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    A Feline Grace
    A Feline Grace
    A Feline Grace
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    A Feline Grace

    By MK Bashlor

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    With descriptions that are poetic, and inspired, evoking pathos in the reader, this work of literature highlights the deep love and comfort God Himself can bring through that one special relationship with a beloved pet. Giving detailed accounts of heartbreaking losses, and surprising gains, with an occasional twist of humor, "A Feline Grace" is an enjoyable read for lovers of literature, lovers of God, and pet lovers alike. Everyone is bound to fall in love with Nashy!

    Comments from friends:

    There is scientific evidence to support the concept that animals are therapeutic. Health care facilities everywhere are using animals to help in patient's recovery.

    "[MK has] eloquently captured the nuances of the cat-human connection that keep us under their spell!"

    "I'm hooked... read the "free portion" and will be buying this, what a joy to read so far."

    "This is a VERY good book and I recommend it to others - it is thought provoking and can't help but reflect on it with my own "kitty" and "puppy dogs"

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMK Bashlor
    Release dateDec 8, 2011
    ISBN9781465736000
    A Feline Grace
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    MK Bashlor

    MK Bashlor resides in Ocean, NJ where she works with mentally challenged adults. She also likes to do volunteer work at homeless outreaches, and with American war veterans. MK holds a Master’s degree in Organizational Systems and a BA in Psychology. She is currently working on a book which will address addictions in the workplace. MK is also an accomplished author of children’s books which teach children valuable life lessons focusing on her pet guinea pig as the main character.

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      A Feline Grace - MK Bashlor

      A Feline Grace

      MK Bashlor

      Copyright 2011 MK Bashlor

      Smashwords Edition

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      OUR TENNESSEE HOME

      Feeling the Color Blue

      My Nashy

      What I Will Remember

      Her Face

      The Creation That Serves Her

      Co-Heir

      My Partner in Crime

      She Is

      An Attempt to Study

      At the Vet’s

      A Kitty Angel (the Cat-alyst)

      Kitty Routines

      Nashy’s Kiss

      Upon the Ledge

      My Meow-seuse

      The Higher Order Needs

      Into Books

      Tangie Bear

      The Absence of Her

      While Away for the Week

      Coming Home to Her

      Carrot Cake

      My Alibi

      A Personified Thank You

      Coffee Shop Dream

      Hermitic Tendencies

      Lavender

      Kitty Church

      Mochy

      A Sudden Thunderstorm

      The Cat Clinic

      Moving

      Losing Her

      A NEW STATE

      Our Penitentiary

      The Kitty and the Space Heater

      A Winter Sun

      The Open Screen Door

      In the Moment

      A Still Parade

      The Pillow ThiefA Kitty Coach

      A Womb-like Experience

      A Winter Depression

      Closer to Winter

      Pampered

      As Though for the First Time

      The Unthinkable

      Little Living Teddy Bears

      While I sleep

      Inventor of Cats (Her Religion)

      The Joy in the Now

      Mutually Committed

      A Renewed Gift

      About the Author

      Introduction

      I initially set out to write A Feline Grace as a means of capturing memories I could look back on after Nashy had passed away. I wondered if my thoughts about her, and the many ways she had reflected God to me could really be numerous enough to fill up a book. Therefore I took on this project as sort of a challenge to myself. The fact that I wanted so much to remember the nuances of my relationship with her continuously fueled the work. As I began to share the writings, I found that I had an audience in friends and cat lovers. So it is with great enthusiasm that I am sharing these reflections. It is my hope and prayer that magic will happen in the heart of the reader, as it has so often in my precious relationship with my Nashy, and in our relationship to and with the God who made us both.

      OUR TENNESSEE HOME

      Feeling the Color Blue

      My eyes are shut. Her body lies across me. I feel the color blue. Her purr is rhythmic, like waves crashing against the shore on a soft steady day. She makes the sun shine in my heart. She is warmth and weight. Glued to me - pure love, like God’s, dependent by choice. We, ever connected by mutual agreement and never compulsion, rest together on a sweet Sunday summer day. Disturbed in a moment while I move to grab my book, she murmurs a complaint. She suddenly stands and nothing can bring her back to the previous state. She leaves meowing, as I remain in place, changed by her softness, delighting in the humor, her ability to be - the incredible truth of her.

      My Nashy

      When I walk in the door at night, at the end of a long day of work, she is the one I look for. Reminding me I am home, Nashville walks up to the door as I open it. She appears to have been thinking about me all day. After 6 years following the day she and I met, I am still astounded by simple facets of her cat-like character. Daily she reminds me there is a God. It is the unspoken things about her that mold my being, that mellow me, and make me in many ways as soft as she is. She is tranquil, and has an unmistakable faith in life and in me as well - teaching me that I am trustworthy. She somehow, in fact, secretly knows of all the good that is within me - wonderful things about me she reflects as facts, as if there were no jury, and no question in her tiny mind. She is sometimes silent and goes about her business. She is never driven toward compulsion as a remedy to nervousness, as a person might be. In what may otherwise be an empty and uneventful evening at home, she acts as though she had it made. She sits in one of her favorite spots, accepting the gifts presented to her - a papazon chair for her comfort, a clean beige carpet to take a bath on, and a double cat dish of her favorite crunchy food, always predictably in the same place for her. Indeed her whole world is there for her. Instinctively she knows her job is merely to receive. Daily I learn from her that I bless God when I recognize and receive from Him the gifts He has so freely given: A car to drive to work in, the glory of the flowers in the makeshift garden on my front porch, and a beautiful ever comforting kitty to lighten, amuse, and wondrously enhance my days as a single solitary person on a path I partly chose, and partly have had chosen for me.

      What I Will Remember

      I wonder what I will remember most about her, and what I’ll never forget. Yesterday, for example, she kissed me for the first time… well, sort of. I always hold her and love her. Sometimes we embrace a long time. She loves to hug me, and often such a hug can turn a barrage of meows into a gentle purr. In the morning yesterday, as she stood on top of me, the way she sometimes does just before I get up out of bed, she gently lifted her chin toward my face. She has no lips which makes a kiss rather humorous. But I knew what she was getting at. In the 7 ½ years she and I have been together, she has never done this! I couldn’t believe it. In fact, the thousands of times I have kissed her sweet little lipless fuzzy face, she appeared to be quite

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