Comments on: My Banner Photo http://mendofleur.com/2009/04/26/my-banner-photo/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Sat, 07 Jan 2012 04:55:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: mendofleur http://mendofleur.com/2009/04/26/my-banner-photo/#comment-369 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:03:12 +0000 http://mendofleur.com/?p=561#comment-369 Linsey,
I think the most important thing is really not what animal we choose to favor, but that we remember that we must find compassion for all animals.
“Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.” Albert Schweitzer

]]> By: Linsey http://mendofleur.com/2009/04/26/my-banner-photo/#comment-364 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:31:05 +0000 http://mendofleur.com/?p=561#comment-364 I love this image of you! As you well know, I’m a dog person. What can I say? Pathetically, I must have my adoration enthusiastically returned in a way that a cat just refuses to do.

]]> By: mendofleur http://mendofleur.com/2009/04/26/my-banner-photo/#comment-358 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:07:00 +0000 http://mendofleur.com/?p=561#comment-358 Debra Ann,
I am glad you have a dog. I would have one too except my peaceful, cozy cats would suddenly be traumatized if I brought this lovely creature home. Now I know why you are not a bird person and that is why my cats are all indoor cats. I want to preserve the wild life too.

]]> By: debraann http://mendofleur.com/2009/04/26/my-banner-photo/#comment-353 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:56:18 +0000 http://mendofleur.com/?p=561#comment-353 I’m a cat person too, but my dog won’t let me have one at the moment. Your childhood cat story reminded me of Tippy, my childhood cat. She used to leave dead birds all over the place which led to my lifelong squeamishness when it comes to birds but she just disappeared one day. My mother later told me that she was very sick and went away to pass on.

]]> By: mendofleur http://mendofleur.com/2009/04/26/my-banner-photo/#comment-339 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:39:25 +0000 http://mendofleur.com/?p=561#comment-339 Deb, Oh to be born to cat people! How fortunate for you.

]]> By: mendofleur http://mendofleur.com/2009/04/26/my-banner-photo/#comment-338 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:38:07 +0000 http://mendofleur.com/?p=561#comment-338 Pat, Your story sounds similar to mine, and a little heart wrenching too. I think we are drawn to certain animals because our nature connects with them in a way we cannot define. I love dogs too, but I simply cannot live without cats.

]]> By: jude http://mendofleur.com/2009/04/26/my-banner-photo/#comment-336 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:56:46 +0000 http://mendofleur.com/?p=561#comment-336 i have always felt that people , stress and trauma cause way more problems than cats. ha! great story.

]]> By: Deb G http://mendofleur.com/2009/04/26/my-banner-photo/#comment-335 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:56:28 +0000 http://mendofleur.com/?p=561#comment-335 Important words, an important thing to remember.

I’m lucky, my parents are cat people too.

]]> By: Pat http://mendofleur.com/2009/04/26/my-banner-photo/#comment-334 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:40:35 +0000 http://mendofleur.com/?p=561#comment-334 That story is so poignant. The photo of you and your cat is so delightful. You look like you loved that cat so much. I can imagine you devastationwhen she left.
I had a similar desire for cats as a child. The first poem that I learned to recite, a 3 years, was The Three Little Kittens. I was always asking for a kitten or cat. But my parents were not cat people. I would bring them home and take them back to where I found them, I was “gifted” a kitten that then went to the pound. Finally, at twelve, I got my cat. And since that time have not been without.
It sounds like you are a “cat person” too.

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