Not Really a Wordless Wednesday - Part 2

Last week I took over Lola's diary for a day and published a post about a photo of her that I think speaks 1000 words. I had originally considered posting it as part of #Wordless Wednesday, but Lola had other ideas about that (she can be an opinionated kitty at times.)

I also have a photo of Lexy that speaks to me in the same way.

I took this photo of Lexy about 10 minutes after bringing her home.  A little back story - Lexy was in a shelter for a time period of anywhere between 9 to 12 months (most likely on the higher side of that estimate.) For all of that time she lived in a cage.  She was also part of an adoption event every weekend, and she spent those weekends in a cage on display looking at people with her big, expressive eyes trying to woo them into taking her home.  That really broke my heart and was part of the reason I wanted to take her home right then and there.

Fast forward to her gotcha day.  As soon as I got her home she used the litter box, sniffed around a little, and then jumped in the window to look outside.  I don't remember how long she sat there, but I couldn't even lure her out with Temptation treats.  After all of those months of not seeing the outside world she was so excited to sit in that window, feeling the breeze on her fur and watching the goings on of the world.  When I look at this photo words that come to mind are awe, excitement, happiness, wondrous, exuberant.  At one point she looked at me and then looked back outside. I just know she was saying "Thank you".

You stole a piece of my heart that day, Lexy, and I never got it back.


Dawn