5/08/2010

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there both of beans and furries.

I love my mommy for many reasons. I can list:

The way she makes sure I have fresh food and water and stinky goodness twice a day no matter how busy she is.

The way she always buys the freshest catnip plants and plants them for me to enjoy eating from pots.



The way she always has time to give me pets and scritches even when the blurpy boy needs attention.



The way she says she is proud of my spirit and bravery when I duke it out with the much bigger than me VET techs who outnumber me (even tho she feels guilty about the blood I draw...)

The way she always finds time to play with me and take tons of pictures with me.





The way she lets me get close to the stinky blurpy boy on my terms and doesn't push us together. (in these pictures, I jumped up on the bed when mommy and stinky Joel were already there and demanded pets.) AND the way she keeps me safe from his out of control bungling movements and excitement. After all "Tails are NOT for pulling"






The way she lets me lay on her legs and tummy even when her back aches and she'd rather roll over. Then after she breaks down and rolls over, she makes sure I get all snuggled in next to her and rubs my cheeks till I fall asleep.

The way she joined a book club so she'd have an excuse to sit for hours with me!



The way she tells Joel how lucky they are to have a smart, handsome, good kitty like me and she hopes we'll be best buds someday.

The way she makes sure that even when I get up where I am NOT allowed, nothing will hurt me if I do. AND the way she got all the stuff that would hurt Joel up so he is safe too. After all, he has 2 more hands for petting and feeding. I'd hate to lose their potential.

Like most mommies, mine puts herself last so we can all be taken care of and be happy and safe. Anne M Jarvis may have believed that the tribute day she founded in "Mother's Day" became to commercialized, but, if you will allow me one moment of complete cheezyness, I don't think there is anything we can give our mommies one day a year to make up for all they give us the other 364 days.

Thanks to my mom, my grandmas and all the moms in the world who love us!

25 comments:

Gemini and Ichiro said...

That was a lovely tribute to your Mom.

Jans Funny Farm said...

Aw, Hendrix, we think you love your mom. Happy Mother's Day to her.

Teddy Westlife said...

Happy mother's day to your mum Mr Hendrix!

Anonymous said...

That is a wonderful post! The last pic looks a bit like my female human and me. ;)

Forever Foster said...

What a lovely post, Hendrix. You sure are a lucky mancat to have such a great mum.

It also looks like you've done a great job of casting Joel under your spell. We think you're going to have a great buddy there :)

The Furry Bambinos said...

Happy Mother's Day to your Mommy! That was a great post! You and Joel are both very lucky to have such a wonderful Mommy!

Padre, Panda Bear, Meerkat, Cookie, and Caramel

Brian's Home Blog said...

Ah, that was so very nice! Happy Mother's Day to you Mom and to Moms everywhere!

Katnip Lounge said...

Mr. Hendrix, We think your Mom is GREAT! After all, she loves Bendrix, too!
You expressed yourself so wonderfully, you're a Good Cat.
Happy Mother's Day!

PS our word was "blest"!

Laila and Angel Minchie said...

What a wonderful and beautiful to your very precious Mom! Happy Mother's Day to Mr. Hendrix and Joel's mommie!

Charlemagne and Tamar said...

What a nice tribute to your Mom, Mr. Hendrix!

We hope that you are having a wonderful weekend,
Charlemagne and Tamar

NAK and The Residents of The Khottage Now With KhattleDog! said...

Happy Mother's Day to your special mom!

I hope she had her GOOD boys today!

Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra

SophieKitty said...

Hope your mom has a relaxing, happy day. Joel is one of the cutest babies I have ever seen!

Angel Simba said...

That is a lovely post. Happy Mother's Day to your Mom too, tell her one day little Joel will be able to say the kind things about her that you said today.

Max said...

Aw, dood, that was so...so....sweet.

Now go shred something. You have to.

;)

Cory said...

You wrote such a lovely tribute to you mom!

You know what? I think that Joel is very smart...he's smiling at you!!!

The Island Cats said...

Wow, Hendrix!! You are so lucky to have such a wonderful mom!!

Happy Mother's Day to her!!

(pee ess. our mom says that Joel is really cute...)

Just Ducky said...

Happy Mum's Day!

michico*Adan*Lego-小芥*阿丹*樂高 said...

Happy Mother's day to you!

Keiko said...

Aww Happy Mother's Day for yesterday! That was a really beautiful post, Hendrix!
Purrs, Keiko Kenji & Pricilla

Goldie, Shade and Banshee said...

What a great post! We hope your mom had an extra special day!!

Anonymous said...

Love a lovely post you did for your mom! We hope she had a great Mother's Day!!!

Shilgiah the Cat said...

What Max said

Mark's Mews (Marley, Lori, Loki, and Binq) said...

Nip, Scritches, and Play! Cant get better than that. She sure loves ya...

Ivan from WMD said...

What a wonderful post, Hendrix. We enjoyed all the pictures, too.

Angel, Kirby and Max said...

Thank you so much for your words of comfort in our time of loss. It means a lot to have friends like you! Nan