A Birthday Wordzzle ... For Mia

Happy Valentine’s Day Everybody. Show a little love to everyone in your life – including yourself. Take yourself for a walk, make yourself a martini, eat a big old cupcake.

Today is Mia’s Birthday. We think she’s 8 or 9 – or 20. Who knows. I picked Valentine’s Day for her birthday because it is almost a year ago, to the day, that she joined our family. And she has a heart shaped nose.

I posted some pictures of Mia on THE PHOTO BLOG as part of my Camera Critters post.

And I wrote a little birthday Wordzzle for her. I’m sure she’ll read it later when she logs in to check all the Camera Critters posts.

The story is a dramatization of the conversation I had with the wonderful man who spends all his free time rescuing animals and finding them homes.

ubiquitous, do you see what I see, getting a word in edgewise, wild goose chase, grandmother of five, Freemasons, Pacific Paradise, everything and nothing, insanity prevails
shortening the distance, it’s all about bloggers, the Fortress at Pigeon Falls, finding Pam, a raven’s nest

As usual Jack was trying to do far too many things at once. “Insanity prevails” he shouted into his cell phone while grabbing adoption papers off the fax. “Hello? Hello?” came the voice from the speaker. “Hang on a second” Jack said as he leapt over several cages. It occurred to him that he needed to reorganize his space with a focus on shortening the distance between his desk and the fax and printer. Every simple task shouldn’t feel like a wild goose chase.

Jack forgot he had someone on hold until he heard snippets of conversation coming from his pocket. “I’m trying to get a word in edgewise …”

“Hello! I’m so sorry. I’m trying to do everything and nothing is getting done.” Dianne laughed – “I know that drill, I just couldn’t tell if you were talking to me or yourself. I’m looking at your website and wondering about the female cat that needs a home – her name is Mia.” Jack said he was on the site. “Do you see what I see?” Dianne said, “She’s the little one that was found near the football field.” Jack said he had a pit bull named Pam who’d been found in a parking lot. “I don’t know about finding Pam” Dianne said, “although Pam the Parking Lot Pit bull is a great show name. Kim told to me to call about Mia – she said you were having trouble finding her a home.”

Jack and Dianne talked for a long time with many interruptions; a grandmother of five had a sick kitten, a group of injured rabbits in the woods behind the Freemasons Hall and a nest, a raven’s nest, in danger from a colony of feral cats. “The ubiquitous animal crisis world” Jack mumbled. “People like Kim help a lot”, he said clearly. “She blogs about animals like Mia and Pam. I get a lot of help from her readers. These days a blog post is better than a mention in the local paper, it’s all about bloggers.”

Dianne offered to come to the animal haven to meet Mia. “That’s great” Jack said. “Let me tell you where we are. Do you know the jug handle off Exit 60?” Dianne said she did. “Good. We’re a few miles in from there. Take the main road into the Pigeon Falls development, there’s a Chinese restaurant on the corner – it’s called Pacific Paradise. Make a left right after the restaurant and follow the signs for the Fortress.” “The Fortress at Pigeon Falls?” Dianne asked confused. “Wasn’t that a meeting hall? Didn’t they close it last year?” Jack hesitated. “You know I think they did. I have a better idea. I’ll bring Mia to you.”

Dianne’s directions for Jack were much simpler than looking for restaurants and fortresses and a meeting date of February 14th was decided on. Now all Dianne had to do was convince Siren that he really wanted a sister.

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And if you'd like to give Mia a little something for her birthday then add THE ANIMAL RESCUE SITE to your bookmarks and click there every day to help her friends.