Many of you know the story of Bear...

Bear being the evil cat, mother of our beloved Helmut. And many of you also know that Helmut is terminally ill with an ENORMOUS tumor in his shoulder. Well anyway, Bear is really not a nice cat, as those of you who have had the pleasure of meeting her or watching her videos know.

Last night, Bear wakes up MIL and SFIL by meowing incessantly (not normal). Finally SFIL gets up and Bear leads him to the kitchen. He sees the food and water are full so he's like but she keeps meowing. Then he notices Helmut standing on the floor looking up at the food and water (which is on top of the counter so the dogs don't eat it). SFIL then realizes that Helmut wants to eat but is no longer able to jump up there because of his shoulder. So he picks him up and puts him up by the food. He sits on the couch figuring he'll wait for Helmut to be done and make sure he can get down. He falls asleep. Wakes up to Bear, meowing in his face. Helmut was finished eating and wanted to come down.

Maybe it's the preg hormones, but hearing this story just now brought tears to my eyes. Bear, the world's worst pet and awful mother to her numerous litters of kittens, has a shining moment - right in time for Mother's Day.



and of course, the picture that made the Bear.