The Cheezits: Colby and Cheddar: super cat

Monday, May 26, 2008

A Day for Remembering Heroes

Today is Memorial Day, and that means honoring our heroes, so here is my pic of me being a hero.

That was all done in fun, and Mommy liked givin' me a cape, but please remember that today is REALLY all about the real heroes who fight wars and stuff for us, and sometimes go on to the Rainbow Bridge because of it.

Today at 3:00, there will be a special moment of silence. If you don't know when that is 'cause you aren't so good at telling time yet, that's okay. Just try to do something special today for all the heroes you've known in your life, human and feline.

ˆCheddar

Who Are Dese Orangey Kittehs, Anyway?

Once, we were just two scared little kittens, clinging to our mother. We must have been very poor, because we weren't very clean or healthy and we had (this is so embarrassing) worms and stuff. We lived day-to-day, and we both remember being very hungry, all the time.

It seemed like we were barely old enough to walk when we were taken away from our mother and brought to a strange place, with lots of other cats (and big scary dogs!). We didn't know why, or what we had done. This place became known to us only as the Shelter.

So, there we were: at the Shelter, in a cage, cuddled together, keeping our spirits up and waiting for a chance to escape, not knowing what else to do, when a surprising new face came to see us.

She smiled at us, and looked us over without poking her fingers in our faces. She made sure our itchy ears were cleaned and those embarrassing worms were taken care of. And she didn't put us back into the cage.

Instead, she took us to a new, totally different place. A place where we have lots of food to eat and fresh water to drink. A place where there's always clean litter. Where there are toys to chase and soft places to sleep.

And we learned a new word.

That word is, "Home."

We are Colby and Cheddar. And this is our story.