06/13/2025
To the breeder doing her best:
I see you.
I see the early mornings, the late or sleepless nights, the quiet sacrifices no one else notices. The way you hold your breath when you check on newborns. The way your heart sinks with every tiny worry, and soars with every small victory.
You are doing your best — and your best is extraordinary.
Behind every clean litter box, every fresh food bowl, every health record carefully updated, there is a person who chose responsibility over ease, love over comfort. Behind every socialized kitten, every perfectly matched home, there’s a person who poured time, thought, and heart into every decision.
You carry the weight of lives — not just the ones you raise, but the families you create. You hold so much more than tiny bodies in your hands. You hold dreams, futures, promises.
Most people will never understand just how much it truly takes.
The canceled plans. The constant “just one more thing” that keeps you up late.
The ache in your body when you’re sick but still show up. The ache in your heart when you say goodbye to one you’ve loved from the very first breath.
They might see the kittens. They might see the smiles. But they don’t see the nights you sat up worrying. They don’t see the heartbreak when something doesn’t go as planned. They don’t see the deep responsibility you carry every single day.
You give your best — not because it’s easy, but because it’s who you are. Because when you chose this life, you promised yourself you would never cut corners. That every kitten, every cat, would know love, safety, and care because of you.
And you have kept that promise, even on the days when you are tired, overwhelmed, and stretched thin.
You may not always hear it, you may not always feel it- but you are seen.
You are valued, and you are making a difference, one small life at a time.
And even when it feels like no one notices — know this: The lives you’ve touched, both hairless and human, carry a piece of your heart with them forever, and that love echoes farther than you can ever imagine.🤍