My dream is becoming a reality.

[hamsterjill]

I am so excited and I am SO grateful.

I have been rescuing cats for over thirty years. I run a nonprofit and over the years, we’ve acquired a large number of cats that were not adoptable for various reasons. The majority of these cats are now senior in age as is their human care taker.

It has always been my dream to move to a rural area, and to build an area that is safe and secure for these kitties to be allowed to live out their lives.

My family has saved for well over a decade, and recently, we were able to finally find a suitable property and have closed on it. The previous owner had horses and there is a tack shed with attached covered stalls that will lend itself well to being reconfigured for the cats. The contractor will start next week.

I am so excited!! It is hard to believe that this is real and is finally happening after dreaming, planning, scrimping, discussing and hoping for such a long time. I find myself overcome by tears many times during the day - sheer gratitude and relief that had been held for years and can finally start to be released. There is a great deal of fear and angst hoping we will have enough funds to complete this project and can find the RIGHT people to do the work. There is also just a whole lot of physical labor ahead of us in moving ourselves and the cats and all that goes along with the cats.

But we are on our way!!! I merely wanted to share this and publicly state how grateful I am to finally be realizing my dream. The last few years have been so hard on ALL of us. Trump, COVID, you name it. It’s been hard.

I am hopeful for the first time in a long time.

Thanks for reading. I love everyone right now.