eternally and EVERYTHING.
Mom’s Day is a fairly special occasion for our woman. You see, like us kitties she was adopted as a tiny toddler. Not solely did she have a mother who liked her with all her coronary heart and taught her tips on how to love and be type and research onerous and develop as much as discover happiness and pleasure on the planet, she’s additionally been extremely lucky to have many moms searching for her and holding her of their hearts.Â
Her mom-mom, who alongside along with her daddy adopted her when she was little like a kitten. She’s lived extra years with out her than along with her and even now, misses her a lot.Â
Her Godmother, Barb.  Their moms had been sisters. Glogirly’s mother was the youngest and her Godmother’s mother was the oldest. Rising up, Glogirly at all times knew that if something ever occurred to her dad and mom, she would go to stay along with her Godparents, who’ve at all times liked her like their very own. When Glogirly was simply 24, she misplaced her mother (her mom-mom) to most cancers. A couple of years later, she and her Godmother turned very shut and at this time they’re nearer than ever. Glogirly loves her with all her coronary heart…and so does Waffles! She’s going to at all times be a mom to her.Â
Her birthmother’s sister (Dorothy), who Glogirly met 16 years in the past and instantly bonded with. Her positivity and joyfulness are infectious. She welcomed Glogirly into her household with open arms and an open coronary heart. Dorothy has three sons and Glogirly has turn out to be the daughter she by no means had.Â
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Sadly, lower than a yr in the past, Glogirly misplaced each Dorothy and Barb. Inside only a day of one another, heaven gained two extra angels. This has made mom’s day this yr particularly significant. Each unhappy for the lack of their frequent conversations and go to, however grateful for the recollections and the mark they’ve made on her life.Â
It is “narrated” by Katie, our beloved tuxedo kitty who impressed our weblog 13 years in the past.Â
Right this moment, we’re dedicating it to all of the sturdy ladies on the market who’ve taken others beneath their wing to point out them the way in which.Â