Kitty, Kitty, Soft and Silky

Running through the house this morning wondering what fire (or heap of clothes or stack of stuff) I should put out first, I blew by the upright in our hall. Then my eyes focused on this….and I stopped and read.

The original manuscript

A Song

“Kitty Kitty soft and silky,

Kitty Kitty fall a sleepy,

Kitty Kitty snory snory,

Kitty Kitty wakey wakey,

Kitty Kitty go outsidey,

Kitty Kitty watch for dogs,

I love you little kitty,

Your my sweetheart. I love you so much,

So I will let you go outside by yourself.

Love, Mommy.”

Very dear, very creative (though now I am wondering if she could have copied this from some old kitty picture book). But no matter. To my daughter, she is the mommy and her kitty is her precious. And even at her young age, she gets motherhood.

You’re my sweetheart. I love you so much…

Therefore, I will let you go outside by yourself. Out with the dogs, other stray beasts, cars, bad influences, and all the evil that could befall you.

I will stop listing right there, for I am a mother and well, there is so much to protect from and it’s really not productive to catalog all the pitfalls that could snare a baby. Even if that baby now approaches 6 feet.