Author Archives: Rachel Litza

New Kitty

My arms are once again full.

Recently I was able to get a 3 month old kitten! She’s mostly orange with some white on her tummy!
I named her Sandy Twyla – ! She is so sweet, and a mommas kitty! 🙂 She got de-clawed and is doing wonderful!

Empty

My arms are empty, and I will say it hurts. I loved my sweet baby kitty Shugums, and my cuddly cat Serafina. Yes, I did have a favorite. Shugums was my baby… my baby kitty. She was mine. She loved me, and I loved her. Serafina was the family cat, and one that eventually I couldn’t hold often. From the first day of January to June 23rd, Shugums became even more my baby. She would cuddle with me more, and even sleep on my bed some nights. Before, she had mostly been an independent cat, that cuddled with me on her terms. She liked her alone time, and I would give it to her.
When I euthanized Shugums and then Serafina… I held them. They were in my arms as they passed. The feeling… And then carrying them as they have no life…

My arms ache… I miss them so very much. Momma said that she would be there until the very end… I made good on my word no matter how much it hurt.

My Cuddly Cat

I just had to Euthanize this cuddly cat on the 15th.
I didn’t want to, but I had to. I wish with everything I have that I didn’t just have to euthanize both of my sweet kitties. I am not in control, and God saw that it was time… I trust Him. He knows what is best for me now, and in the future. There are many memories that I have, and many more I wanted to make, but that is just not how it was supposed to be.

I will miss both Shugums and Serafina very much.
I pray that in His time, God might bring another special kitty into my life.

De-clawed cats

I don’t like it when vets try to tell me that front de-clawing a cat is bad for them.
They say things like, It will hurt for them to use the litter box or they won’t be able to climb and use their instincts.
I would just like to say that my cat Shugums proved them wrong.
She loved climbing up gates and never under no circumstances didn’t use the litter box. When I bought her she still had her front claws. While in bed she would play with my feet and it would hurt like crazy. I was thankful when we de-clawed her and she and I could play together so much more. She knew how to grip with those paws and she was just as happy with having front claws and she was without them.

I recently had to put this amazing kitty down due to her most likely having cancer. I miss my sweet Shugums deeply. She was my baby kitty and we had many good times together inside and in our backyard.

Yes, I do plan on getting another kitty, and when I do either it will already be de-clawed or I will de-claw it soon after I get it.

Feel free to ask me questions.

2020 (Early)

2020 has been a interesting year so far. Covid-19 has turned the world upside down.
To me, this whole thing has made it felt like it was just after my mom had passed. We never really went anywhere for a while, and no one was around to visit.

Many things have happened in the past five months… some good, some bad, and some great!
Yes Covid-19 has caused much fear, but it has also sent revival through the world! People have come “together” to help one another, and that is wonderful and warms my heart!

I pray that the Lord continues to work in peoples hearts and lives, and that more will come to know Him through this time!

Greeting!

It has been a while since I last wrote.
Many things have happened since. I just want to stop and Thank the Lord for all He did in my life and others lives through the year of 2019!
I Pray that the year of 2020 God will continue to work on my heart and that I will grow closer to Him each day!

I hope I will be able to write on here more often this year, and share my struggles and victories!

10 Years

10 years ago my family’s life changed. Mom went to Heavens Glory. My sister and I played the game “If you told me 10 years ago ___” last night. Many things have happened in the past 10 years, some good, some not so good. Growing up without a mother is tough, but Dad has done great! We can’t imagine what will happen in the next 10 years. No matter what, we know that if we “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6. That was Mom’s favorite verse though she had many more. It showed in her life up to the end. The last thing she wrote not long before she entered Glory was “FAITH”. Mom was a woman who loved her Lord with all her “Heart, Soul, and Mind”

This has become my favorite Bible verse, it has helped through the past several years: “The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.” Psalm 28:7
As I started this post – many things have changed, but one thing has not… God’s Everlasting Love and Word. God will always be with us… He Promised. He also Promised that those who Trust in His SON (FREE GIFT) will be with Him in Glory. I will see my Mom again! I do not mourn like those who have no hope, my Hope is in Christ! Miss you Mom… but I will see you again and I will meet my Savior one day!

Eye for Eye

Exodus 21:22-25 “If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.”

Jeremiah Week 44

Jeremiah 44:22 “So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.”