How Abu Found Me

It was a cold, snowy November 11, 1993 evening.

Dad had invited my tactless friend and I to meet him for a Mexican dinner. YUMMY! Of course we met him!

As we walked up to the door there was a little tiny fur ball curled up in a ball trying to stay warm. It was freezing outside! I couldn't let the little guy just sit there and shiver!!

I picked up the frozen little guy and wrapped him up in my ski parka and laid him in the driver seat of my car. Throughout dinner I continuously went outside to check on him. I was very worried about the little guy. He was too sick to move or to even bathe himself!

Dad kept asking me what I was going to do with that cat?! It had been a year and a half since we had a cat in the house and when we lost her it was a painful loss! Hadn't we been through enough loss over the last couple of years??

I was going to take him to my Aunt's house. She never turned down a stray! That's how she ended up with so many kids and grandkids!!

But as we were leaving Dad said "I guess you'd better take him home if you want him!". I didn't ask any questions on that one!

All the way home my tactless friend whined and cried about how terrible this cat smelled. She had no empathy! That's ok, she didn't have any brains either!

But I also knew this kitty was really sick and probably would not live through the night. So I tried not to get attached to him.

We got home and I made him a bed by my heat vent and went to buy him some cat food. The next morning, he was still breathing, but not eating or drinking. I knew I had to go to school, I was going to be leaving early anyways - and I wasn't even sluffing this time!

So I went to school and went on with my day. I was afraid to go home, I was sure this frail little kitty would have went to the Rainbow Bridge for sure.

But as I walked in - I found him asleep. On Dad's bed!! His little head was resting on a cowboy boot! He still wasn't doing very well, but he was still breathing!!

Maybe this kid would pull through!!!