Severely Allergic Man Becomes Devoted Cat Dad To Three Very Different Kitties
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I'd spent my whole life indifferent to cats because of a severe allergy to them. Then my daughter was given a cat, and I became so besotted that in a very few minutes I added a nightly dose of allergy medicine to my routine. By the time she moved out, we had two cats whom I loved. I missed them, but I had to admit that it was nice to be able to repaint, refinish floors, and not to have a residual eye itch every morning.
About two months after they left, I woke up really really missing kitty kisses and feline conversation. I went to a local shelter and adopted Cosmo, a big, friendly orange and white guy. Well, he was SO friendly and playful, he seemed like a fellow who needed a companion, so back to the shelter I went, looking for a cat who liked to play with other cats. I found tiny little Mercy, a tortie/tabby with some eye issues and a feisty temperament. Cosmo and Mercy were great together, a real little team, and I thought my family was complete.
Then one day I was visiting a friend of mine, who had taken in a very pregnant stray who proceeded to have kittens in her basement. One of these kitties stopped playing and climbed up into my lap for the duration of the visit. I was charmed, but was not in the market for another cat. A couple weeks later, another visit, and the same baby cat did the same thing.
Well, I knew I'd been chosen, and Timmy joined our family. Timmy's a long-hair with several other hints that there's some Maine Coon swimming in his genetic pool, and so from the tiniest and youngest, he has grown to surpass Boss Cosmo in size. Three different temperaments, three different cats, and all one family.
My kittybabies wait for me at the door, call to me from upstairs, sit on my lap, nap around me when I am reading...this is love!
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Story submitted by Julie Drew from Evanston, IL.
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