Emy Cooks: Heartfelt

Hello, hello,

It's that time of the year again, the month of love, friendship and compassion. This week seems it will be filled with surprises. We have some cute little kittens about 6 days old. Well, it seems there was a runt as I was told and there has been some tender loving care going around trying to help that little kitten. As a mother, I tried preventing that first love of animals and the death of one. I was not able to prevent nature from taking its' toll. The little runt died and with it's death came some heart-wrenching crying last evening.

Es esa época del año otra vez, el mes del amor, la amistad y la compasión. Esta semana parece que estará lleno de sorpresas. Tenemos unos lindos gatitos unos 6 días de edad. Bueno, parece que hubo un enano y me dijeron que ha habido mucha ternura tratando de ayudar a ese gatito. Como madre, he intentado impedir ese primer amor por los animales, los sentimientos y la muerte de uno. No pudo impedir la naturaleza tomando su lugar. El enano murió y con ella muerte vino un desgarrador llanto ayer por la tarde.

Hearing about the kitten's death, I could deal with but hearing my daughter's inconsolable heart wrenching sobbing was another matter. I was uncertain how to treat this matter but then I realized that this was not just another kitten, it was one her little babies she was taking care of and meant the world of a difference to her.

Oyendo sobre la muerte del gatito, ME podría abordar pero pero escuchando el inconsolable llanto de mi hija parrtiendo mi corazon es otro asunto. Estaba inseguro cómo tratar este asunto pero entonces comprendí que esto no era sólo otro gatito, eran sus pequeños bebés de los cuales había cuidado y quiso decir que el gatito hacia una diferencia para ella en el mundo.

Although Daddy means the world to her and tried to console her but it was not working. I went to her, embraced her and calm her sobbing. It really was a heart-wrenching moment as I felt like my life as being squeezed out of me hearing her sobbing asking why did the kitten have to go. It was quite a mother - daughter moment consoling her and made us both vulnerable and felt a piece of me shattering inside. Seeing her crying and cuddling her close to my heart made me wish I could take away that pain but I reminded myself that making her feel loved was all that matters as well as being prepared to become a stronger and more compassionate person.

Aunque el papá es el mundo para ella y trató de consolarla no funciona. Fui a ella, la abracé y calme sus sollozos. Realmente era un momento que disloca el corazón cuando parecí a mi vida estaba exprimido de mi oyendo sus sollozos y preguntando: " ¿por qué el gatito tienía que ir? Era una momento entre una hija y una madre consolándola e hizo a ambos vulnerables y sintió una pieza de mí rompiéndose dentro. La vista de su llanto y abrazandola cerca de mi corazón me hizo lamentar que no pudiera llevar ese dolor pero me recordé que la fabricación de sentir amada era todo que importa así como preparandola para hacerse una persona más fuerte y más compasiva.

This brings me back to Valentine's and what love means to the children. She says that her kittens are like brothers and sisters to her and that each of them are so different yet so much alike. She gives them names based on their characteristic or color. This is an outdoor cat but is always around and knows us well. She is like a big mother hen as she is always thinking of what to take home for the kitten to play with so they are not bored.

Esto me lleva de nuevo a San Valentín y lo que el amor significa para los niños. Ella dice que sus gatitos son como hermanos y hermanas y que cada uno de ellos son tan diferentes pero tan parecidos. Ella les da nombres en función de sus características o color. Este es un gato al aire libre siempre está a mano y nos conoce bien. Ella es como una gran madre gallina siempre está pensando en lo que llevar a casa para los gatitos juegan para que no se aburran.

In the cold weather, she made a shelter for the cat with cardboard boxes and took some of her belongings to make her a padded bedding. Her love for the cat is astounding. Her creativity sometimes overwhelms as she improvises. It is really adorable to see how she has adopted them and her life evolves around them. The dying of that little kitten is preparing us for that time when the cat takes away the kittens and for her to learn to detach. That will be another story. This is a story of a child's love with nature and how she includes her classmates to love the animals around them. The children gathers around her to hear the stories of the animals she knows about. She fascinates the children with her drawings and stories. What does your child think of Valentine day?

En el tiempo frío, hizo un refugio para el gato con cajas de cartón y tomó algunas de sus pertenencias para hacerla una ropa de cama acolchada. Su amor por el gato es asombroso. Su creatividad a veces abruma como improvisa. Es realmente adorable para ver cómo los ha adoptado y su vida evoluciona alrededor de ellos. Morir de que poco gatito nos prepara para ese tiempo cuando el gato se lleva los gatitos y para ella para aprender a separar. Esto será otra historia. Esto es una historia del amor de un niño con la naturaleza y cómo incluye a sus compañeros de clase para amar los animales en ellos. Los niños se juntan al lado de ella para oír las historias de los animales sobre los cuales conoce. Fascina a los niños con sus dibujos e historias.

I asked what does Valentine's Day means to you? Response was sharing love with others and making them feel love, sharing lunch with others who does not have and this happens often and being compassionate daily. I don't do this often but at least we seem to be teaching the right principles.

Le pregunté ¿qué significa día de San Valentín para ti? Respuesta fue compartir amor con los demás y hacerlos sentir amor, compartiendo un almuerzo con otros que no tiene que sucede a menudo y ser compasivo diariamente. No lo hago a menudo, pero por lo menos parece que estamos enseñando los principios adecuados.

©Maricela, All Rights Reserved 2012. Written for: Emy Cooks

I am overcome with feelings that cannot be explained, is it grief? After 9 a.m., I have then wondered where is love when things like this happens? What causes someone to react like this? What is so terrible that taking so many little angels make it any better?

As a parent, it makes me question my every action?

Good Lord, please welcome these little angels into your kingdom. Also, lay your arm of comfort over the families whose lives have been touched with sadness. Keep the hearts of others who comes in contact with them warm and compassionate and always show love humbly!

Let's look forward and make each day count, show love to our children and let them know how precious they are. We have a second chance, let's make it worth every breathe we take and teach our children the joys of LOVE, SHARING and COMPASSION!

Remember God is first, with him as our anchor, we have nothing to fear!

Onward Christians, forward we march, Love as our emblem!

Let us keep the candle burning which represents the LIFE which was taken from the little ones so abruptly who have gone before us and LOVE for their families who are left behind.