She has stolen my heart since the day we brought her home from the animal shelter. You see I didn't pick Ebbie, she picked me. She was in a cage with the prettiest grey and white hair and blue eyes kitten you have ever seen. While I was waiting on the guy at the shelter to come over and tell me if the kitten was male or female, Ebbie kept reaching thru the cage and pulling on my shirt sleve and when I would just kinda pet her, while really petting the grey kitten, she just wouldn't give up. She would give this little poor me I need love too meow and just kept trying to touch me. When the guy finally came over he said the grey kitten was male. Mom had said no male cats because they mark their territory. So, I stepped back gonna look at some kittens and Ebbie just gave me this look like Hey I want to be with you. I looked in her eyes and asked the guy what she was. He said a female. So I just said good, I want her. We named her Blackie, but when we got home mom hated the name. So, she decided to call her Ebony. Which technically is her name. But I hated Ebony, so I said fine, but I am gonna call her Ebbie. Well, my Ebbie stuck. But however when I am really upset with something Ms. Ebbie has broke, knocked over or destroyed, I holler, Ebony Jean! She knows at this point run and hide! LOL.....:-)
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Ebbie definitely fits her better than Blackie. :) Some people, those who are not quite as animal addicted as others, think those of us who love our animals this way are crazy. But I agree with you that they can steal your heart rather easily. And I really think God knows that we love them and gives them to us. When I found Kinley on the highway as a tiny kitten, I really thought we were going to give him away, but quickly he melted my heart so we ended up with 3 cats - but only for about a month or 2 because our first cat Abby got sick and when we took her to the vet they said she had some type of liver failure. I cried like a baby when she died, but then I thought "God knew this was going to happen so he brought me as well as our other cat that needed a friend, this little kitten" Call me crazy, but I do think God uses animals!!
I also belive God uses animals. The Christmas before I was told I had cancer, mom and Melva took Cody to animal shelter to get a kitten. Only one kitten would come to Cody and she had been abused, her wiskers cut, part of her back shaved. But a sweet kitten. The first night at the house she climbed the front of the chair I was sitting in and got up on my chest under my chin and was my cat from that day forward. Cody named her Sunshine, but I called her SunSun. When I was told I had cancer and was waiting for surgery, I couldn't sleep at night, SunSun would lay in my arms and we would rock all night long. She was the only way I got thru those nights. I believe God loaned her to me to get me thru Cancer. When we lost her in August after my surgery, I went for almost 2 weeks and couldn't go catless any longer, so mom agreed I could adopt another one. That was 6 years ago and I don't care how mean Ebbie gets at times, she is just as loving to me when she knows mommy is sick, she stays right by my side. She is my girl and I thank God for SunSun and my Ebbie girl.
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