Rossemary's Glaring: The Glaring (A True Story)

One day the husband and I were at the supermarket when we saw a poster that announced: "Free Kitties."

We had discussed getting a pet and we decided that we wanted a cat because I was still not prepared to get another dog. Lucky, who was my faithful companion for 15 years had died in December of 2006. It was now May of 2008 and I still wasn't ready to let go. He was such a great dog and the thought of him not be around made me so sad that even when I think of him today I miss him. :( Ah...back to the story.

So we thought a kitty would be good. We called the number and the lady who was giving away the kitties(who we adore and are friends with) told us that we could come by and pick a kitty. Well we didn't get to pick because from under the couch came this beautiful black and white tuxedo who went up to my husband and claimed him her's. This is our first cat known as Mischief.

She chose my husband, I was just an added bonus for her but this particular kitty adores him so Mischief ended up being his cat. Okay.

A few months later I think it was September or October we were walking to the pharmacy when we passed by a vet's office. In a cage by the window is this gorgeous black and white tuxedo cat with a white line on his lip that made him look angry. We immediately went in there and adopted him. His name is Mayhem and he chose me. Mayhem follows me everywhere. If I get up to go to the kitchen he's there, if I go to another room he follows, if I go to take a shower he tries to get in.

So we have these two amazing cats that quickly turned into seven. That's right the lesson to learn is to spay and neuter your pets at the appropriate age. We waited too long and Mischief got pregnant. We weren't going to get rid of her litter because we had a responsibility and since we didn't follow through with spaying her we now had to do whatever we had to do.

I think at first it might have been a crazy decision but now I don't think it was. We love our cats and we hope they love us too. Mischief ended up having 5 kittens. Deuter, Latte, Falkor, Mistyoffeles, and Tidy.

Unfortunately, we lost Falkor at 2 months because he got sick. He died at the vet's office door. I was 1 minute from seeing the vet.

His siblings are all with us and they along with Mischief and Mayhem own us.

A year later my mom adopted two cats that were roaming our neighborhood. Their names are Muñeca and Mr. Cat. Although they are my mom's cats we love them dearly. Just recently she adopted Hope another cat that was roaming our neighborhood who has an ulcer in her eye.

Yes we have many cats under one roof but they bring us happiness and they each have their own personalities. Now that we have them I can't see my life without them.

A few months ago my mom rescued a dog that was on the side of the road, in the pouring rain trying to figure out how to cross the street. The poor dog was so terrified that she would wobble back and forth between the edge of the road and the actual road. She brought her in to our home and I took care of her. She was in such bad shape that we thought she got hit by a car. When we took her to the vet there was nothing wrong with her, apparently she just gave up.

So I took care of her for 2 months before she started to show signs that she was going to be okay. I didn't have the heart to give her away so I named her Chi Chi. She is amazing, loyal and hilarious. The great thing is that the real owners of the house known as our cats, accepted her.

Okay one more pet. Our parrot who has been in our family for 19 years is Cucho. He was Lucky's friend and he get's along with everyone. He doesn't really talk much but when he wants to make his presence known he does.

I know many of you or anyone that read this thinks I'm insane because we have so many pets but think about it. These pets are loyal and they didn't ask us to come here. We brought them and we decided to take care of them. I know that some people don't like having pets or don't like animals in general but I don't know I feel so bad especially when I see cats and dogs on the street with no one to care for them. I wish I could save them all.