Susan Brown

My FUR Family

In the beginning I did not want a fur baby. My husband said we need a cat. I argued that we did not need an animal. He argued we did. Well where we were living at the time wanted a pet deposit and monthly pet rent. I told him there was no way we could afford either one. He argued with me for two weeks. I told him it was not worth being broke to have a pet. He told me that he had figured out a way that we could have a pet without having to pay the three hundred dollar pet deposit. I told him there was no way. He proceeded to tell me about a program out there that would make it possible for us to get around a pet deposit called emotional support pet. I asked him to explain it to me. He said if one of us went to our doctor and talked to him about how it would be uplifting to have a pet. Explaining that having a pet would improve mental health. If one of us could do this it would avoid all fees. I called him a liar and told him that would not work. Well at this time they had just locked the country down for covid. I am not one that likes to be around a lot of people, so I thought this stupid virus was not going to bother me. Well that was so far from the truth. Not being around people by choice was so much different from being told you can not be around people. So we both made doctor appointments to get this supposed letter from the doctor. At this point I am still not understanding how this could possibly work. While we were working on getting these appointments everything was being done virtually . Ok now that we had appointments made it was time to have the dog versus cat talk. I said I wanted a dog. I started with health being reason number one. I said if I had a dog I would lose weight. Reason being all the walking that it takes to properly take care of a dog. He wanted a cat. He said his main reason for wanting a cat was because they were low maintenance. Well he got to see the doctor before me. That meant he got his letter before me. Because it was his letter that made it alright for us to get a pet he won the cat versus dog war in this house. Well he started looking on Facebook for a cat. He did not manage to find one cat he found a bonded pair of sisters. I was pissed. I did not want a cat and he just found two of them that could not be separated. These cats were hours away so I felt I dodged a bullet. We did not have a way to get to the cats. He told the lady that had the girls that we did not have a way to get them. She offered to bring them to us. It was a Tuesday right before our bible study when they got to us. The grey cat we named Sugar. That name fits her so well. She is my sweet tooth kitty. The black and white one is named Princess. It did not take them long at all to show me why cats rule. They help me so much more than I thought a cat could. I have MS and on days when I am in pain they have their ways of knowing how to help ease the pain. It seems no matter if my pain is physical or emotional they know just what to do. Sugar is more in tune to my pain. The cats are a heaven sent. There is nothing I would not do for my fur babies. I feel they saved my life more than me save theirs. Now I do not refer to them as cats. They are my daughters. My daughter are what keeps me going at times. I am so thankful for the girls. I think everyone should experience the love of owning a pet. They become so much more than a pet. They become family. I could not imagine life without my girls.