My life's purpose

I live to nurture creation’s fiery light deep in all our souls by acting with wisdom and truth and passionate creativity through all I do in life, empowering the connection with life’s mysterious wonderment so we all may learn to live in love, caring, and grace.

Ariel Pumpkin 1990-2008

The nights are whats hardest

Part of the bed is empty

Your pillows gone

Your blanket off to be washed

And my heart breaks missing you

Especially in the middle of the night

When I would reach out to give you a little scratch

You would trill to me

Sleepily slant your eyes at me

And start purring

Or

You might stretch out one paw

As if to say to me

"Awwww, hi mom, pet me"

You sat on the corner of the bed

When I came home

Sqawking at me "where have you been all day"

We then had our greeting

Me laying on the bed

and you would walk around looking to be petted

Being scooped up and put on my belly

To have your face and shoulders scratched

That was your favorite place to be scratch

Well, you all loved your ruff under your chin scratched too.

I loved it when you would crawl under the covers with me

Though damn sometimes it took a long time for you to make up your mind!

You loved to get picked up and put on my ample breasts

Stretch out to have your tummy rubbed

Petted down your long grey tabby body

There we would sit watching TV

You knew me so well

When to let me sleep on Saturday mornings

You just love being with me

Hanging out with me on the bed

My whole apartment is empty without you

Wandering around

Curling around my legs for attention

Sitting in windows talking to the birds

It is at night

Your warm furry purring form

Keeping me company

That I so deeply miss you

I reach out to where you slept

You are not there