How We Met

I was in the 12 years old when I first met Lindy at the local pet shop, she came from a local breeder with mixed kittens. Lindy had been in that pet shop from 2 months old until roughly 4 months old. All her siblings had sold weeks ago but not her. The shop owner noticed I'd come in almost weekly with my mom; while she'd go get the dog food I'd play with Lindy through the glass. One random week, the shop owner strolled over from behind the counter to talk with my mom, a minute later they came over and asked me if I wanted her; I said, "I can have her?! Yes, I want her!!" Later I learned we got her for about $10, the shop owner just wanted a little $ back for the cat food, etc. I held her all the way home. It was only a month-or-so later that our older cat Mikey disappeared; we never saw him again after months of searching, we believe a wild animal got him or he ate some bad mushrooms, we lived out in the woods at the time and it is impossible to know for sure what happened. Lindy was a miracle to have during that time of emotional loss, but I also started to behave a bit over protective of Lindy and not wanting her to ever go outside, I did not want the same thing to happen to her. We moved a few years later to a suburban neighborhood. Lindy is now 13 years old and doing very well as a garage cat and outdoor cat.