I am a stage 3 colon cancer survivor. I was living in a rooming house when I was given a most "Prescious" gift. I was on the front porch, enjoying the mid October air, when I heard a loud cry. I followed it to a van about 3 houses down. I looked to the gutter, covered in mud and wet was a 4 to 4 1/2 week old kitten. I scooped her up and took her home.
Once inside, I cleaned her up and found under the mud and muck was a little black kitten. Being alone, away from my family, I found a new reason to get out of bed every morning. My Prescious.
As you see in the picture, she has gotten a lot bigger. She is happy, healthy and a very loving cat.
Since the day I found her, I moved into my own place, while my husband is in Afghanistan and my kids finish school, Prescious and I have added two more to our home. Both are as black as she is, with almost the same markings. A small white thumb print on the hollow of her throat.
The older of the two kittens is Maharette, she is a bit longer haired, but marked exactly like Prescious and has gold eyes, and then there is our smallest, Pandora. Pandora has sleek black fur like Preasious, but one white back toe, the white thumb print on the hollow of her throat and a white patch on ther tummy. Pandora has green eyes where Prescious has amber.
All three are fixed and all three give me a run for my money. But most of all, they help me get through the chemo and day to day life of living with cancer and missing my family.
Fresno, CA
