Lonely Winter Leads To A Shelter Cat Who Became My Everything | The Animal Rescue Site

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The story begins in the winter of 2012, when I wasn't able to join my family for Christmas. I was feeling super lonely, so it was a miracle that I didn't go out that weekend and adopt a pet.

The desire to get a pet didn't dissipate at all. So it was about a month later that I turned to my then-boyfriend as I was watching "Too Cute!" on Animal Planet (it was a kitten day) and said, "I need a cat or I will die."

We went to the local shelter 20 minutes later. It was the middle of January so there were no kittens, but there was this fluffy gray and white old lady cat with enormous eyes (we later found out she had cataracts that didn't bother her at all). We opted to see her, and after being placed in my lap by the shelter staff member, she looked around for a second, then plopped down, purring loudly, and drooled all over my pant leg. That was it for me. We took her home a week later.

She was my little shadow and very best friend for a year and a half. She was a sassy girl that liked to sit near me in the bathroom and snore next to me at night. She would reach out with her little paw and poke me in the arm when I was eating something she wanted to share with me (ice cream especially).

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