All the news media have been talking of the devastation of 'KATRINA', so I thought I would share our story of how the hurricane affected the lives of our immediate family.
We, here in Wilmington, witnessed winds of 75-100 mile an hour. We lost electricty for little less than 2 days total, we were very lucky. During this time, a young mother cat brought her three young kittens to our covered back porch. They stayed for three days and then they just disappeared. A few days later, my husband and I walked to the end of our private road and heard a faint 'mew' as we turned to leave the area, we saw him-a tiny starved little black kitten. I told my husband "that if the little kitten can make it back to our house on it's own, I would go to the store and buy Kitten Food and Molly will have a little brother or sister!"
Long story short, that is how Thackery Binks came to live with us. It seems his mother had left him, because he could not keep up with his family. It took us almost a year to teach him his name, where the litter box was and to remind him where his food dish was. He IS my husband's constant shadow 'helping' in the woodshop in our basement! He may not be the brightest Kitty in the litter, but he certaintly is the SWEETEST!
Here is Thackery with his best bud 'Mousie'!
