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She was 6 months old. And she was scheduled to die that day.

The rural shelter where she was born did not have the resources to spay or neuter kittens, so once they reached 6 months old, they were put to sleep.

Photo: Brenda King-Holley

We were not going to adopt another cat. One of our three had just died, and we weren’t ready to add another one. But we did need to buy food for our two remaining cats. It was Saturday, and we bought our cat food at a local PetSmart, where a rescue group had rushed 10 kittens earlier that morning after learning they were scheduled to be put to sleep that day.

Ginger wasn’t a pretty kitten. She was a bit scruffy and scrawny, with “bug eyes” and big ears. As we walked into the store, we noticed her standing on her hind legs, pawing through the cage with her front paws, trying to get someone’s attention. She looked straight at us and seemed to decide that, yes, we were the people she was hoping to find, and we would take her home. She would not take no for an answer. We each held her briefly, still not sure we were ready to adopt another cat, until she held my husband’s chin in her paws and licked him.

Today, Ginger is a sleek, shiny 8-year-old, no longer scrawny or scruffy, and she has grown into her large green eyes and big ears. She mothers her younger playmates and is the most loving creature I’ve ever seen.

Have you ever been chosen by a cat? We’re very glad that Ginger chose us to be her forever family.

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Story submitted by Brenda King-Holley from Dunwoody, GA.

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