Twists of Fate

I spent a lot of today on the phone with my sister. Long story short - her orange happy-go-lucky doofus of a cat Hobbes is very, very sick. $600 worth of tests later (she will have to pay me back), it looks like a bone marrow thing. He’s tested negative for FIV/Feline Lukemia, but he’s severely anemic and, well. It doesn’t look good.

These two are super attached to each other, and he’s a bright sweet young man (just a year old!) who brings a lot of joy to her life. She’s waiting for the test results that should come in tomorrow from the more in-depth blood screen, and is trying meds for a few days. X-rays were clear, all the rest of the tests were clear. Just waiting to hear about the blood screen.

It’s very frustrating, as she’s teetering between hope and terror and all the stops the pendulum hits in between. We absolutely do not have the money for anything more here, certainly not a bone marrow evaluation and transfusions.

If you could keep DD and Hobbes, and Hobbes’ little sister Tinkerbell in your thoughts for the next couple of days, I would be very thankful. It will be a rough week, and they could both use the help.

Technically, I think Lammas or Lughnasadh would fall on the 9th this year, but many Neo-Pagans celebrate it on August 1st. I’ll open up a bottle of mead tonight, and probably one on the 9th, just because. *G*

I usually take the Sabbats to stop for a bit, to slow down and do a simple ritual and take a moment to appreciate how “the wheel of the year turns”. To me, this is the beginning of Fall, and the harvest. What am I harvesting in my life now? Have I tended to my mental/emotional/physical/spiritual crops so that they prospered, or did something wither on the vine here due to distraction and lack of attention?

There’ve been a lot of changes in the past six weeks or so, and I’m still reeling from a lot of it. There’s a lot of uncertainty in my future, a whole lot of questions that need to be answered. But for now, I shall sit back, cast a circle, light some candles and do some meditating, and offer up some bread, cheese, fruit and wine as thanks for the wonderful things and people I have in my life.

Abundance is all around me, and I thank Them for allowing me to partake of the harvest.