Saturday, December 29, 2018

Another Year, As Yet Untitled



So here I am. There’s only a couple more days left of 2018 and how far have I come? Not a whole lot of stuff got done this year; oh, I managed to squeak out the second half of my Magnum Opus, my autobiography, and started on another book, one filled with bizarre and twisted short stories that I’m wrestling with and hoping to get out there on the mean streets by late spring or early summer.

The weather sucked this year, a hell of a lot of rain fell in my neck of the woods and that prevented me from doing a lot of the work I wanted to do outside in my yard and on the house itself. Maybe next year. Oh, and then there’s my health; That’s been up and down, mostly down. The older I get, the worse it gets!

Some new cats came into my life this year, a beautiful Siamese by the name of Skye, a feral kitty whom a dear friend of mine had been caring for in her yard - but when reports of coyotes began to appear in her area, she feared for Skye and so, trapped him and brought him to me. We got him neutered, and got him all of his shots and he spent the better part of autumn living in my Utility closet as he slowly adjusted to being an indoor kitty. Now, just before Christmas, he came out and is living with the rest of my cats in the main part of the house. He’s nowhere near being a house cat as of yet, not the kind that most think of, but he is safe, has a roof over his head and the other kitties have all adopted him into their clowder and he is loved. We talk, he and I - he finds comfort under my daybed during daylight hours and then comes out at night to roam about his new home. - And then there is Marty Jr. a little orange rescue - He came to me along with his mama and six other siblings back in October when found living under someone’s back porch. Mama was nearly half dead from starvation and the kittens were still nursing. Lives were saved: Mama got to eat and grow strong under my care, the kittens were weaned and socialized. When the time came, I surrendered them to Animal Friends, a no-kill shelter in the Pittsburgh area. All except for Marty Jr. He reminded me of Original Marty, my big Orange tabby who had died of cancer a few years ago. Marty jr. is thriving and just the sweetest bundle of fur you’d ever want to know.

I became a member of a new church in my area, well - for me it’s new. But the people are fantastic who run it - The Pastor, John Trotter has become a good friend of mine as has one of the churches youth leaders, Molly. I have volunteered myself for their once a month community dinners, and I hope to do more. I have share with them a bit of my life’s story and about my return to Jesus and my faith grows more every day.  I also had some eye surgery done these last few weeks and from it there came a revelation in regards to family, one that I was not happy to discover. It is what it is however and life goes forward. Decisions have been made on both sides and we must live with them.

This year for me has also seen an influx of new people in my life, not only from the church (Love Carrick) but outside of it as well - Good people, kind and loving people and I cherish their friendship greatly. I have done something this year which I haven’t been able to do in a while, and that is to open up and begin trusting again, allowing new friends into my life. It is not good to shut yourself away from the world you know! I hope that they can deal with my personal brand of weirdness - I pray for each and everyone of them and their families. And to my friends from before, I continue to pray for you all - my inner circle (you should know who you are) - my support team both physically and emotionally - Love you all!

Allow me to end this by saying that sometimes in life, how we expect things to go, don’t happen. It takes a left turn when we thought it should be going right and the journey leads us to places where we never expected to go, meeting people in our lives that enrich us and allow us to be more than what we were before. I may not have got part of the outside painted, or was able to paint my ugly yellow kitchen green, nor start up the fixing of the yard - But I have made some new friends, saved some kitty lives and all in all, survived another year and I thank God and His son Jesus for being with me and keeping me going!

May you have a better year than you had this year, and may the world be a better and happier place in the coming year.

Respectfully submitted
December 29th, 2018

Happy Birthday Stephen!!!!

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