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Letters from a Little Rat by ~angelratdesigns:iconangelratdesigns:



Dear Lord,
Thank you for my mama. You know the one, my human mama. She picked me! How awesome is that. She could have easily chosen another, but she heard me calling to her. She cuddled me on the way home instead of leaving me in the scary box, and gave me the most special foods that night to make me feel welcome. She has given me a new family and they are still unsure about me, but i think everything will be ok because my mama is there to keep me safe.
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Thank you for my mama. She constantly tells me I am beautiful and perfect even though I know I have flaws. Only you, Lord, are perfect, but mama says that my flaws are what make me perfect. I don't understand that but I guess that is what true love is about.
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Thank you for my mama. She makes me take my medicines when I am sick and I hate that, but I do not hate my mama. After all, she is trying to make me get better. Afterwards she gives me something yummy to try to take the bad medicine taste away. I can't wait to get better so she doesn't have to put up with my grumpiness about taking my medicine too long.
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Thank you for my mama. Did I say that already? I can't say it enough. She makes me feel needed especially when she is having a bad day. All I have to do is be there and her troubles melt away. She doesn't know it, but I am always with her, and i feel when she stresses out away from home. I tell her I love her and send calm thoughts to her, but she doesn't hear me very often. Still, I won't stop coming with her in spirit, after all, it is my job. If she thinks of me even once in the middle of her day, she instantly smiles, and I know I have done an extra good job that day.
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Thank you so very much for my mama. My final days are here and she is worried. I want to tell her she has done a good job. The pain I learned to live with was barely noticeable because I love her so very much, but I can hide it no longer. I want her know that she isn’t playing God if she helps me leave this body, she is giving me the greatest gift of all: an honorable release from the pain. Knowing that she is willing to go through such pain to help end mine gives me the courage I need to face this endless night while she watches over me. My time is complete and you already have a plan set in motion to send another little rat to her when the time is right, one to help her heal, one who will feel just as special as I do in her arms.

Tomorrow we will go together to that place where I will be helped out of my broken down body. I can already see the animal spirit who has come to help guide my way when the time comes. If I happen to slip away when my mama isn't with my physical body, I know I will still feel her thoughts surrounding me like a warm blanket of love, keeping me safe.
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Dear Lord,
Thank you for my mama. I just wanted to tell you that in person, Lord. I finally understand how love works, now that I am here with you. There is no limit to love and my mama will never need to give her love for me to anyone else. I will always have a special place in her heart. And I will always be able to visit my mama even though she cannot see me. She gives me purpose even now, though I have left my physical body behind. I will tell her every day that I love her, and I will tickle her memories with my whiskers to watch her smile when she remembers how I looked at her to tell her I loved her.
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Author's Comments

This is a group of letters as written by a rat to her creator as she goes through various major events in her life. It focuses on the love that pet rats have for their human (once you have been truly owned by a rat, you understand completely where this is coming from).

It has been written as a rat's love for her human mama, but it also applies to dads as well.

I give permission to share this on forums, lists, and with anyone you feel could be helped to heal as a result of reading the letters. i only ask you give credit to me. 'angelratdesigns' will do fine but if you want my name... [link]

Also look for Letters from a Loving Pet, the same piece as written from a pet in general, for if you wish to share with non rat forums and groups. [link]

need another tear jerker? [link]

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update: in may or june, 2008, this piece was published in a rat magazine.
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when i wrote this i had a lovely little girl on my shoulder named celia. she had been born with no hands but to me she was perfect, born exactly as intended. her scent was that of grape soda, and i can often smell her scent while i am at work.

another of my personal girls who contributed to the piece was named melanie. she was guided to me to help heal me emotionally, to direct me away from my almost suicidal depression, and is forever the basis of my emotional strength.

i am a bit of an empath, especially with animals, more specifically with rats, but the day i wrote this, i heard a chorus of animals from everywhere, chiming in to give suggestions about what to focus on. it has been too long and i no longer remember what some of the additional "letters" were about, but when i finished this i felt a sense of overwhelming gratification from pets that i did not even know. i know they helped me write this just in case their human read it.

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That is so sweet and adorable.
Rats have got a bad press - I hope lots of people read the letters and change their opinions.

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" And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
And wears man’s smudge and shares man’s smell: the soil
Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod."
"God's Grandeur"
Gerard Manley Hopkins
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That's really sweet...I feel incredibly guilty that I don't take care of my rat enough T__T I can barely take him out to play in other rooms because we now have a dog that wants to eat him...

This kinda reminds me of this rat care book I once read that was in first person, such as saying 'I am your rat friend, I love to play' etc. Even though it was for children it seemed quite uniquer to me compared to most other rat books.
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as long as you love your rats and let them know, they can cope with anything. even not enough "out" time. i have done things i am ashamed of, like keeping four rats in a 29 gal tank (never had to keep the top on) but they knew i loved them and they understood that they were part of a learning experience. when i got internet, i discovered just how much room my girls needed and i felt so guilty.

if you want, you can take them into your bathroom, which is the easiest room to rat/dog proof and just enjoy eachother's company that way. bring some tubes or old towels for them to explore and do some paperwork while they try to distract you.
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:shakefist: got me teary -_-

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Rise and Shine, mothafucka!:dygel:
:iconxiang:
thats so sweet! I know it was writen about/by a rat, but the whole time it made me think of our old dog, Turk, who was my best friend for 10 years! T__T all this -totaly- sounds like the life he and I had! wonderful! simply wonderful!
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aww, that is so sad!:happycry:
when i read that, i think of my rats saying that about me... i miss my rats.:tears:
very beautiful though... makes me smile, and cry.:happycry:

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Peta2: Question Authority
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Meat is murder :( become vegetarian! :)
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beautiful

I've had no rats, but I've had many hammies and guinea pigs

I love reading this and thinking of it from the perspective of all my pets

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Come children. I want to run, for I am the wolf-dog, but life won't agree to my bids...

A vaen, l' kitrye drathir orn doera gordo...

OMG! This picture of Sesshoumaru n Inuyasha is SO HAWT!!! [link]

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