Never miss a chance to tell them you love them.

Yesterday morning our outside cat Ms Kitty was mauled and carried off by a stray dog. I can't believe this happened and am deeply troubled by it. It was a staple of my day to have to slow down for her when pulling in the driveway because she ran in front of the car just to remind you to feed her. Ms Kitty came with the house we bought and we adopted her, feeding her and treating her for fleas because she was allergic to them and her hair would fall out because of it. She got along great with our dogs when they were outside and was just a gentle creature. We could not bring her inside because there would be a fight with our other 2 cats. But she would stare into our house longing to be a part of the inside family. I regret not bringing her in especially as she peered through the front window watching us decorate our Christmas tree the other night. My biggest regret, however, is that the other night after I had just finished reading Marley and Me I went around to all my 4 leg kids and picked them up and told them I was thankful for them and that I love them, I did the same with Sabrina, I left out Ms Kitty. The point of all of this is to take a moment, or several, out of each day to tell those you love that you love them and you are thankful for them, I know that this was a cat was lost, but if you know me you know that I consider my animals to be part of my family as if I fathered them myself. Freak things do happen and anyone of us could be gone at anytime, make sure you don't have regrets.