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| Name: |
Hope
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Age: |
Six years old
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| Gender: |
Female
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Kind: |
Cat
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| Home: |
Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
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This
is Hope, who I adopted four years ago when she was two and had already
had two litters and lived in three homes.
At first I thought her name corny, as I'd have liked something more like
Trixie or Her Majesty, but her name couldn't have been better, as hope was
something I desperately needed at the time. I was quite ill, and Hope and I
came together when both of us were in somewhat desperate straits. It took
a while for us to warm up to each other, but now she literally follows me
around every room of the apartment.
When I eat, she eats. When I have dessert, she has treats. When I go to the
"ladies room," so does she! Best of all, when I go to sleep, she cuddles right
next to me and sometimes snores.
As in this picture, she loves to strike a pose, and if I'm not paying
attention to her, she will lie on her back on the floor and stare at me until
I do. Then she will commence with a complete routine of wiggling this way and
that, to which I must utter sounds of glee and appreciation. If I don't, she
just stares at me until I do.
I don't know where I'd be without her these days. She's taught me so much
about cats, about humans, about myself... about life! I love her so much, it's scary.
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