On My First Mother’s Day…

Last year for Mother’s Day (2007) Clark surprised me with this little guy of ours (Big Boy now) ‘Hero’. I came home from work to a tiny little mew coming from somewhere in the house. I thought I was hearing things so I thought nothing of it. Then I started to suspect something when Clark was furiously typing on the computer finishing “something”… I then meandered around our Apartment and went to go throw something away when I saw something fuzzy cowering behind the toilet in the bathroom. I then thought I was seeing things so I turned to walk out of the bathroom when I heard another “mew” and I KNEW I did see and hear what I thought I did! I screamed in glee and picked up the shivering little guy and as I turned around Clark triumphantly handed me the poem he was quickly finishing on his computer:

A New Momma on Mother’s Day!

Today is a very special day

For mothers everywhere

We celebrate their nurturing;

The way they always care!

Today I must remind you

That you’re my future Queen

By treating you in every way

And thought and word and deed.

“but I am not a Momma,”

I seem to hear you say

“So why do I get breakfast in bed

Upon this Mother’s Day?”

I need a tiny mouth to feed

And make it never hunger

Just like my momma did

When I was so much younger.

I need a tiny hand to hold

And comfort when it’s sad

I need a little soul that waits

On me to make it glad

Well here it is; your tiny guy

To nurture and to care for

A newborn kitten just eight weeks old

You’re a MOMMA now HURRAY!!!

Happy Mother’s Day!!!

- Clark Cooper

So today marks our second year with Hero. He has been such a blessing of comfort, laughter and joy in our lives. We’re so happy we got him a companion to play with - a second joy in our home ‘Tiny Kitty’. “Man should not be alone“, I believe that goes for any species He’s a much happier boy having another feline to relate to. Thank you Clarky for surprising me with a “baby” last Mother’s Day and giving me reason to celebrate this holiday. I am so thankful that you love Animals just as much as I do. I Love You!