Getting those cats was one of the nicest and most considerate things my wife has ever done for me. I was moping around, and she just went out and did it.
Posted on 06/22/2020 9:43:00 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj
British Shorthair kitten Arnold leaves his family and human mom for his new forever home.
Video, 2 minutes & 37 seconds
*daily cat/kitten video ping*
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I’d like to be on please! I can use some happy pets!
I thought this was about Arnold Ziffel.
Me, too. Second choice: Arnold Horshack.
OK Sorry but you forgot the tissue alert.
Saying good-bye to Arnold might have been too much for me.
Arnold is a handsome boy!
And real men love cats!
Sigh.
Saying goodbye is always hard, but I appreciated this one where the woman got him the cat as a surprise.
I had to put a beloved cat down last autumn, and it hit me hard, much harder than I thought it ever would.
My wife had mentioned that she would be willing to get another one for us, but she was waiting on me, and I just had a hard time getting over my little yellow pal who had to leave us.
I came home from work one day, and she told me to be careful going in the bathroom, and that there was a present in there for me. What she said went completely over my head, and...when I opened the door, on the bathroom sink were two pairs of kitten eyes looking at me...one of them curled up in the sink...:)
I love dogs, and cats too, but cannot own a dog yet. But I sure do enjoy their company!
Cute lil’ fugger.
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I’m amazed they gave him away. He was the most colorful and rambunctious of the bunch. It was obviously hard on his human mom.
Getting those cats was one of the nicest and most considerate things my wife has ever done for me. I was moping around, and she just went out and did it.
Can’t get my 3 cats to cuddle with each other, though they’re not closely related.
I have been reading the Carl Sandburg biography of Abraham Lincoln, and one of the things he mentions in his book is that Abraham Lincoln, loved cats.
They said any time he went somewhere, cats seemed to gravitate to him, and would put them in his lap and talk to them.
One touching episode, near the end of the war when Lincoln was in a small town on the outskirts of Petersburg on his way to Richmond, he was touring the ruins of the town and heard some kittens mewing.
There was no mother cat around and Lincoln picked up one of them and said (I have to paraphrase) “What are you and your brothers and sisters doing here all alone? Where is your mother?”
When one of the onlookers said “The mother was killed” his face took on a sadness, and he said something to the effect of “Well, if you do not survive, you will not have a mother to mourn your loss, like so many mothers have had to do in this war.”
Reading the book, I was struck with how terrible a toll the war took on him, and how he agonized over the human loss, upheaval, and destruction. It was with him always those last years.
And even though they are so different in size and color, their markings show they are clearly from the same litter (look at their sock markings, and their postures):
Oh man, that got the tear ducts going. So sweet. Happy for Arnold.
Awww Sweet Arnold found a good home.
He was my fave of that litter.
Please add me to your list.
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