how much do you love your cat

Poor, sweet, beautiful, Bella. You know you are both in my prayers.

I love it whenever I get up in the morning and make the coffee, Tiger will sit right next to the pot and stretch and rub on me as to say "Good Morning Meowmy" and it instantly puts a smile on my face... Or when I'm really tired and Reilly will curl up in my lap, look at me and do her sratchy little mew like she's saying "Time to go to bed, carry me"

i love Wonton so much...he's my Big Guy. the day he got out and disappeared for a few hours i was devastated. i was driving around the neighborhood, calling to him from my car, sobbing my eyes out (probably shouldn't have been driving like that, but i wasn't thinking straight). i think it really hit me then just how much i love him. i couldn't bear the thought of him out there by himself, scared and cold and hungry - the thought of it killed me. and when i went back to my house, went out in the backyard, and pressed his meowy kitten so it made the meowy noise over and over, after about five minutes, here he came, bounding over the fence, coming to see why his "kitten" was meowing so. i scooped him up in my arms and buried my face in his fur..i've never been so relieved in all my life. i actually said a prayer, and i'm not a religious person at all... but i just said thank you, thank you for bringing him back to me.

when he's sleeping on my lap at night, while i'm surfing the net, and his little wet nose is in the crook of my arm, and he looks so peaceful and happy, and i know i'm giving him a good life, it fills me with a joy that i can't even explain. He's my baby.

I thought I was the only one.
Every single day I tell Layla how much she brings sunshine in my life and how she's a dream come true!

Originally Posted by XangelicxnekoX

I thought I was the only one.
Every single day I tell Layla how much she brings sunshine in my life and how she's a dream come true!

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That's exactly what I do to Scratch.

I'm constantly thankful that I went to the shelter on the day that I did and got Jaffa - I cant bear the thought that if I hadn't someone else might have my cat. He's such a special little boy and I love him to bits. I tell him what a wonderful boy he is and how much I love him every day.

I have photos of my cats up at work and I sometimes sit looking at them and wishing I was at home and could give them a cuddle and tell them how much I love them - anyone else miss their cats sooo much when they're at work or am I just pathetic?

No words can describe how much i love Rosie and Sophie

It's hard to put into words how much I love Katie, Gracie, Peter and Claire. Sometimes, when I wake up in the middle of the night and find them all curled up contentedly on the bed, I just look at them and think, "I have everything."
I'm so grateful to have them in my life and thank God for them everyday.

It has been exactly one month since Astrid came to live with me and it has been the most incredible experience. Having her go from frightened and hiding to sleeping with me at night is so special. She has totally stolen my heart. I feel guilty if I can't get home on time to see her and I think of her during the day.

I had a major rent increase this month and money is soooo tight right now. But as I write out my budget I figure out how much to save to her good food, good litter and I have a wish list going for her presents and toys! I have to stop going to Petsmart because I know I will whip out the credit card to get her something!

She is so pretty and I just adore her. I know I must be boring my friends and co-workers to death with my stories so I am glad I have this place!

I know what you mean...sometimes I look at Monkey and its just amazing to think that this little animal is mine...and to imagine how loving she is!!

I tell my husband that I love the cats at least as many times as I tell him that I love him during the day! He is the only one around to listen!

I work in an office full of cat people so we tell each other how much we love our cats all the time!

Kitty isnt the most affectionate and loving of cats but every now and then when she thinks i am sleeping she will lay down on my pillow and i'll wake up and just stare at her in awe of how pretty she is and how much i love her.

Buddha is very affectionate so he loves to crawl up in my lap and nap with me. He is still just a baby now but i have a feeling it is only the begining of a beautiful friendship that will last for years to come. y'all got me teary now!

aww, these stories are just so cute. i'm holdin stoli in one arm as i type with the other. i love it when he stretches, yawns, and head butts me.

and yes, i miss my cat when i'm at work, TOO much.

Originally Posted by Renovia

does this happen with children too??? I mean it doesn't matter how mad i am at Stoli, he'll start sleeping on my lap and i just fill up with love that i can't stand it!!!

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Honestly? I never quite felt the same "wave" of love that washes over me when I look at my baby kitty now vs. when my daughter was little.

I think for me the difference comes from the fact that I'm in a different place in my life, older, wiser, more patient, and more than that, Ginger is WAAAAY easier to care for than my daughter was. My daughter was Miss Monster Child, bless her dear heart, but she was very, very difficult as an infant, and I was always stressed out with the responsibility of caring for her.

It isn't at all that I love my cat more than I love my daughter, it's just a very different kind of love.

that's good to know

I love my kitties so much it is scary! I do not know how I could live without them.

I am reading this post and looking over at Tavia who is curled up in a ball sleeping in a corner beside her log. And I think about how much I love that little girl. And I just couldn't imagine being without her or my little dog Lilly.

Why can't they just live longer like a turtle or something this really stinks!!!

Originally Posted by jugen

Of course. I love all my cats and am thankful that they are a part of my life.
They make me smile after I have a horrible day and I know at night, no matter how many times they wake me up, I still smile each time even knowing that I'll be dead tired in the morning. I adore my cats. They are spoiled to the max! LOL!

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I could have written that myself Barb!