hi everyone! my name is leese and i'm from houston, texas. i'm a 26 year old residential real estate broker and i'm married with no kids... other than murphy!
murphy is 10 and i've had him since he was a kitten baby. he's the greatest cat ever!!! i got him when i was totally in mourning after my other baby, bootsie passed away. i cried for so long, i was in horrible shape and my vet told me i should probably wait a little while to get another cat. THE WORST ADVICE EVER! one day i went to the SPCA and just sort of looked around. i'm a firm believer that your cat picks you, not the other way around. i knew my cat wasn't there... i didn't bond with any of the babies there and vice versa. then i went to petsmart on a saturday when they have those adopt-a-cat get togethers. i met this wonderful woman who had some kittens there. they were awesome but again, we didn't click. we talked for hours though...i hung out and played with the kittens all afternoon (the best therapy EVER, by the way! nothing cures depression better than kittens & children!
) then she told me she had 3 more kittens at home who weren't old enough to be in the program yet but when they were, she was going to adopt them out. she thought i would love them and be a good mommy to them so we made plans for her to come to my house the next day and said i could decide if i wanted any or all of them and we could just do a private adoption. i was so excited, even though i hadn't seen them, i knew! i immediately got in the car, called my mom, best friend, everyone i knew and told them i think i found my new baby! and of course, the next day, i met my murphy baby. he was 1 of 3 siblings... i wish i could have adopted all of them but my mom said no way. they were all wonderful but murphy just came alive when i held him. he reacted very differently than his siblings. even his real mom told me murphy was her favorite.
the rest is history! although i still missed my bootsie and he was the best baby too, if i didn't have murphy i would have kept mourning bootsie's death way longer. having a kitten is so fun and crazy and wonderful it takes up a lot of your time. it's hard to be sad when you have the cutest psycho kitty going nuts in your house! (murphy was a TOTAL psycho kitty...i say that in a good way but he was soooo hyper & hilarious!!) now he's a big boy and he's the most loving, fun cat in the world. my husband loves him too and he was NEVER a cat person before he met murphy.
i just thought i'd share my story in case there is anyone out there mourning the loss of their cat. if your vet suggests you wait, (i STILL don't know why he suggested that! ugh) i won't say "ignore him" but just follow your heart. if you think you're ready, you're ready! it was the best thing for me, i'd probably still be crying with bootsie's pictures all over my pillow if i didn't get out there and find murphy.
here he is... you can click on the pic below to start the slideshow. he's a movie star!!!
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v195/leese/murphy/?action=view¤t=f5474511.pbw
i just thought i'd share my story in case there is anyone out there mourning the loss of their cat. if your vet suggests you wait, (i STILL don't know why he suggested that! ugh) i won't say "ignore him" but just follow your heart. if you think you're ready, you're ready! it was the best thing for me, i'd probably still be crying with bootsie's pictures all over my pillow if i didn't get out there and find murphy.
here he is... you can click on the pic below to start the slideshow. he's a movie star!!!
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v195/leese/murphy/?action=view¤t=f5474511.pbw
