We had a kitten named Tippy when I was little. A little oreo cat. I remember Tippy would hide behind the doorway to the hall and wait for my brother to come thru. Tippy would playfully lunge at him, and attack. He was a year and a half younger than me so I'm sure it was quite traumatizing. Following this, my parents got rid of Tippy. I didn't have another cat until I was out of school. We had dogs growing up following Tippy, but no kitties.
I fell in love with a Abyssinian mix whom I named Miss Kitty. It is almost too painful to talk about her still, as she passed in 2007. I had her for 14 years and she lost her battle with cancer in 2007. Miss Kitty came along at a point in my life when I was suffering from clinical depression. Times had gotten really hard and I was thinking some thoughts of not wanting to be on this Earth anymore. I had already devised a plan, had a hotel room and was very close to going thru with it.
The hotel was a complete dive, roaches included free with every room. I had seen this little cat outside my room, eating from the dumpster. This did not fit well with my plan at the moment BUT I brought her in my room. I remember sitting and watching her chase a cockroach across the floor to eat. It was at that very moment I thought to myself, if I go thru with this who in the hell will this little cat have?? No-one. So YES, this little angel saved my life that day.
(This was something very personal and something that I don't know that I've shared with more than a hand full of people but it is part of my story. And y'all seem to be a very understanding, compassionate group.)
From that day forward, I tried in every way to make her life better and repay my best friend for what she had done for me. That, I believe translated over to my love for all feral cats and eventually getting involved running an animal shelter, working as a Vet Tech, and starting a TNR organization. I am simply I guess you might say, "Paying it Forward......"
I fell in love with a Abyssinian mix whom I named Miss Kitty. It is almost too painful to talk about her still, as she passed in 2007. I had her for 14 years and she lost her battle with cancer in 2007. Miss Kitty came along at a point in my life when I was suffering from clinical depression. Times had gotten really hard and I was thinking some thoughts of not wanting to be on this Earth anymore. I had already devised a plan, had a hotel room and was very close to going thru with it.
The hotel was a complete dive, roaches included free with every room. I had seen this little cat outside my room, eating from the dumpster. This did not fit well with my plan at the moment BUT I brought her in my room. I remember sitting and watching her chase a cockroach across the floor to eat. It was at that very moment I thought to myself, if I go thru with this who in the hell will this little cat have?? No-one. So YES, this little angel saved my life that day.
(This was something very personal and something that I don't know that I've shared with more than a hand full of people but it is part of my story. And y'all seem to be a very understanding, compassionate group.)
From that day forward, I tried in every way to make her life better and repay my best friend for what she had done for me. That, I believe translated over to my love for all feral cats and eventually getting involved running an animal shelter, working as a Vet Tech, and starting a TNR organization. I am simply I guess you might say, "Paying it Forward......"