Thursday's Blessings

This is Jewels. She is my oldest cat. I got her from a friend at church on Halloween day. They were building their house and the momma to Jewels was a wild cat. She crawled up in the attic and had her kittens. The workers had to retrieve the kittens and bring them down from the crawl space. Julie had them all in a closet in the upstairs area of their house. Becca and I went out and picked out Jewels. We named her after our friend Julie.

At first Jewels didn't prove to be a Jewel. She was a little tyrant. She would claw you up in a second. She was kind to us but anyone else she would claw and bite at. She hated strangers coming into her house. She was truly a wild cat. She had it in her blood and we still see this from time to time now after all these years. We had to have her declawed. If we hadn't we would have never been able to hold her. She still to this day thinks she has claws. :o) She loves us, especially Mel.

Jewels is a true GIFT from God. She gives us unconditional love all the time. We cannot sit down without her in our laps. She gets up on the desktop and head butts my hand while I am typing wanting attention. She lays in my lap while I am on the computer and sleeps with me, sometimes cuddling so close that I have to make her get down and she will growl when she does. She loves us.

Mel and Rebecca play games with her. She loves this!!! Mel has a game called, "head, head, head...belly." He gets her and touches her on the head and says, "head." Then he moves to other parts of her body and calls those parts. She waits anxiously and swats at his hand each move he makes waiting on him to move to her belly. When he calls "belly" she cries like no body's business. He doesn't even have to touch her belly, she knows the word and starts yelling. If he puts her down she will run right back for more. The more he plays the more she wants. She loves this game! She especially loves it when Becca holds her and Mel plays it. They can play all night and she will just lay there and play. She gets real rough with Mel and Becca!

She rarely gets rough with me. Jewels knows I am the one to go to for love! Now don't get me wrong she goes to Mel for loving too. Mel will hold her forever and rub her and she loves this. They lay on the couch together most of the time. Mel does not own his lap, Jewels does. But when Jewels wants the real love she comes to me. She is hilarious too. She will about knock me down trying to beat me up the stairs. She will run right past me and get between the spokes of the upstairs bannisters and stick her head out for kisses. She knows the word and loves them. She will kiss you only there. That is her kissing place.

Can you tell I love my cats?

I have another cat too. My princess, Susie. She is full blooded Siamese and gorgeous! I do not have a picture of her on this computer. I will have to post one later. She is a whole story within herself. She is a talker. Which I love! I will tell you all about her next time.

Have a blessed day and kiss a cat!