Munchkin

I may have told you about our cats – they are simply “dump cats” – because they got dumped on us before they even had their eyes open. They were wild as the west Texas wind in the middle of a sand storm!

We caught them – one by one – and put them in a box – so we could at least feed and water them. I refuse to allow an animal nor human to go hungry. They could smell the food that was the only way they knew where it was.

As they got older, their eyes opened, and the wild continued to come out in them. The black kitten was killed in the middle of the road. The deaf orange kitten died within a few days of landing here. The gray kitten, hung around and was named Stubby, as did the Siamese looking kitten – who was the smallest of them all – thus the name “Munchkin”

Munchkin – still, after almost 2 years of being here, will not allow anyone to pick her up. If a stranger comes to the house, she hides. She’s not an indoor cat – she is definitely an outdoor critter. She is demanding – wanting her food first thing in the morning. And, she wants to rub against your leg and be petted.

She will get between your feet and almost trip you up. She has recently been allowed to stay with me in the studio while I work. She has learned that she can get between my back and the back of the chair – curl up in a ball and sleep for hours.

I’ve often thought how, as children of God we don’t always take that leap of faith and trust in God. How we hold back a little. How we wait until we are confident of the situation or how we try to manager our own lives.

Some of the most exciting and blessed things that have ever happened to me have been because I took a leap of faith with God. Maybe I/we need to take those leaps more often – or better yet, have more faith that God is awesome today and everyday!