Over the years we had a large number of pets, and while some of them were only “farm pets” and not “house pets,” once they were officially adopted into the family they received a name. It was normally an unusual or unique name, and some definitely were more creative then others, but it was a name nonetheless. There were Two Face and Two Face’s Baby, Princess and Prince, Solomon, Beethoven, Buddy, Missy, King Duck, Mr. Stinky, Coo coo ca-choo , Stevie the blind kitten, Jordan the chicken, Scooter, My Guy, Little Guy, Rontu, Sad face, Bonnie and Bonnie’s Little Guy – just to name a few.
No matter how much I promised that this time I would look after them, in the end Mom always ended up as the primary caregiver. She did this without complaining because in the end she loved each one of those cats, dogs, chickens, ducks, and goats as much as any of us.
That is something that I will miss so much about Mom – her love of all of God’s creatures, great or small.
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