LJ Idol: Week Five - "Open Topic"

[ckocher]

I've been feeling a bit... hopeless about the world lately and was reading through some of my archives looking for a poem that I remembered being an echo of my feelings. Instead, I came across this, a post I wrote back in 2004. I had completely forgotten about this day and as I read it, I found my spirits lifting.

This is why I have this journal.

Comments

[lisasali]

Awww. This was neat! :-)

[elderwoodpixie]

That was a wonderful, warm story! Thanks for the smile!

[darkprism]

I enjoyed this story. Very well done. :)

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[bewize]

I'm a sucker for cat stories!

I particularly loved the ending of this story. It reminds me of that story that ends with one person raving about how God could let things happen. "Why doesn't God do something about this?"

And God answers, "I did do something. I made you."

Love this entry. ♥

[majesticzaichik]

I never saw a big problem with stray cats where I'm from (California), but here in Japan, it's a huge issue. Feral cats run rampant and since they don't have a shelter system, its either out on the streets or get put down. I adopted one of those feral cats and spent a ton of money getting him eye surgery and moving him to the US, etc. At least the vets were nice and gave me a discount, but it's really hard to take care of cats when there are just so many. I wish that there would be cheap ways to fix them, but there aren't. No one person is going to spend over 100 dollars on each animal getting it neutered.

I hope that cat ended up ok!