Meet Maddie
This is Madison Kate, a sweet, tiny,
and inquisitive female cat who loves everything and everyone. Maddie was
born without eyeballs and taught herself to complete daily tasks using her four
other senses. For example, after only a few hours in her new home, she
had memorized the layout of our living room and located her food and litter box.
Maddie loves to be near people and animals. During her first evening with us, Maddie
snuggled with my husband and me on the couch; later, she slept on my back most
of the night.
Our
Boys
For the past year, our apartment has
been home to two brothers that we found as kittens. Link (grey with black
stripes) and Seven (orange with white stripes) are playful, spoiled snuggle-bunnies
who love to wrestle, catch lizards and sun-bathe. Last year, my husband
found a litter of five kittens living in bushes at a friend's apartment
complex. He fell in love immediately;
after a week of careful consideration and prayer we decided to adopt two of them.
Link and Seven have become our children—I
find myself worrying about their well-being more than my own. Since they enjoy playing rough, I was very
nervous about introducing them to Maddie.
However, when they first met their new sister, they were frightened of
her and kept their distance. She wants
to be near her new brothers however, they are extremely skittish around
Maddie. The boys are curious about their
sister and I know they will warm up to her soon.
Love
at First Sight
My husband and I went to Petsmart on
Saturday afternoon to love on the animals awaiting adoption. Because it
was the weekend of Maddie's Pet Adoption Days, all of the adoption fees were covered by Maddie's
Fund. The store was full of
excited humans and hopeful pets; my husband and I met several adorable animals. On Sunday, June 1st, we set out to meet my
father for lunch and decided to stop by Petsmart first to play with the animals
who were still awaiting new parents.
When I first spotted the small black
cat named Panini, I was drawn to her. She responded positively to my touch—my
heart burst when I found out she was blind; but I knew that it was crazy
to disrupt our secure home environment by bringing home a third pet.
Coming
Home
After about an hour of
filling out paper work and talking to the adoption volunteers, Panini was a
member of our family. Jeremy and my dad went to Target to pick-up a few
things while I drove home to retrieve a cat carrier. In the car alone, I
wrestled with my fears. Did I make the right decision? What would
Link and Seven think of her? Three cats is one too many, right? When
I returned to Petsmart, the sky turned dark and rain poured down.
Emotions swirled inside me as I walked into the store. When I came
to Panini's crate, a young boy was attempting to play with her through the
bars. My first reaction was tell the boy to be super gentle because she
was my baby; that’s when I knew there was no going back. A volunteer
helped me secure Panini into her cat carrier and I tried to protect her from
the rain on the way to my car. God melted my heart and my fears began to
float away.
Her New Name
It was just the two of
us so I placed her carrier in the front seat. To calm her fears, I talked to
Panini about the route I was taking and the cars we passed. As I told her
about her adoption process, she would be meow loudly each time I mentioned the
name Maddie. After careful consideration, I decided to rename her Madison
Kate, Maddie for short. I chose Madison
Kate after the prestigious Madison Avenue in New York City and one of my
favorite brands, Kate Spade New York.
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| Madison Avenue, New York City |
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| Kate Spade New York on Madison Avenue |
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