Cali's Story

Last Monday, Linds and I were walking to the back of the place to take Sadie swimming in the tank. On the way, I heard a cat crying. We stopped & listened, then spotted her watching us through the bushes. We held on to Sadie so the kitten would come closer. She allowed us to pick her up & started purring instantly. She felt poor but had lots of life in her.

We took her up to the house to get some water and left her there while we went back to the tank to take Sadie swimming. When we returned, the kitten was still there. She was by the tool shed/hay barn hanging out with the goats and chickens. We loved on her a bit then we went inside. Later that evening, when we went outside, she was on the front porch. We brought her some scraps from dinner & left her outside for the night. The next morning, she was still there. We spent the week playing with her, loving on her, caring for her, & named her Cali.

On Friday, Brian went to the feed store, then the grocery store, then to church to pick up Justin from his mission trip. When he got to church, a friend of ours asked Brian if that was his cat. Puzzled, Brian turned around & there sat Cali! She appearantly rode under my truck to all three places & didn't leave my car while he went in the feed store, while the feed was being loaded, or while he was picking up a few groceries. She didn't even fall while he was doing 70 mph down the highway to church! They put her in the car and held her on the drive back home.

When Justin got home, he said, "I know who's cat that is." "Who's?", I asked. "That's Nana's cat." I called my mom and asked if her cat was missing. She said, "Yes! I've been looking for her all week!." I told her that we had her.

My mom lives half an hour away. The kitten rode under my mom's car doing 70 mph down the hwy on Friday when my mom came to our house. Nobody knew she was in the back of our place from Friday through Monday until we found her that evening.

My mom could tell we had taken a likin' to this little kitten...even though we're not exactly cat people. She said we could keep her because she knew she would be taken care of. Not sure how many of her 9 lives she has used up, but she'll spend the remainder of those lives here on our farm. Welcome home, Cali.