...were raised by two stray-cat mothers during the end of summer of 2022. It was Leola, the bronze tabby dominant mother, and her sister, Amythest, who first came to me, skinny and nursing between them six kittens. I coaxed them with food and began interacting with them by the end of August. The mothers would let me pet them, and shortly after the kittens, at approximately  eight weeks old, began to be enticed with kitten food and toys.  The kittens all loved to eat and play together, but were still very skittish  of human contact.  Finally, I was able to get close enough, crouching over the food dish while calling "Here Kitty Kitty.”  I could reach over and gently touch them, and they let me. At nine weeks their eyes turned from blue to green, and I watched them grow like little weeds. Observations of love and patience by these mother cats were not just lessons for the kittens' safety. Who knew there is such a thing as cat psychology? And yet the mothers’ instincts were ever present and ever watchful with purrr-ing calls and distinct me--eeeows. The kittens learned to heed and obey. They all played chase games and bounded through fields together.