I go up to woods to feed a colony of stray cats who have either been lost or abandoned. One day in May, one of the senior cats showed up in my yard with a small kitten. It was love at first sight for me, but for him not so much. It took me from May to October to convince him that I was his person and that he should come inside and live with me. It has been a true love affair ever since. He greets me at the door, headbutts me constantly, follows me everywhere and at night purrs himself to sleep while he kneads my belly. My Bug, my love.

Mary Greene
FENTON, MO