The unexpected sources of healing

[darkemeralds]

A week ago, a dear friend hurt me pretty badly. Today, the post office delivered the mail they've been holding for me since I left on vacation, and in it was a very lovely, thoughtful gift from that same friend.

About four months ago now, Monsoon died. It was a shocking thing to witness, and I knew I hadn't fully dealt with it.

When I opened my front door to get my mail this afternoon, a young cat, about three months of age, came strolling in to my house.





Monsoon

Son of Monsoon

There is no telling where healing will come from.

Comments

[thecaelum.livejournal.com]

That's such an amazing story. I'm delighted that another cat has found his way to you, and I wish you both a long and happy relationship.

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

Hey stranger!

Thank you. I think I may have misrepresented this story a bit. Rufus, the little fella, seems to belong to the neighbors. But I really do believe he's of Monsoon's lineage (after all, Monsoon could NOT stay indoors, and did a great deal of catting about), and it did my heart good to see the circle of life, etc.

How's by you? I've been barely looking at LJ lately--so much going on in my head, you know?--so forgive me for being a stranger my ownself.

[thecaelum.livejournal.com]

That cad! I'm glad to hear he lives on. *g*

*hugs* Nothing to forgive. You've had a rough time of it lately. When you're feeling up for some socializing, feel free to wander by my LJ or find me on AIM.

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

Refresh my memory as to your AIM ID. I re-loaded my chat client and lost a bunch of contacts.

[thecaelum.livejournal.com]

Sure! I'm caelumns, because I am zomgsocreative. *sheepish grin*

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

Seriously gorgeous icon, by the way.

[thecaelum.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I bailed on SV fandom, dumped the SV icons, and then went on a Hunt for better, multipurpose visual representation. *g* I love my new collection, and it leaves me almost hopelessly indecisive when I post or comment. But in a good way.

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

Oooh, that one's purty too. I see you're now Playing The Field. You need new icons for that sort of thing!

My icon collection has migrated away from fandom as well, and I find myself looking at and for images that say subtler things in subtler ways.

[thecaelum.livejournal.com]

You would love the work at obsessiveicons. Check them out, they have a lot of excellent and gorgeous icons to choose from. iconsbysarah has some lovely work as well.

On the subject of pretty visuals, urban_decay is also a must-see community, specialising in artistic photographs of urban decay, and foto_decadent often has visually stunning images.