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With a veterinarian for a mother, I grew up surrounded by animals, including five dogs, two cats, and four horses.

Photo: Kayla

I was never a stranger to animals with my mother a vet. We had 5 dog's 2 cat's and 4 horses.

It was my junior year of high school. I just broke up with my boyfriend because all he did was lie. I was heartbroken because I had never been lied to in a realtionship before. One of his lies was he'd buy me a kitten.

I always wanted to adopt a cat because I worked at a animal shelter before we moved. So my mom agreed that another kitten wouldn't exactly cause a huge problem in our household. I still remember how she 'wasn't getting me a cat because that asshole promised me one it was because I wanted one'

So she took me to several animal shelters and I found her in the last one. She was originally an outdoor cat and loved to get on high places and look out widows and chirp at squirls and birds. She was later declawed and started to adjust to our house. I ended up naming her Smokey do to her fur looking like dark smoke on a golden canvas.

Once out of her shell she became the most playful and ornery cat. In the darkness of night you have to be careful. My father made the mistake of entering a dark room and she wrapped her little declawed paws around his leg nearly giving him a heart attack. She constantly plays with our other adopted cat Sneakers. She tends to play with anything she finds. She even once ran around the house with a dollar bill in her mouth that no one knows where she got it from!

She's also very cuddly and loving. Every night she comes and sleeps with me and cuddles with me while I play video games. I can honestly say I am happy with just her and really dont need someone else.

But if I do find someone there's a requirment that he has to like cat's cause he he doesn't I bet you can guess who's going. And it isn't the cat ;)

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Story submitted by Kayla from Shawnee, OK.

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