This poem is about a product I invented for baby animals.People always ask me why I thought of it so I made a poem to explain. Always With the Animals Animals were always my friends. When I was alone, they were the ones who stayed. I loved them, and they loved me too. If I wasn’t around animals, I never felt safe. The feeling of fur was the feeling of home. With animals I truly never felt alone. Every allowance I got turned into a goldfish, a hamster, something small to hold tight. And my mom always let me have a cat— she knew animals made my world feel right. I used to sit in the back of the vet clinic, greeting every animal that came through the door with a little pat, wishing I could do even more. I fixed a few broken wings, helped after animal attacks, saved a couple of dogs along the way— but my heart always wanted to give more back. Then came the bottle babies— tiny mouths, tiny cries, one by one by one. So cute, so sweet, but overwhelming when life still had to run. And then a thought rose up in my mind: there has to be a way to feed more than one at a time, to help the people who save the day. I couldn’t let that idea slip away. So here I am with Steed’s Baby Bottle Bed, made for the caregivers who give so much. This is my way of saying I see you, I get it, and I’m right here with you— in heart, in memory, in touch. By Rosalind P. Steed Website: www.steedsbabybottlebed.com