This is a poem I'd like to share with you all

We furry ones want to thank God above
for the human hands that show us love.
For the loving hands that stroke our backs,
rub our bellies and give us snacks.

For once we were afraid and alone.
No one to love us, no place to call home.
Some lived in the street, looking in trash
for food to eat.

Some of us had humans who used to hit.
We trembled in corners afraid of it.
But someone reached in and touched
our paw, held us in their arms
and that old life was no more.

They worked with us and loved us through,
showed us something that we never knew.
That humans could be gentle, loving and
kind and if we were naughty, they didn't mind

Because they knew we were acting as fur
kids do and didn't mind that their home
was a zoo.

Somehow these humans looked in our
eyes, seeing the life that to them was a
prize.

Our spirits may have been broken,
battered and bent, but we responded
to the love that was heaven sent.

So this Thanksgiving Day, we thank
God above, put our paws together
and thank him for the love.

(c) Heidi A. Dietrich
(Dictated by the kitties of course!)

(This is for all the hoomans who lub furry children and have given us homes! We lub you!)