Hang In There...

Coffee Cat Talk: Hanging in There

My friend takes care of her granddaughter, Morgan, on a regular basis and recently her granddaughter got a kitty for a present. She loves her kitty very dearly. However, her kitty is unable to live at her house due to the current occupant who happens to be a very large, very overgrown Rottweiler named Sarah. Therefore, Grandma is now the present landlord and caretaker of the kitty, which Morgan frequently stops by to administer the necessary hugs, kisses and string play.

Well, it just so happens that one day Morgan had the before mentioned question bearing heavily on her mind. She gingerly walked out into the kitchen holding her kitty and looked up at her grandma, who was having her morning cup of java, with endearing eyes and said, “Grandma, I don’t want my kitty to get left behind when we go to heaven.” Grandma was somewhat taken back by Morgan’s statement of love and concern for her kitty but not all that surprised because it was plain to see that this kitty was more than a special companion for her granddaughter, this kitty was her best friend. She did her best to explain to her granddaughter her belief that God has a special place for all the animals, especially kitties, where he will let us visit them as often as we would like to see them. Yet, the doubts still continued to resonate in Morgan’s mind and she wasn’t as certain as her grandmother about this special place in heaven for the animals. So, after pondering these things for some time, she looked back up at her grandmother and stated, “Grandma, I think that when Jesus comes back to take us home, I will just grab my kitty on the way up and hold on tight.” Her grandmother shared a chuckle at this simple statement of faith from her granddaughter, but was clearly touched to see so much love between this little girl and her cat.

Although, knowing cats the way I do as I have my own special feline companion, I think it will be the cat who is holding on tight as they tend to do when their paws and claws leave the ground. In fact, I can’t help but see the image in my mind of that famed picture of the kitten hanging from a rope with the words above stating, “Hang in There,” as a message of hope.