This page  has been created  so  I  can express my feelings about  things that happen within my cat  family,  and experiences that  move me emotionally.

I   was recently sent this poem  by  my good friends, Ron and Monique  over in Holland  and  it  really touched me personally,

A Breeders Poem

I love my little kitty; she makes my house a home,

She always is my best friend, I never feel alone.

She makes me smile, she makes me laugh, and she fills my heart with love

Did some breeder breed her? Was she sent down from above?

I've never been a breeder, or seen life through their eyes

I hold my little kitty, just sit and criticize.

I've never know their anguish, I've never felt their pain,

The caring of their charges, through snow or wind or rain.

I have never waited all night long for kittens to be born,

The stress and trepidation when they are still not there at down...

I have never felt the heartache of a little life in my hands,

A darling little kitten who weighs just 60 grams!!

Should you do that instead of this? Or this instead of that?

Alone you fight, and hope one day he'll grow into a cat.

Bring joy to another being and make a house a home.

You know it's all just up to you, you fight this fight alone.

Formulas, bottles, heating pads you've got to get this right,

Two hourly feeds for this little mite throughout the day and night.

In your heart, you know it; you'll surely lose the fight

To save this little baby, but God willing, you just might...

Day one he's in there fighting, you say a silent prayer,

Day two and three he's doing well, with lots of love and care

Day four and five - he's still alive, your hopes soar to the heavens!

Day six he slips away again, dies in your hands day seven.

You take this little angel and bury him alone,

With aching heart and burning tears, (and an exhausted groan),

You ask yourself, "Why do this?  Why suffer all the pain?"

But see the joy that kittens bring - it really self explains!

So, when you think of breeders and label them with "greed"

Think what they sometimes endure to fill another's need

And when you buy a kitten, with pounds and pence you part,

You only pay with money..........  We pay with our heart.

Copyright of Sharon  Romantasy Cats, new site 2006