Pure Sweetness

Last night I had the privledge of interacting with our 4 year old niece Maddy. She is sweet as pie. Her heart is sooo big and so genuine that the words that come out of her mouth often amaze me. This picture is from the wedding a little over a year ago (yes that's me in the poofy dress).

So last night her dad, brother-outlaw brought her over to see the kitties before they left town the next day. She has a deep fascination and love for animals. When Shadow, my escape artist cat ran away, she was sincerely concerned for my other cat, Lindsey and her not having a playmate. That's how much she loves and cares for these animals.

Anyways, last night she came over and tortured my cats. Shadow is pretty tolerant. He'll let you poke him and hold him and won't scratch, bite or hiss. Lindsey usually goes into hiding when the noisey ones are around. But Maddy still had a blast chasing Shadow up and down the hallways.

At one point she started shoving one of our couch pillows into the cat condo. I of course was puzzled as to why she would do this as were all the adults. So brother-outlaw being the good dad that he is asked Maddy, "why are you putting that pillow in there?" Her response "so they have some place nice to sleep." Perfectly logical when put that way. It was just so kind of her to think that they might need some place as comfy as her own bed to lay their furry little heads.

She also was very concerned because there was no food in their bowls. It wasn't feeding time, but explain that to a 4 year old. She actually whispered it to her daddy that they had no food. He in turn told her to ask me if it was okay if she fed them. Which she did eventually in her own kid language, and of course I let her feed them.

Her love was just so big for these two cats. She genuinely didn't want them to be hungry or uncomfortable. She absolutely amazes me in her pure sweetness for other living beings. I wish we all had that much love to give.