Blog #1

Summary:
This week I read a "This I Believe" essay called "Love on Four Feet" by Sarah Culp Searles. One fine afternoon Sarah had come home from college and had come to realization of something. She was having a bad day and had an emotional breakdown. She explains how her parents had a great big cat at home named Comet. The cat was very big and had a very mellow personality. They had brought him home from an animal shelter when she was she was just a kid and the cat was just a kitten. Before she went off to college, she never really like that cat or cared for it much. That afternoon when she had come home from college, she felt like her whole life was upside down and needed some guidance and answers. Later that day she found Comet in a pile of laundry and he had been asleep. She decided to scratch his back and sides and the cat gave her looks of absolute adoration. At some point it hit her an she realized that the cat loved her. The cat loved her unconditionally, no matter how she failed, and no matter what was going on in life. Now when she comes home to this cat she does not take it for granted, and she appreciates his love because it is true for his owner.

Response:
This essay really caught my eye  because it is about a girl and her cat. I have always had a deep affection for animals. Iv'e had cats, dogs, turtles, hamsters, fish and more. I can relate to Sarah because some times I feel like I am so caught up in the tangle of my own life that I don't pay attention to my pets. I currently have a terrier named Bacon, a German shepherd named Lucy, and a cat named Trixie. I love all my pets very dearly. This essay has made me realize to not take my pets' love for granted because they are always there for you. Every single day when I come home from school, even when I'm not paying attention, Bacon follows me everywhere I go around the house. Bacon will bark at the door whenever there is a stranger near my house. That is recall love because I know my puppy is always looking out for me and trying to protect me. And when I am having a bad day I know that I can come home to my cat and pet her an tell her all about my problems without being judged.