Celibate and Sane: It's Been Quiet - A Little Too Quiet

December 6, 2011

It's Been Quiet - A Little Too Quiet

It's been rather quiet on the home front recently - still waiting for my home to sell, so everything seems to be paused in anticipation.

Last week I did some respite, ie I fostered a toddler for a few days. He was a delight, full of giggles and smiles. Before he arrived I had moved the kitty litter tray into the bath-tub to discourage the youngster from playing in it. He was very curious about it and I explained that the cats were going to the potty in it. A little later, he came out of the bathroom after he spied one of the cats in the litter tray and explained that the cat had just peed in there with two simple words, "Eow. Wet." I laughed aloud.

At first he was scared of the pets, though very curious, but before long had made friends with them all. He was especially taken with Genevieve and would lie on the floor near her just so she could lick his face. His response was to wipe his face, and then go back for another lick!

A friend of mine brought her son over a few days back, and he too has taken a special liking to Genevieve. Here they are playing on the back patio:

Our naughty cat Larci has started mellowing a little now that he's almost 4 years old. When he relaxes though - he REALLY relaxes.

Now that I think about it, Larci has been TOO quiet lately. I wonder what mischief he's been up to?

How can you look in this sweet, innocent
face and suspect anything?

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Personal Quotes from Vicki-S

"Occasionally I find my breakfast a little bitter, and sometimes it's difficult to chew and swallow; though at other times it's sweet, but it’s very satisfying and always sustains me. My most important meal of the day, is feasting on God’s Word and drinking up His presence."

I love me, because God loves me. It's not that God doesn't see my flaws, they are like blazing torches in His eyes, but rather that He sees past my imperfections and still loves me. And who am I to argue with the perfect God that I am worthwhile, that I am worthy of love, and that He accepts me and wants me to be His child, His beloved daughter? When I understood this, I began to accept and embrace His version and His vision of me, and not the world's.

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"Often people use the metaphor of a butterfly emerging from its cocoon to describe how we can grow from difficult experiences, but what they don't mention is the fact that at first we start off as an ugly caterpillar."

"We so often just get caught up in trying to just get through each day, that we forget to pause and be thankful for the fresh one that is presented anew and untouched each morning."

"Contrary to what we might think, forgiveness isn't so much about healing our relationship with that other person, but about healing our own broken heart."

"The purpose of school reunions is to show off how much you've achieved in life, to laugh at the once popular kids who've aged more quickly than you; and to wince at the guy who was a bully in school and who aptly became a policeman."

"I've found in many organisations where volunteers are needed, including the modern-day church, that 80% of its people sit back and let everyone else do most of the work, then there's the 10% who actually make the place run, and the remaining 10% just like to whinge about the 10% doing the work, especially about how they could do it better."

"When traced back to its source, every sin, every despicable act, and every war was motivated by someone's selfishness."

"I do not want to think of man, for that would distract me from God. But if I focus on God, I cannot help but think of my fellow man, and each day God keeps the scales balanced so that I have enough within me to do both."

"Overcoming depression isn’t about changing ones attitude, or just ‘getting on’ with things, it’s like removing one’s personal black shroud one thread at a time, with ones teeth.”