I Feel So Unnecessary

Yesterday while sitting in the chair reading the phone rang. The husband picked it up, spoke for a few minutes to the caller, and handed it to me. It was my Dad. " Lisa, do you have a box?", he asked.  " I think so. Why do you need one?", I asked. " I went to the store and on the way I hear ' Meow , meow, meow.' The damn cat got under my seat and is having kittens." So... about an hour later after I finished laughing I found a box and went outside. " Bring the box here, she's under the seat. You'll have to get 'em. I can't reach under there. I'll get you a towel." " I don't think I can fit either," I said. " You can reach better than I can." " Um, ok." So I gently reached under the seat and extracted the mother... " OOH OOH OOH, one's still attached," I exclaimed as I sat the mommy cat back down. " It's ok. That happens. Just pick it up and put...

Yesterday as I was On my Wal-mart to our local friendly neighborhood Wal-mart. As I pulled onto the highway I heard a "THUNK" and when I looked back my mother's kitten was on the road. It's leg appeared hurt but it looked to be scrambling toward the side of the road. When I saw it I immediately turned around with "ohshitohshit, please don't be dead" going though my head. But it wasn't there. I got out, called for it, and drove around the area several times looking for it. Still didn't find it. So... a little while later I finally got up the courage to tell Mom. " Let's go look for it," she said. " But Mom I've looked and looked for it and couldn't find it." " Let's just go look." So we went back to the spot and didn't see it. Mom told me, " Let's go look one more time and call it." So we did. " Here kitty, here kitty." MEOW. MEOW. MEOW. " I hear it!",...