Meet OUR Feline Family!
We are cat-lovers!
Hello and welcome my name is Lauren and I'm married to a
fine man by the name of Jim Merryfield. I'm a mother to one human, Lynden,
and to three felines, Jaspur, Mikey and Gabrielle.
I'm also a member of the following organizations:
The Cat Writers' Association
National Federation Of The Blind
Volunteer for pet-loss support for the Humane Society Seattle/King County
I loves cats and have sung in several choruses.
I have a B.A. in integrated studies, an MSW degree from
the University of Nebraska and I've been published in the following:
The Braille Monitor
Future Reflections
News From Blind Nebraskans
Heartwarmers.com (Heartwarmers Of Love Book)
Petlovers.com
Themestream.com
Fibro Hugs Book of Poems (dealing with fibromyalgia)
and currently publish and edit CATLINES.
Oh, did we say:
...........Loves cats!
Now Jim my wonderful husband, step-dad to Lynden,
Dad to Jaspur, Mikey and Gabrielle, works as a programmer analyst (doing *old* stuff).
Jim enjoys playing the piano, choral singing (We met in a choir!)
and is an unusually patient PURRson.
Jim and I are avid Seattle Mariners baseball fans and I'm a
Nebraska Cornhuskers football fan (Go Big Red) and we both belong to the
Washington Cornhuskers (transplanted Nebraskans.)
"Some humans think we're really weird. We probably are,
and proud of it!
Our kitty-cats accept us just as we are.
We hope all of our visitors will, too."
--Lauren
We have two
cats, Jaspur and Mikey! [They are pictured to the left in their Meowmmy's chair] We
want to honor them and former cats -- Kabootle, Melissa, Ralph, Katie, Lucky and
many others!
(For more about honoring your own former pets, please read more
about Pet Loss Support at the
Seattle-King County Humane Society.)
Jaspur was
adopted from Donna's Clip Joint and Cat House while we still lived in Nebraska.
Mikey was adopted from Hooterville
Pet Adoption Center a few blocks from where
we live now. We encourage everyone to find a pet adoption center near you by
visiting PetFinder.org.
P.S.
We now have three cats. More info about our bobble-head cat Gabrielle coming
soon!
Gabbie came to us through the Cat Clinic. I went to Pet Finders to ask if orange kitties were ever females, or were they usually males? I received an email stating "Yes, orange cats can be female and we have one; three months old."
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Maryah came to us from the Cat Clinic, too. She was a feral kitty who didn't do well in several settings, so they asked if we could take her. She is still skittish, but she loves to be petted. Maryah is a tuxedo cat.
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Time has passed and so has some of my family. In 2006, Mikey was diagnosed with multiple myeloma and kidney failure. He was only six-and-a-half but he died on August 2nd of 2006. We will miss our Mickens. He was the most affectionate kitty ever of any cat I've known!
My husband, Jim, was sick all his life. He had one kidney, which was a transplant. He had serious heart disease and was prone to infection. He was in and out of the hospital for the nearly thirteen years I knew him, but we were happily able to celebrate our tenth anniversary May 30th of 2007.
Jim went into the hospital for the last time in August of 2007, dying on the 19th. Two different infections spread to other organs from his lungs and his heart stopped beating. He had a peaceful look on his face when he passed. Jim was an intelligent, talented, kind, patient person and I will always love him!
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Meriwether Lewis Merryfield was adopted on August 18, 2006, from Hooterville, which is now Homeward Pets. He only weighed a little over 2 pounds when we adopted him, but now he is a twelve-pound long-furred kitty who is the largest of the four kitties.
As of this writing, we have:Jaspur, Gabrielle, Maryah and Lewie!
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here to see more cat pictures.
Please check back frequently; we will keep you updated with their progress.
