Boots was the first cat we ever had. He had a long life - 17 years. When he was around 4 years old my mother passed away. Now Boots was never a lap cat, didn't like to be picked up -- he would cuddle and lean against your side, but that was the limit of his affection. After mom's funeral I was sitting at home thinking about her, kind of feeling sorry for myself - when all of a sudden Boots came over to me, jumped on my lap, stood up on my lap and rested his paws on my shoulders. He leaned up real close to me and just cuddled against me and hugged real tight. I still get goose bumps when I think of this, and it was a long time ago. I know that in his own way he was feeling my emotions and trying to comfort me. Now I wasn't being outwardly emotional, wasnt' crying or anything, just "thinking". For the rest of his 17 years he never did anything like that again. And some people think cats have no emotions. They don't know what they're missing!!
