Please help me…

Anncetera, you are so wise, and you are doing the exact right thing with D, and with Rocky.

Years ago, one very young lady kept her declawed and unspayed Siamese outside. The poor cat was constantly tormented by other animals, and one elderly lady “cat-napped” the Siamese. The cat, named Jezabel, was taken to the vet for a full bill of health, groomed, spayed, and returned to her new owner, who promptly had her fitted with a microchip and a new name and collar and all the other things a Siamese deserves (which is a LOT!).

Some time later the young lady walked by the older lady’s apartment and asked where she got her cat, saying that cat in the window looked like her old cat, Jezabel, who had been missing for several weeks.

The elderly lady (who could have played a dowager empress in any movie), said,

“My cat’s name is Eleanor of Acquitaine, and God gave her to me. Why?”

The younger woman said, “She reminded me of my cat. I was just wondering.”

The dowager simply smiled, and said, “Wonder no more. God works in mysterious ways.” And then she closed the door.

That dear lady was the one who gave me all of the details, after the younger lady had moved away and when I was admiring her beautiful Eleanor. Eleanor was sunning herself in the window, and she looked so well groomed and well cared for, and her purrs could be heard through the screen.

However, not all stories end happily. I hope some nice neighbor “cat-naps” that poor little declawed kitty.

Emma, what a wonderful story! Awesome woman to have done all that to save the kitty….

I couldn’t agree with you more !

Update… First of all, anncetera, did you call this gal and talk to her about Rocky?

Secondly… ok, all you TDKers… you were right, it is kismet, it was meant to be. I will adopting Amelia (to be called Mili [mee lee}) from anncetera when comes to Phoenix in February. I think I am more excited about this, than about Christmas !

I’m jealous!!! 😉

Alright, OP!!! I’m jealous, too. Having had a lone cat for over 10 years before getting another, I would never think of having just 1 ever again. Free entertainment right in your own home!

What a great “Happy Ending” or should I say “Happy Beginning” to a new & beautiful friendship.

Well that is all settled then. Now for someone to sneak over and rescue the outdoor cat. When I was around 9 my brother came home with the best present my sister and I had ever received, a Golden Retriever/Irish Setter mix. My brother was out living on his own for the first time. It was the summer before his Senior year in Highschool and he and several friends were sharing an apartment for the summer and running the Aerial Tramway in Gatlinburg. Next Door wa a family with a beautiful, sweet dog that they were abusing. On a chain no food, no water during a very hot summer. When they did bother to feed her it wasn’t enough. In their words, they were teaching her discipline! One night my brother and his roommates took a hacksaw and cut the chain and brought her to their apartment and started feeding her whatever they had on hand (Pizza, Jelly donughts, peanut butter) A few days later they brought her home to my sister and me. Frauline was our best dog/best friend and lived and was loved until I was in my Freshman year of college, She waited until I came home one weekend from school and we had one last session with the tennis ball. The next morning she was gone. Blessings to everyone out there who does what it takes to rescue abused and abandoned animals. You make a difference in the lives of not just the animals but int he families who really love them.