The Day of Black Sun 

04-14-2007, 7:02am (EDT)

Cats are the best

I have always been a cat person, and they seem to like me as much I like them. Now dogs and I, on the other hand, don't get along too well. I have been attacked by dogs on more than a couple occasions, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. I have always wondered if my issues with dogs is somehow related to my cat affinity. Anyhow, I suppose I was always destined to be a cat person. When I was just an infant, one of the neighborhood cats gave birth to a single female kitten, and the mother cat abandoned her offspring not long afterward. My mother took in the sickly little calico, naming her Liberty, and nursed her to health. I too was pretty sickly at the time, and as my mom likes to say, she carried two baskets around with her, one for me and one for Liberty, feeding me with a bottle and her with a eye-dropper. Well, Liberty grew up to be quite the healthy outdoor, mouse-catching feline -- she even managed to survive into her 20's -- but she was never very friendly with other cats or people. However, we were always buddies despite her anti-social tendencies. Even after I left home, she never forgot who I was and never hesitated to curl up next to me when I came to visit. She was a great cat and I'll always remember her.