As an adult sometimes we carry things from childhood into our adult hood. Many of those things are dealt with and some aren’t. This is an amazing story because it ties in some of the present and the past.  I also want to say future. Let me explain.

My first cat was Patches. She was awesome. My Dad thought she was the smartest because she would go to the bathroom by digging a hole.  He thought that she was the only cat in the world that did that. I let him believe that.  She would run to the spot I’d feed her when she’d hear the can open.  Being a young teen I cried all the time and Patches would jump on my back with her paws kneading me slightly to comfort me. I had raised her since she was a kitten. I called her Patchee for short. Funny, cause that is my last name and Chi is Chee for vital energy or life force. (Pretty cool last name huh?) She also had a patch over her eye as well. She was a black and white.  She unfortunately liked to climb the drapes. I was only a kid and didn’t really know how to train her. My parents were so upset. One day they told me that I could have a puppy if Patchee was gone. I reluctantly agreed.  My Dad put Patchee in a cardboard box and off we went in his car. He drove us to some park far away from our home and told me to leave her there. I was in tears sobbing.  How could I abandon her.  I let her go crying and sobbing un able to speak.  I opened one last can of cat food and left it where I had been standing. I watched Patchee run away.  (I never got a puppy either)

For days that turned into months I had written her name on my wall calendar so that I would never forget her. I needed to punish myself for what I had done. I prayed to God everyday that He would take care of her.

Fast forward.  I suppressed her.  Some of you know about my cat Mochi that just crossed over. But as I started our Reiki practice Patchee became to surface in my thoughts. I began thinking that the Reiki is for Patchee. She somehow led me to this. I never thought about getting closure because I did not realize the pain was that deep.

In comes Charlie the toy chihuahua. Okay, very long story. Charlie was adopted by my little brother Steve. Charlie is his first dog. It was because of my brother that I learned Reiki.  One day as my brother was meditating, Charlie (not in his physical body) brings Patchee to Steve in meditation. Patchee kisses Steve (saying all is okay). Steve then sends me a message telling me about Patchee and asking if he knows her! I burst into tears and tell him he did not know her that Patchee was my childhood cat and what our parents made me do.  Steve said Patchee is okay , she’s on the otherside, sends love.

See the significance? OMG. There’s Patchee- there’s Charlie – there’s unconditional love from our pets forever, even from the otherside.  (I had even forgotten we can communicate to pets from the other side- I can yours,  just forgot about mine!)

Charlie, now, has brought healing to me. He continues to bring healing to my brother and his family as well.