Birthday Answers

[susandennis]

(For my birthday, I asked for Ask Me Anything Questions. I got so many wonderful ones. I'm answering them in entries from here until I get to the end. If you think of something you want to ask, just leave a comment or a note. Deadline is totally not a thing.)

sherlock999 asks:


3. How did you come to get Biggie? What's the story of you two?

My cat had just died and the new cat/no cat debate was just beginning in my head. The Seattle Humane Society posted a photo of two kittens on Instagram and explained that they had Feline Leukemia and were black so were pretty much not going to be adopted.



I said fuck that and went to get them. They were five months old and just as adorable as they could be. Their names were Almond Joy - he was the big one and Mars Bar - he was the little one. Except I called them Biggie and The Smalls.



Turns out Biggie did not have Feline Leukemia. But The Smalls did and he only made it to just past his first birthday. A year ago, just about this time, he died. So now it’s just me and Biggie. We miss The Smalls but we're good.

Comments

[sherlock999.livejournal.com]

OMG. Yea for you for getting them! It must've been sad to lose The Smalls so young. Biggie is the spitting image of my Dobby.

[onelargecat.livejournal.com]

I miss the Smalls too but I love that though his life was short, it was full of love and fun that you gave him. <3

[susandennis]

aw, thank you. he was a special little dude.

[msconduct.livejournal.com]

The Smalls was such a lovely little snuggler. So happy I got to meet him. And what a miracle that Biggie beat the odds.

[meowmensteen]

I remember what joy it brought me to see pictures of the two of them together. It still does. There's something magical about four little eye looking out from all that black fur.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

<3

[daphnep.livejournal.com]

I loved this story when it happened, and this post reminds me of one of the best things that happens in social communities of humans: we retell the good stories. The way you just snatched those guys up...yeah, that was a great day, in a sad time. And then after that, there was so much kitten happiness for so long. And now we have Biggie pictures everyday! So it’s nice to look back at the whole train of events that brought us here.

[susandennis]

awww. I do remember warning that very day that there might be a lot of kitty photos to follow. It was a guess. :) It was, indeed, a great day.

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

I probably said this here before but I think it's worth repeating. It appalls me that people would still not like black cats. what the hell is wrong with them?