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Friends
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Me and My Cat
By Karen Del Tufo A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies.
~Aristotle Twenty-one years ago, my husband gave me Sam, an eight-week-old schnauzer, to help ease the loss of our daughter, who was stillborn. Sam and I developed a very special bond over the next fourteen years. It seemed nothing that happened could ever change that. At one point, my husband and I decided to relocate from our New York apartment to a new home in New Jersey. After we were there awhile, our neighbor, whose cat had recently had kittens, asked us if we would like one. We were a little apprehensive about Sam’s jealousy and how he would handle his turf being invaded, but we decided to risk it and agreed to take a kitten. (Keep reading) | 