Purring Peacefully

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At times, wouldn’t it be wonderful to live the life of a cat? Yesterday with the everyday chaos that comes with the territory of a mom to a six month old, I saw our cat soaking up the sun in bay window. There Tina lay with a smile on her face completely relaxed and with not a worry on her mind. She wasn’t worried about the new snow that made a mess on our driveway, the laundry that hasn’t been folded for what seems like decades, or the dried baby cereal on the kitchen floor. She has no concern over money, or parenting skills; she doesn’t care if her collar doesn’t fit her quite as well as it used to. Tina won’t be worrying for the next fifteen months about a close friend who will be deploying to Iraq soon. (Sorry James. She will miss your visits though!)

My point is this; wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a button that we could hit every time we need a moment free of worry? A moment that we could do nothing but celebrate the greatness of sunshine, warmth, and peace.

For me, those moments come when my little girl just wakes up in the morning with all smiles. They come from a hug from my husband. They come when I am praying to God. They come when I am creating art. I suppose we all have glimpses of a cat’s life everyday, we just need to spend a little more time purring and less worrying!