Well, good thing that this isn't a popular journal with alot of folks. Here it is, some 18 days later with no entries. I simply felt that nothing interesting was going on worth talking about...boy, was I wrong.

Kitt got into a fight...I guess nearly a week ago. I didn't think too much about it, except that it was the worst one ever ~ his opponent was a yellow tom cat who was also his equal. It was a first because on the rare events that Kitt's been in a fight, the odds are usually in his favor because of his size.

Not this time.

So I've been cleaning wounds and finding all the ones I've missed. I knew about the claw wounds to his belly, the multiple small claw marks on his back and of course, his ear. We spent two days cleaning out his ear ~ it was another one where I couldn't see the original wound at first. Four days ago, I found another one that I missed on the side of his head, opposite of the wounded ear ~ when it began swelling. I couldn't figure it out at first because I couldn't find the original wound. It just kept swelling ~ growing into a large, hard lump. I began to joke about it ~ it was starting to look as if Kitt was turning back into a tom cat himself! Still, joking aside, I was beginning to worry about it ~ what if it wasn't directly related to the fight? What if it was an abcess or a tumor or something? Anyway...last night, I finally found it. It was close to his mouth, almost hidden by the swelling itself.

I'm getting to the point of this whole thing. I promise.

Remind me that next time I decide to work a healing, to go a little easier on it. I spent the last part of Ostara (you know - it was the Equinox yesterday.) working on healing Kitt. I used the method I learned years ago ~ feed energy into the wound to 'push' the sickness (or 'bad energy', if you will) out, letting it 'stream' into Mother Earth to be purified and recycled ~ with a twist.

Usually, I just use white light. This time, since I am the Firewolf, I used elemental fire (NOT 'real' fire! Elemental fire is the 'spirit' or essence of fire ~ it exists on the other planes, not here on the material plane) to help this healing along. I don't know why I've never used it before ~ it certainly works!

Anyway ~ back to the story.

I don't remember how long I worked on Kitt. It seemed like quite a while. It also got pretty warm ~ a bit warmer than usual since I was using fire. Like I said, I envisioned the fire going in, pushing the sickness out and 'purifying' the area. I envisioned the sickness pouring out and going into the earth. Afterwards, I went to bed...

...to wake up to a mess. The wound had just opened up and was pouring out, not onto Mother Earth but on my bed. It was fairly nasty ~ it reminded me of that juice that runs out of cooking hamburger. You know, the stuff that runs clear until it hits the bottom of the pan and then it just kind of solidifies into slimy mess the same color as the burger itself. There was alot of it too ~ I imagine that we'll be working on this one for a while, too.

Just as long as it doesn't wake me up again. That's not really a pleasant way to greet the day...except as a reminder that Magick works and what it means to be a Witch.