I have a little story to share, it's not meaningful and has no point, it's just a cat story.
When I was a kid we lived in a house and we had this outdoor cat (a @CokeZeroCat cousin) whose name was Bangs Junior. Bangs jr. got her name from her mom, Bangs.
My mom named Bangs when she was a kid because Bangs had a spot on her little head that looked like she had badly cut bangs. Anyway, Bangs Jr. was a great cat, she was only outdoors and long before TNR was a thing, so she usually had two litters of kittens every year.
I loved that, having kittens around all the time. She raised them and then they left and then she had more. They usually looked like Coke cousins or like my Pipi. Once she gave birth to a single white kitten whom I called Spots because of a single spot between the ears.
I helped raise Spots when Bangs Jr wasn't around because I LOVED that we had a white kitten. Bangs Jr "main" guy was the neighbor's boy cat Michael. Who the heck names their beautiful shiny black cat Michael.
Bangs Jr would come and go, always having more kittens in our basement. That was her safe spot I guess. We also had a little garden and as a kid I was always fascinated by how neat Bangs Jr was when pooping. I would watch her dig a little tidy hole and then cover it up.
Like nothing was ever there. Our lillies grew extremely wild and I suspect Bangs' Jr fertilizer helped. She was very sweet, always letting me pet her and her kittens too.
When I was a bit older my parents divorced and we moved out because they wanted to split the money from the sale of the place. I always knew Bangs Jr as an adult cat so I don't know how old she was but she stopped coming around just as we were planning to move out.
I guess she was old enough to pass since I knew her for at least 8 years and she was only outdoors. Anyway, the timing was good, because I couldn't stand the thought of leaving Bangs Jr behind. Anyway.
I just remembered Bangs Jr yesterday, she was the first cat I cared about and wanted to share a little. I have some old videos at home so maybe I can dig up some pictured of Bangs Jr and Spots later. I hope you enjoyed this little story.
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