tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323372985310307718.post4408264420042391473..comments2023-10-22T05:17:46.986-07:00Comments on Catbird Scout: Borrowed TimeDeb Shuckahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03439395710731341021noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323372985310307718.post-24075830510537198092010-04-09T10:09:44.713-07:002010-04-09T10:09:44.713-07:00Yes.
Very true, very wise-- hard to let sink all ...Yes. <br />Very true, very wise-- hard to let sink all the way in, for some of us.<br /><br />Love. <br /><br />:)Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04680903854519503303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323372985310307718.post-40030002081622573662010-04-08T09:31:20.814-07:002010-04-08T09:31:20.814-07:00What a pretty cat! 18 years? Wow!What a pretty cat! 18 years? Wow!fullsoulahead.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053261523883986863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323372985310307718.post-55307975078887670892010-04-07T14:56:51.991-07:002010-04-07T14:56:51.991-07:00Oh, for crying out loud, my "reader" mis...Oh, for crying out loud, my "reader" missed this, I just had a sense I was missing something, and oh, boy, was I! This is BEAUTIFUL.<br /><br />Love that I get to explore "enough" with you. Could be a great alternate title to your book. Just saying.<br /><br />love.Carrie Wilson Linkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01586157395539583862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323372985310307718.post-57051621208293112402010-04-07T14:49:45.551-07:002010-04-07T14:49:45.551-07:00Ohhhhh, sweet thing that she is. This was beautifu...Ohhhhh, sweet thing that she is. This was beautiful. also, I liked the vulnerability of your writing here. Felt like your voice came through more than I have heard it in your writing before.Unspokenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16065870952905767595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323372985310307718.post-37474406531221028902010-04-06T11:42:00.647-07:002010-04-06T11:42:00.647-07:00I could barely read this without sobbing. My Bron...I could barely read this without sobbing. My Bronte sisters just turned 13, and Emily had surgery last week to remove a malignant tumor from just below her mouth. All I've been thinking about is the "borrowed time" I'm on. Those cats have slept with me for 13 years, and I just want to relish every moment I have left with them. Knowing it isn't forever is almost too much to think about, but it's all that's been on my mind lately. I spent all day on the couch with them yesterday. A L L D A Y! Love you!hoorayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760905479527589272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323372985310307718.post-4842177448720909032010-04-06T07:53:20.682-07:002010-04-06T07:53:20.682-07:00"Change happens no matter how high the walls...."Change happens no matter how high the walls."<br /><br />This is a lesson I've yet to learn and desperately need to.<br /><br />Thanks for this post, it was beautifully written. My grandparents had a cat live into his early 20s. My Bub (a jack russell mix) is 8 and showing signs of age (arthritis, etc). The passage of time and the world changing around me are two things that I struggle with every day, and watching that manifest itself with Bub has made it so much more deeply felt.scarlethuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04261263598183741538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323372985310307718.post-25925645331201591672010-04-05T20:32:39.830-07:002010-04-05T20:32:39.830-07:00Thank you for this. It helps me deal with what I h...Thank you for this. It helps me deal with what I have going on with Roody. I especially relate to this:<br /><br />"I was so full of the fear of losing her there was little room for loving her or appreciating her fully."Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00657067618823394413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323372985310307718.post-67238241594315021612010-04-05T19:22:14.072-07:002010-04-05T19:22:14.072-07:00It's nice to see that it's not only my cat...It's nice to see that it's not only my cats that sit on tables:)<br /><br />Thank you for the reminder of borrowed time. I often wish my life away in an effort to avoid things. Do you think I'll ever get it figured out?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323372985310307718.post-39911389712745481392010-04-05T18:27:21.990-07:002010-04-05T18:27:21.990-07:00So true. I'm all too aware how time is just th...So true. I'm all too aware how time is just that.<br /><br />This post was beautiful.Kristen Torres-Torohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15903038121623389560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323372985310307718.post-37125812691497379842010-04-05T13:35:46.437-07:002010-04-05T13:35:46.437-07:00"The box of respectability became too confini..."The box of respectability became too confining. I've since discovered that the element of respectability works well with a spirit of adventure."<br /><br />I love this line - and the entire paragraph. How wise you are. <br /><br />Our pets do provide such comfort, but most difficult to see them waver. We had a three-legged cat for 20 years. By the time she met her end, she had no teeth, half a tail, and still loved us to no end. A lovely piece you have written here, Deb.Midlife Roadtripperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700277803842883251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323372985310307718.post-71855852530724538032010-04-05T12:18:06.795-07:002010-04-05T12:18:06.795-07:00Deb, what a marvelous post.
Through the story abo...Deb, what a marvelous post.<br /><br />Through the story about your feline baby, you captured the tick, tock, of all of our internal clocks. Or should I say eternal clocks???<br /><br />Blessings,<br />Pattipattihttp://www.pattilacy.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323372985310307718.post-11760737666129902042010-04-05T10:38:27.137-07:002010-04-05T10:38:27.137-07:00My Larry left one day before his 18th birthday. It...My Larry left one day before his 18th birthday. It was bittersweet--yet, I knew that we had loved each other completely. I know that fear that gets in the way of loving. Overcoming it through love is one of the greatest lessons.Wandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654451878235512846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323372985310307718.post-26554788095820299732010-04-05T10:31:18.720-07:002010-04-05T10:31:18.720-07:00I loved this post...and the life lessons that are ...I loved this post...and the life lessons that are contained in it.<br /><br />"I was so full of the fear of losing her there was little room for loving her or appreciating her fully." How often we allow fear to keep us boxed in...from moving forward...from truly living life. I'm glad that you are moving out of that box of fear, and forward with your life.<br /><br />Love<br />MarkMark Lyonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915827981541131957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323372985310307718.post-82909496661724531892010-04-05T10:03:47.780-07:002010-04-05T10:03:47.780-07:00Borrowed time. Isn't that all any of us has?
...Borrowed time. Isn't that all any of us has?<br /><br />Deb, your story is so deep and full. Every time I turn around you release another detail or two, and I feel its richness. <br /><br />Thank you for sharing so much about yourself in life.<br /><br />And also... my firstborn is an Emma. I can't help but shoot forward in time and wonder about when 18 comes for her...Janna Leadbetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06339705935553160673noreply@blogger.com