Awww kitties!!! I've always loved cats, when I was little I would always bring home strays. They were easier to sneak than dogs, because I could just say they showed up in the yard and act like I didn't know where they came from. My cat Sweetie acts like a co-parent to my kids. When I was pregnant she would drape herself over my tummy to keep it warm. And when the kids were little and they woke up crying, sometimes she would get to them before me. I would go to check on them and she would run and cuddle up next to them, as though she was trying to comfort them. She follows me everywhere and behaves almost like a dog, she will even come wait with me at the bus stop when the kids are going to and from school and tries to jump in the car with me if I have to go somewhere. I was never really a dog person until I got Akira, but now I love dogs just as much. I chose her because she looks like a wolf and I love wolves, also when I saw the shelter picture of her trying to hide her face I could tell she seemed shy and skittish and wanted to help her. Akira is very sweet, playful, and good with the kids but I'm certain she was abused by someone in the past. She jumps at loud sounds like I do, if anyone is yelling she will run and hide under something and if you have something big in your hand near her she ducks away like she's going to get hit. I love her and won't let anyone hurt her ever again though. I don't even feel comfortable being in a house without cats or dogs. They make me feel safer somehow.
