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It was a day like any other. I was living with my sister and we only had one vehicle, so I was taking her to work.

We were about a block away from her job and there was a big truck in front of me that swerved to miss something in the road. I figured if he was swerving out of the way, it must be something bad in the road, so I swerved only to notice a kitten in the road.

Before I could even finish pulling over, my sister was out of my truck running to rescue this poor little thing. She gets back in my truck and I take her work. He was so small, he fit in the palm of my hands.

We took him home and he was a feisty little thing. He only liked me and my sister. We were going to just get him cleaned up and see who wanted him since I already had a cat that I had adopted about 7 months before and my sister had 3 cats that she had adopted years before. We didn't need another one.

That same day I received news that a really good friend of mine was killed in a car accident. I just knew that this kitten was a gift to help me cope with his death. I couldn't get rid of him.

About 5 months later he started having some health issues, vet said it was allergies. When he was three and a half years old, he passed away from a disease that we thought was just allergies.

He was the best, always greeting me at the door, protecting me, giving me hugs and kisses. I was there when he took his final breath. Monkey was the best.

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Story submitted by Robin from Waco, TX.

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