Hello, Lovine.com

A text message I recently sent, but a message I would like to keep saying forever:

Hi mama, Kat gave birth yesterday afternoon, April 2 at 12:34pm. Everyone is healthy and doing good. I wanted to say thank you first of all for giving me the gift of life, and truly inspiring me to be the best person I could be. I did not expect how much love and how much strength is needed to birth. It truly is a blessing, and I was always reminded of you and all the sacrifices a mother goes through for all her children. I love you mama, and I can only dream to be as great as a parent as you have been to all of us.

Every day is mother's day, we will never be who we are without you in our lives. Love you!!!

Sometimes it's easy to humanize our pets, anthromorphosize their actions, and project our own feelings into their psyche. There are those rare moments however, that our relationship with the rest of the world (esp those who do not use words), starts to speak volumes. When we realize that we do not just live in our own world limited to only what we feel and experience, it becomes such a powerful reason to be a better human being. The love we know and share is felt and understood intimately by those we choose to share it with.

For those who haven't had the pleasure of knowing Nickel's personality, he normally doesn't give a fuck. Until that day he and I both knew without a doubt - Kat is one of the strongest women we are truly blessed to have in our lives.

And for that to be said with two black beady eyes? That isn't anthromorphosizing - he was simply telling the truth.