I went to look at cats in her shelter while visiting my mom in Bakersfield. Ariel was the sweetest one there. She wasn't much to look at, as she was very skinny and had bad ear mites, but when I took her out of the cage she held on to me and refused to let go. I slept on the idea, went back the next day, and they said that all the un-altered females had gone to be spayed, so she wasn't there. I had to go back to LA that morning, so I resigned myself to not getting the little cutie. But a staff member went in the back to check, and she was still in her cage! They had missed her when they picked up the rest of the cats to be spayed. It was clearly fate, and Ariel came home with me that day. 12 years later, and she is still the love of my life.

Carolyn Royer
Garden Grove, CA