Watching Sunlight

sunlight was a brightly colored calico cat we had when i was little i watched her birth four kittens i saw her clean them and nudge them to their feeding stations she looked at me and blinked i watched her raise them she cleaned, fed, played with, batted, or purred them up when they needed it at the time they needed it (immediate appropriate response) i grew up, myself i worked with children i worked with adults i had two children of my own i found that sunlight’s advice worked