dredger said:
Dear Heather,
I received an answer.
Strange thing is that, when I wrote my previous answer yesterday, I finally deleted a 4th paragraph/sentence, and what I deleted is approximatively the answer I received.
The exercice was done by 5 persons and they concluded that Genevieve left you because she finished her mission with you and she felt "called" somewhere else. The woman also wrote in her answer, but i don't know if it's a message to you or to Genevieve, but that "she" needs to experiment the "letting go" in the love and trust/confidence.
The paragraph I wrote was similar but presenting it through another angle, I wrote that some animals use to leave their human friend for another who need them more, but also added that you should continue your investigations because I feel you'll meet her again (of course i hope it also), and that maybe she could "give" you one of her kitten in the future (of course, if she was sterilized, this will not happen).
The "good" news is that Genevieve seems to be still well alive. As i said, but this is only my opinion, as you already searched about her and probably spotted the people who take care of her now, you should continue to investigate, as it'll be better for all that you see Genevieve in order to take a final decision about her. It's kinda like a child who leave the family house to live his life, it's difficult to accept, and the "experiment the letting go" take here all its sense. I wish you the best end for this story, and do not hesitate to inform me about.
Cheers
Thank you, Dredger, for how kind you've been. It would be good to know if the person was speaking to me or Genevieve, but if I take it to mean myself that does resonate, not just in terms of Genevieve.
As concerns Genevieve, I would like to see her again, and I did send a letter to an address that should find its way to the family that may well have her. My tarot cards say to be patient, that they will come through in some way. I do feel torn about the whole thing since my older cat, Crescent, is much happier now that Genevieve is gone. This pains me, of course, and I have to keep reminding myself that he is a cat, and he never wanted this young companion that I stuck him with. As for Genevieve, she never wanted to be tied to what can only appear to her as this old grumpy man, Crescent, who isn't interested in playing with her, etc. So, if Genevieve is happier with this orange cat friend of hers, and Crescent is happier without Genevieve, then the only being left unhappy now is myself! Not that I'm not happy FOR these two beings. I am. And I show a lot of love to Crescent, even though a part of me feels broken hearted that things have turned out as they have. I know someone who has an older cat and a much younger cat and they both get along, and so every situation is different. Obviously, I hoped that would be the case for Crescent and this new, young potential companion, Genevieve.
So, all things considered, the person is probably talking to me, and so I need to practice "letting go in the love/trust relationship."
Interesting, but the cat communicator I spoke with wound up bringing up my own abandonment issues from childhood, or together we did. It's not that I lacked either parent. It's just that they weren't there in all the ways one realizes later one would have needed to be a whole person. Also, some children become the emotional caretakers in the family and that was my role. It robs one of one's freedom to become, as it were, and ties one to allegiances that are limiting. That I would raise this lovely, funny, clownish little cat, Genevieve, that I loved so dearly, but that I should tie her to this grumpy older cat (from her perspective, since Crescent is lovely when he's alone with me), but that I should do that to her is troubling. And so she, in a sense, sets an interesting example by freeing herself of what isn't working, and moving on to where she can enjoy her life more fully. On my end it's to free myself from old allegiances that don't even physically exist given both my parents are gone now. And yet, as most of us know, it's not that easy. These patterns are ingrained in us, and so it's quite a challenge.
So.. I don't know if these people will contact me. They aren't up here, as it's a summer/weekend sort of place where Genevieve apparently followed the orange cat to, and the family took her to their main home from up there. I did ask them to return Genevieve to me in the letter I wrote, if they do in fact have her, since I didn't think trying to negotiate anything subtle through a letter would be the right way to go about things. What the humans did in this situation was wrong -- that is, to take a cat when just visiting somewhere for a weekend. They wouldn't like it if someone did the same thing to their indoor/outdoor cat, as could just as easily happen. So, on the human front I'm feeling wronged. But, as with the King Solomon story, that may have little to do with the real issues here, which involve what's best for these little beings among us. If these people do contact me, and are friendly towards me, then a more nuanced conversation could take place, and I could express these various concerns. But I don't even know for certain that that's what will happen.
Anyway, thanks again Dredger. This whole thing really did "dredge" things up for me, and so your name is very appropriate in this instance!
Be well, and best for the holidays,
Heather
