A cup of tea

Many mornings I stumble to the kitchen at o dark thirty to put on the kettle. As I wait in anticipation of that first sip of liquid gold I say good morning to all the pets, they are so happy to see me! Mommy means food and lovies and in that order. I let the dogs out, lets see there is Mae the old dobie, Bonnie the 12 yr old mix, Mia the Queen...she is 15 years old, and a world traveler. Mia is a rat fox terrier and then there is Daisy the almost 1 year old beagle. This dog makes us all crazy! While the dogs are out I take care of the kitties. There is Ayce, she is 15 years old, tabby...world traveler, then we have Cyrstal, a rescue kitty from Destin. Crystal is a strange cat and very large and fluffy, and did I say very moody! Then we have Noel, a stray that came to us on Christmas day about 5 years ago. Lastly we have Guchi....well you know the story on him and he is just fun! He may be 7 weeks by now. Yes, eight animals is alot but you know they bring us so much happiness. We do not expect Mia and Mae to be around much longer. Ayce is very old too at 15. They have all lived good lives and Mia and Ayce have been with us since Montana so they are extra special to us. That was such a wonderful time in our lives. There was sadness too but for the most part wonderful. One day I will write about all of that. For today however I sit and sip my liquid gold and watch the animals play and sleep and realize that life is good. Dear God, Thank you for all our pets and thank you that we can love and feed them and care for them until they go to kitty and puppy heaven.