When we lost Missy this summer to FIV/Lymphoma, we didn’t plan on getting a new cat right away. And in some ways, we didn’t. We still enjoyed looking at other cats and playing with them when we went to pet stores that partnered with local shelters, but we were pretty set on not getting a … Read More
Seventeen years ago, our lives changed forever when my neighbor adopted a kitten. You would think the neighbor getting a cat wouldn’t have much effect on me or my then-boyfriend, now husband, but it did. Missy was a sweet and curious black-and-white kitty who loved to play with us at night when she was allowed … Read More
This blog is six months late and I don’t know if I have very good reasons why. Six months ago, almost to the day, we added a new member to our family. Back story Smokey Dorito Smith was our neighbor’s cat and oddly enough, Colby was OK with him being around despite him also being … Read More
It’s been just over 15 years since a loud, smelly, flea-bit little kitten found its way across J Street in Bentonville, and, subsequently, into our hearts. He followed a bunch of students and I ended up taking him home. At that point, John and I had just been married about six weeks and I was … Read More
