Thread: So, I'm Working at This Church Last Week...

...and I see a flyer for a cat that needs a home. We'd been kicking the idea of a feline addition around, so I took a tear sheet off the flyer.

This is Buddy:



His owner was a VeitNam vet (killed by either Agent Orange or Phillip Morris, or both). His friends had a full house, and couldn't keep him. They took the time to voir dire me prior to placement, my family and I passed.

He's a Maine Coon Cat. He's really playful 15 month old, energetic, and loving. My kids adore him. My wife, well, she's a 'dog person' (sigh). Anyway, we're all lucky to have each other.

Only, luck has nothing to do with it. After our last cat passed on over a year ago, we started 'kinda' looking a few months back. The idea of touring Death Row at the shelter kinda weirded me out, so I put off actively looking. Still, I kept feeling a need, a small emptiness. I waited.
I had never been in that church where I saw the flyer. Buddy's foster owner told me that she had just pulled every other flyer, except the one I saw. She was going to pull that one the next day.

Even in small things, Love will find a way.

Good looking cat, I can almost feel the soft fur beneath my fingers. Sounds like it was meant to be.

Congratulations on the new addition to your home. Buddy is VERY good looking! I hope you have many years together! (I share your feelings of "weirdness" about the animal shelter.)

What a pretty cat! Love the story, too. I'm a 'dog person' and I've never had a cat but I still have a soft spot for them. How can you not like a critter that purrs and squinches its eyes shut to smile?

AWwwwww....... she is so cute!!!!!!!!!!!!