Startling confession

My whole world view . . . all that I thought I knew about my life has suddenly changed. All these years, my home has been something of a haven for misfit animals and momma-tramp cats and other various furry types. Granted, some of the names bestowed upon them were more a comment about their particular infirmities, but they still had a loving home, plenty of food, and more than enough cozy places to curl upon.

Tonight, we were lucky enough to entertain our old friend WS Random . . . who hasn't dined at our table in a long long time. We were talking about the paths our lives have taken . . . what we would do differently, when out of the blue, the Phenom confesses to being rather hard on animals during childhood. There were incidences of throwing dirt clods at cows, and bathing puppies in the dead of winter and even dropping of a cat in a bucket of water because it was "dirty." There were many occassions of dressing up in a "cat costume" and tormenting the family dogs by being the "biggest darn cat they'd ever seen."

And it dawned on me . . . all these wayward critters that have found their way into my home . . . hasn't been about me being a beacon of safety and refuge . . . it was the Phenom's KARMA!!!!!

I haven't quite wrapped my mind around what exactly this means for me . . . since I liked to think of myself as the monkey who was changing the conditions of critters all over. I'm going to have to redefine myself now.