MawMaw showed up at our kitchen door at the end of a cold winter, very pregnant, looking for room at the inn. She was not in great shape. We took her in and set up a bedroom for her, and nursed her back to health. We decided to keep her long enough for her to give birth, and then figure something else out. She had her kittens soon after, and she was a doting mother. We found homes for the kittens, but by then, we loved her too much to re-home her. And she was with us for 14 years. She loved hugs.
