June is "Be Happy Month"!

Hello Readers,

We decided to refer to June as "Be Happy Month". Will you join us in this blessing? Please say YES.

Our mamma was watching a speech the other day and the speaker was talking about how people have become offended so easily lately. There are people we may have even stopped speaking to just because they offended us. The woman told of a story about advice she was given a long time ago. It was something about if someone offends you that you have a choice. To think of the offense like a physical fence. You can take that fence and then carry it around. That forces you to take on that burden. The other choice is to leave that fence there, and just walk away.

How many times do you carry that fence? Or do you just walk away from it?

This story really had us thinking... and brought us to decide that June will be a happy month.

To get us started on the right foot, let's think about the blessings of our relationships.

We all know that relationships take effort and dedication to remain strong. To make our relationships life long ones, we recognize the following elements are key:

Continuous and Candid Communication
Honesty and Trust

No-Judgment Zone Acceptance

Understanding

Laughter

Time

If relationships have these elements, then, there is no way we would carry a fence if one was given. 

We hope we inspire you to nurture your relationships in this way, and that your June is a happy month.

Purr & Paw,
-Stivali. 🐾

Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose. - Tennessee Williams. 

Welcome 2021!

Happy New Year, Readers!

Humans made it through a year filled with difficulties and uncertainties, but for us cats, it was one of the best years of our lives!

We are happy cats, with mamma home a lot, and we have zero complaints about 2020. 2020 is gone now, and we realize humans learned a lot about what matters most in life during the past year. 

For us, it has always been faith, family, food, and fun. We will get 2021 off to a great start by continuing our habit of starting each day with prayers of thanksgiving. For those of you who are re-examining your life we encourage you to pay attention to your thoughts and words. 

When humans focus on things they can't do anything about, they are not living in peace - they live in frustration instead. Mamma knows that when she starts to worry about things that are out of her control, anxiety and stress sneak in. We don't want that for her or you. 

How much thankfulness are you expressing in your life? If you want a challenge in 2021, try to get through one day without one complaint. 

As you challenge yourself each day to do this, you may find how easy an attitude of gratitude can be. By this time next year, you will have become outrageously thankful. Take it from us cats: meow and you get treats; climb on the sofa, you get to relax. Focus on the good things that you can control. Focus on being thankful for all your blessings.

Here is one of our blessings from the week - our feral Grigio, who we love desperately, visited us daily. 

We hope 2021 brings you health, peace, and joy.

Purr & Paw,

-Stivali. 🐾

The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals. - Melody Beattie.

Two Days to Pasqua is ONE!

This little potato chip came in to our lives in November. He was just a wee-one, with a chirp, and the fastest run we had ever seen! He has brought us joy, laughter, along with a few kitty bites & scratches.

Mamma met him at the shelter on November 17 (he was exactly two months old):

Mamma picked him up on the 21st of November. Look how tiny he was:

He was no bigger than the palm of her hand!

In the 10 months we have been together, he has learned how to fetch, give paw, give five, jump up, and sit. He has fallen off of the bed three times, as he hasn't realized that rolling over while stretching on the edge of the bed is not a good thing.  He has taken over one thousand naps, and has snuggled with Mamma on the sofa over one hundred times. He likes to play peek-a-boo, hide-and-seek, and of course, play with string. He tries very hard to play chase with me which I do not like very much. So, I hiss.

We are so happy to celebrate in two days that he will be one year old! He is such a big boy, so funny, and so affectionate and loving. Sometimes, a little too affectionate for my taste, but Mamma seems to like it. 💗 He is teaching me that I need to be more loving, too, and that makes for a very happy home. 💗

Pasqua's One Year Favorites List:

• Favorite place to relax and window watch - the sun room.
• Favorite place to jump into - the laundry basket.
• Favorite food - soft treats. 
• Favorite toy - Grigio the grey mouse.
• Favorite game - playing with string.
• Favorite pass time - napping. 
• Favorite cat - me! 
• Favorite human - mamma! 

Please say a prayer for all (y)our friends and family who did not get a chance to celebrate a birthday this year. May all of (y)our deceased love ones be in the palm of our Savior's hands.

Have a wonderful week, Everyone!

Purr & Paw,
-Stivali. 🐾

The great thing about getting older, is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been. - Madeleine L'Engle.