If you live anywhere near the tri-state area, you've probably seen, heard of, or viewed an image of my cat, Miss Kitty. Coming in at 20 inches and nearly 40 pounds, she's quite the visual distraction. Miss Kitty is many things, but one thing she is NOT is stupid. On occasion, she's probably the most intelligent in the house. Ya know, cats really are bright beings who love to leave their "mark" on places. No silly, I'm not talking about urinating or anything of that sort. There's a spot on the entry way to our living room... a dark spark on the white washed wood that Miss Kitty has "marked" as hers. For the past fifteen years she has rubbed her face against this certain spot, and overtime she has worn the wood down and created a series of black stripes on the wood. While mom sometimes gets angry about the spot, calling it "dirty" and "tacky," she looks past the vanity of it, and sees it as Miss Kitty's spot. It's her special place. A place she's made for herself.
I don't suggest looking up to the sleeping or eating habits of my furry friend, but with her dirty spot she teaches us a valuable lesson. This world is so big and there are so many people running around in it. We've all got to go out there and mark our spot. It might take some time. We might dirty things up a little bit in the process. But, at the end of the day, it's going to be a sweet and beautiful thing. Use 2014 to figure out what kind of mark you want to make on this world, on the people around you, on yourself.
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| the queen |
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one of my favorite shots of all time with Marc the Kitty
xoxooxox
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