By Ruth (aka Kattaddorra)
My small effort at a few lines of poetry:
Whether or not we believe in Heaven,
We can dream of how it will be,
So I’d like you all to come and take
This flight of fantasy with me
To a place where everyone is happy and healthy, where there are no selfish or cruel people and where no person or animal is abused or starving.
Let us dream of being once again with the human family we loved, who have gone before us and that all our much loved pets we have shared our lives with will be there too.
There will be no fighting between species, cats and dogs will get along, as will cats and birds and mice. In the words of the Bible ‘the lion will lie with the lamb’.
For my own personal flight of fantasy this is my idea of the Heaven I have actually dreamed about in vivid colours. Our late mother Ethel Rose welcomed me to ‘Rose Cottage’ where the sun was shining and birds were singing. Butterflies landed on the roses which grew all over and around her home. She was no longer disabled and ill and weary, she was in Paradise surrounded by the creatures she loved – cats large and small.
I know that if there is a Heaven of our own choosing, this is where she will be. She will not only have around her the cats she loved and cared for on this earth, she will also have the cats Babz and I have had and lost in our lives since she died, she will know and love them too now.
I like to imagine she also has in her care all the cats who were unwanted in their lives here, the strays, the homeless, the abused and the ferals who no one ever loved. Also the cats who have no one waiting there for them, our dear late mother will be looking after those cats too, until their own human caretakers join them.
I wanted to stay there and see inside Rose Cottage but our mother told me to come back to my life here, it isn’t time, Babz and I still have things to do on this earth before we can join her.
I’m not sure if I believe in this beautiful place, did I really catch a glimpse of how it is when we leave this life, or did my dream and my imagination conjure up the whole scenario?
My eyes are overflowing as I read this beautiful tribute to a lovely lady. I know that her favorite spot has room for two chairs because my mother, Beverly, is there also. I am sure that if God needs anyone to help with the cats in Heaven, these two lovely ladies are at the top of his list of helpers. Rest In Peace Rose and Beverly. You are greatly loved and truly missed.
Thanks for commenting. It is a beautiful page. I was written by Ruth. I have clarified that by making a small amendment.
She was a wonderful mother, I still miss her so much and even at my age would just love her arms around me, RIP mam, God Bless xx
A wonderful cat lover we are proud to call our mother and she is still loved and missed by her family and friends. Her own cats have joined her since she died.
Ruth,
An extraordinary piece….
The picture is amazing too.
What a beautiful concept. I love it.
Thanks Jo, I thought you must have missed it, I hope it brings comfort to anyone who wonders who will look after their cats until they are reunited themselves with them.
I think there will be lots of ‘Rose Cottages’ and Ethel Roses who were great cat lovers on this earth and their Heaven is caring for all the cats who need them.
The ultimate dream for me that all cats are safe and well and that we can join them once the time comes. Just love those pictures. I would love to meet my past pets and ones gone before and meet up with all our poc family cats what a reunion that will be.
What a reunion that would be. I still hope that one day we can all meet up on this earth and have a bit of fun together. It would be nice one-day to meet physically rather than through the Internet.
Hopefully that be great can only hope and dream. Id love to come overseas some time.
I’ve only been abroad once when I was younger and couldn’t wait to get back home to England lol
I’m just an armchair traveller since then.
Ruth, I have travelled a lot and England beats the lot 😉
The nearest place ive been is to Australia in n.s.w. Mostly just travelled in Nzl which is so worth the look. Yea ruth i agree i dont like going too far away either. Or not for long anyway.
I have many on-line friends and also some penpals who I have never met and probably never will, I just wonder would the reality of meeting in the flesh make a difference to friendships? I’m quite shy in real life and could feel overwhelmed.
i know how u feel in that area. im the same. i have this saying im shy once u get to know me i blossum.
Yes exactly Kylee, alright in familiar places with people we know, but a big thing meeting strangers and going different places and feeling inadequate.
Its always nice to meet the face to the name. To know it feels real like. Or even the voice to the name.