We have a Pooh Bear at our house too. She's a small girl with black soft fur and is about 13 years old. She was adopted at the SPCA.

I think your story is the sweetest thing I've read in a long time. So touching, my chest feels tight reading about how a wonderful baby was given the home he deserved.

Since we lost two kitty babies last year - one ten-year old and one fourteen-year old, I'm even more soft hearted about these little kitten children. We lost this baby at ten long before his time to what was apparently a heart tumor that burst.

http://catoftheday.com/archive/2005/July/19.html

We have many special babies at our house, but there will never be another like him. Every cat loved him, and he loved them. He was just the gentlest, most innocent baby I had ever seen. He was my daughter's birthday present when she was 20. We will never forget him. He slept with me most every night.

Congratulations, Pooh Bear, to you and your family. May you have many many wonderful and loving years together.

Momma D