10/24/2025
As I type, I am cuddling a foster kitten we helped rescue on September 29, 2025.
How we started this foster journey...
Hey all - I am a 2020 foster failure... I was told during a heat wave during the summer of 2020 that five neonate kittens were found in a discarded fast-food taco box outside of a restaurant. People were actively walking past this box, on a sidewalk, and throwing trash on top of these babies. The sweltering 115-degree fareinhieght temperatures of direct sunlight on these abandoned kittens was brutal. Unfortunately, by the time those kittens came to us, two had perished. This should have never happened. I opened my home to these young kittens, and fell in love... it was a whirlwind of highs and lows, and we almost lost Regina a few times... BTW - I was a foster failure story for the three survivors. I presently have two and my daughter has the other in Wisconsin. Sigh... The emotional turmoil and the progress toward getting them to where they are today put a pause on my foster feline journey. The heart can only take so much.
Fast forward to September 29, 2025...
We responded to a Facebook post about two kittens found in the middle of the road in downtown Fayetteville, TN. The children who found the kittens didn’t know where to take them, and their mother posted a plea asking for help.
Something clicked in my head, and I felt I AM READY to answer and help. So. I answered. I felt ready. I looked at my "foster failures" that are thriving here, and thought... why not? Why can't I also help those young and forgotten felines again?
This time, I want to help and give these vulnerable neonates a chance. AAAAAnd I want to be an intermediary, not a foster failure. (OMG - I run a full-time working farm plus work a "day" job remotely!) I'm approaching this much wiser and confident tha tI can love these little ones with every piece of my heart and accept that they will one day have the most perfect home. I am a work-in-progress because I love them so much.
Once we took the downtown twin kittens in, we discovered they were very sick and heavily infested with fleas. To the point that you could sit the kitten on a paper towel and it would be bloody. The boy kitten started to go downhill, so we rushed him to the vet, where we found he was in urgent need of medical care. We stayed up all night bottle-feeding the kittens and giving them lots of love and support. They have been hitting incredible milestones. Slowly getting better.
I love them with all of my heart, and I genuinely feel the furever owner will see in them what I see.
Yet - I felt - I can still help; how can I still help, I wondered.
- and we reached out on social media asking how I can help neonate kittens in our local community. The resulting Facebook comments and private messages floored me. So many neonate kittens are abandoned in my local community. I am still mentally processing the outpouring of the post I made on a local community group.
I answered another post and took in another neonate. Be still, my heart... she's a presence :D
I also signed up to be a foster household for my local Humane Society and took in another abandoned kitten.
Yes... Yes - this is a lot of moving parts as I type this, but... You know what???? Four young kittens are sleeping peacefully indoors right now, safe, receiving love, veterinary care, and support from someone who answered the call...
We felt the need to help because we want to make a difference in the world, one paw at a time.
I created this page for these foster kittens to show the world that the tiniest meow can be spread the loudest online.
