Five years ago I was looking around for a kitten.

Five years ago I was looking around for a kitten. I wanted a baby I could bond with and raise. I looked for weeks and had not found one. Then I saw a posting on Facebook from a friend that they were fostering 4 newborn kittens until they could be adopted out. They had no mother and were found all alone in a backyard. I called her immediately... even before she could return the email I sent her. I told her I wanted one. She told me she had the perfect one for me. One of the boys, they had named Tiger.

My friends fostered these babies while awaiting the arrival of their own babies. Along the way the other male kitten passed away. One day I got to go meet Tiger and feed him from a tiny bottle and I was in LOVE!! I called and emailed every week to see how he was doing and when I could bring him home.

Then the day finally came and I got to pick him up. He was so tiny that he could fit in one hand. I was afraid that he would cry the whole way home, which was about a 30 minute drive, but he didn't cry at all. That was five years ago and I hardly remember what life was like for me with out him. I will be forever grateful to my friends for giving him and his sisters a shot a life and for giving me my baby.