Sassy the Cat

Assalamu Alaikum:

I have some good news about Sassy. My husband is friendly with one of our old neighbors and he spoke with him today and asked if they would feed her. The neighbor said that would be fine, and in fact, he and his family are moving into our old duplex the first of June.

He said that they will give her food at the duplex for now, and after they move in they will try to talk to her and let her know they are friendly. We are going to take them a huge bag of food tomorrow, and explain her little quirks, and then Insha'Allah they will take over.

I am sure Sassy will not come to them, she still runs from my husband and he was there when she was born, but at least she will have food and water and they will not hurt her, Insha'Allah. And I can probably go by every now and then and call her so she will know I still love her.

I am a little sad that she will still be alone and not at the farm with her mom and sisters, but Al HamdilAllah she will have food and be relatively safe.  And I will never forget her. I have one of her brothers, Nimur, and her litter mate and sister, Hedeya, and I always talk to them about her. Now I just have to say good-bye to her in my heart. Al HamdilAllah for everything.

Assalamu Alaikum Sisters:

This will probably be my last post on Sassy. I have not been able to catch her, I tried almost everything, but she managed to not get caught. Even tuna in the trap after not feeding her for 2 days didn't work. She just sat about a foot away and meowed.

I know a Sister that lives right around from my old duplex, and she puts food out for 3 strays, so she said that she would feed Sassy also if I could get her to come over to her yard. I have gone for the last week, in the floods and in the cold, to stand in her back yard and call for Sassy. Sassy never showed up, so today I finally couldn't stand it anymore and went to the duplex.

Sassy was waiting in the backyard. I can only assume that everytime I have called, she has come to the duplex and waited for me. She had a cut on her nose, and she was very thin. There were plastic trash bags in the carport because they are painting and getting the duplex ready to be rented, and Sassy had torn them open and dragged most of the contents out looking for food. She looked bad. She let me rub her very briefly, I felt her bones, then she skittered away. I gave her alot of dried food, and she ate quite a bit of it before she went to hide again.

On the way home I started crying because the reality of the situation hit me. I'm not going to be able to catch her, and I cannot keep going to feed her. I'm not even sure that going to my friend's and calling her is a good idea because she just goes and waits at the duplex. That is what makes me the most sad, thinking of her sitting there waiting for me to show up.

I am just really sad now, because I feel that I have abandoned her and she is hungry and scared and very confused. Perhaps this is a test of my complete faith in Allah. I think I'm not doing very well.

That's all.