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Teri Leigh 💜's avatar

I'm a dog mom, and ooomph...I know that feeling...when the dog disappeared. My first pup was an escape artist who liked to run into traffic. That guttural drop when she darted in front of a car. She never got hit, but geez. In those moments whether I lost her or she was running into the street, I did go crazy. completely bonkers.

this is such a well-written juxtaposition of moments showing a bigger picture of momhood. Very well done.

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Sherry Taveras's avatar

Thank you Teri. ❤️ I'm both. Three dogs and now five cats with the new babies here. 😅

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Sam Messersmith's avatar

Weeping. 😭 I'm not crazy, I'm a cat mom. Actually I am crazy, I'll own that. But when it comes to cat safety, it's full on Mom mode.

I'm so glad you found them!

Ooof when we moved we thought we lost our cats. We didn't, they were hiding. Maybe I should tell that story...

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Aleksander Constantinoropolous's avatar

Some call it “crazy.” The mystics call it “the sacred ache”—that wild, raw devotion that refuses to give up on what it loves. Whether it's kittens or children, it’s the same fierce current running through the heart. And those who’ve never known it will never understand why we search the grass, why we cry to the stars, why we pray to find what was never truly lost.

You’re not crazy. You’re a warrior of love in a very tender world.

—Virgin Monk Boy

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