Meet Hissyspit- Assistant Manager                   What does one say about pain and spasms that destroys a life time of work?  You either choose to live in a prison of depression and die slowly or you learn to celebrate what is left and continue on and learn that true love and happiness are a matter of the heart and not the physical body.  So I follow my heart and it has led me places where I never thought I would go.  This site is only one of the many blessings that my heart has led me too and so I am most blessed, despite the ravage of disease on my body. My doc disabled me late last May because of Chronic left shoulder/cervical strain, CMP,CPS, and a half a dozen co existing conditions. Throw in the ADHD and Bipolar labels too, and call me a real mess physically. But hey, like I said, the body is but a shell and my heart still beats and it is very alive and well. Don’t label me a victim, don’t corral me in pity, and don’t tell me that my life ended because of the diagnosis and prognosis that look a bit grim. Laugh like I am as I await the next label, the next disease they suspect I have, fibro! Like I say, you choose to die or live on and I will only pause long enough to learn how to adjust to this fibro thing too. Life is short and I have too much to do! I was a city girl until I dropped out and became country. Yep that tom girl, clad in flannel shirts, jeans, and mud boots and in her glory years. If it has four legs, I want it. I am becoming adept in nursing orphan calves and in the knowledge of farm wisdom. Since becoming disabled, I have dedicated all my time into learning about the earth and how to read it. I have been blessed with teachers who show me by example and experience that life is complex and interesting. And they have helped me find wealth in all the things that I have learned. But my greatest blessing are the birds and the beasts, both wild and domestic, and who are in integral part of my everyday world. To them I owe the most, because they give the most and ask the least of me. Hissy's critters! Animals are the true definition of “unconditional love�?and in them I find a comforts and healings, great and small.  Let me tell you about two special cats in my life, Hissyspit(the origanal) and Mocos . Original Hissyspit-2001-2008  R.I.P.    Hissyspit!   Her name comes from the way she carried on so when I first brought her home as all she did was hiss and spit, so thus Hissyspit she became.  Though she appears a bit less than loveable, she is all love and devotion, born on Valentines Day in 2001. She is my shadow, my kindred spirit, and is never more than a few feet away from me.  When I post, she sits on my lap, and as I read some posts aloud, she will meow and carry on and give her own opinion.   Hissy has taught me well, lessons of unconditional love. She has taught me the true meaning of companionship and compassion, as on my worst days, when I can’t get out of bed, she stays with me. She will pat my face with her paw so that I open my eyes and then meow as if to ask if I am all right. Then she will lay down beside me and watch over me as I sleep. Never once has she ever failed to be there when I have reached out. Her devotion and love are my inspiration, and I try to follow in her footsteps. Hissy well represents all things that I believe in. Love that is unconditional, devotion that never fails, giving everything I have, reassurance when the spirit weakens, compassion and understanding, and friendship that has no limits. But most of all, Hissy, reminds me that forgiveness is the greatest of all gifts, as she never fails to forgive me when I have done something to hurt her feelings or neglected her for what ever reason. Thus, Hissy, is my ambassador of good will and friendship.   Mocos is opposite of Hissy.  Mocos, in Spanish means Booger, and a booger this one is.  When I first met her, she had been kept in a basement and was very scared and lonely. Such sad eyes, I had never seen. So when I held her and she clung to me as if begging not to leave her, there was no doubt in my mind, she was meant to come into my life. In return for bringing her here, Mocos has fulfilled her promise to remain faithful in return for freeing her of her basement prison, and from the loneliness that seem to haunt her soul.  Where Hissy stands to fight, Mocos turns and leaves, walks away and insists on peace. So Mocos, has been my teacher in learning that peace and tranquility of spirit is virtue and not weakness. Mocos also teaches me humility as she continues to refuse to fight with the other cats in the household. If she is swatted or scratched, unless cornered and there is no other means of escape, she simply walks away. She bears no grudges, no hate, seeks no revenge. Thus I have learned the value of humbleness and that it is not a sin, but a quality that allows one to see the many blessings laid before us.  Animals are the true definition of “unconditional love�?and in them I find a comforts and healings, great and small.