Thank you. I'm trying to let them go. It's hard but I'm trying.

Melissa

Quote Originally Posted by Lizzie View Post
I'd feel exactly the same way you feel, Melissa - guilty, frustrated, exhausted, drained, worried. However, the facts are these. They are in a safer place than they were. You are in contact with the rescue place. Your home is full. You cannot afford to take care of any more cats, either financially and emotionally. All over this country right now kittens and cats are being euthanized, not because they are sick or slightly disabled, but because they are excess to our wants. Some are euthanized because they are black, I know because I called a rural shelter in the mid-west a few years ago and the manager told me they euthanized all black kittens on arrival. That has haunted me because I love black cats best of all. You have given these kittens and cats a chance.

You have done your damndest and more. You have to let other people take responsibility.

You have everyone's admiration and respect for the work you do, and we all wish we could help you more. We want you to think about all the good you have done and enjoy the cats in your home that you have rescued. Put your hands in their soft, warm fur and let all that guilt and worry flow out of you.