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After Tinkerbell, the last of my original seven cats, passed away, I was feeling lost without a cat. We had my daughter's cat, Cuddles, but I didn't want to poach him away from her. Tinkerbell had been my constant companion for nearly 16 years, and I felt incomplete without her.

I decided that the best way to honor the relationship I had shared with all of my cats was to continue to share it, so it was time to open my home and heart to another who needed me. I searched online, and found that a local rescue had several that could be the one.

I went into their cat cottage and sat on the floor to let the cats come and meet me. A cute little tuxie named BamBam pushed her way through the others, climbed onto my shoulder where Tinkerbell used to live, and started purring into my ear.

I remembered seeing her on their website, and it had said she should be in a one-cat household. Since we already had Cuddles, I had decided to not consider her. I gave her a little love, then set her down and went to another room to meet more cats. She followed, again pushing her way through bigger cats, and climbed right back to my shoulder.

This happened several times more, and the director of the rescue was amazed. BamBam had been in the rescue for a very long time, and had never responded this way to anyone before. She had clearly decided that I was hers and I wasn't leaving without her.

Her persistence won my heart, and we have been constant companions ever since. We are so close, and she is so devoted, that my husband calls her my primary appendage.

I am so glad and thankful that she chose me.

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Story submitted by Sharon Konnick from Pittston, PA.

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