OK... Where do I start. We are animal lovers always have been. We had a cat named Sylvester. He was 10 years old, He had never been sick or in any trouble. We got him when he was 6 weeks old. Well needless to say he died suddenly of kidney failure. We were heartbroken when we had to put him down. I told my husband I didn't want anther cat or kitten. So when we went to the vet I asked him if he knew of a place that we could donate all of our beloved cats belongings... the vet said "Don't do it yet, you will find a place in your heart for another" at that time I said "no, I am in to much pain" but he said well if you really want to do it he said their was a place in Ruskin called CARE. That was on July 9.

Well never in my life have I came home to an empty house, well I mean empty meaning animal-less (if that is a word)... It was very hard, I would feel an excited feeling when we pulled in the driveway and then a big let down when we walked in and no cat... So I had decided maybe we needed another one or two... but I wanted kittens from a family. I also wanted brothers. So my husband and I said maybe at Christmas time we would get one or two because our jobs were off for a week or so and we would have time for them to adjust. So I was curious of the shelter CARE so I looked it up on the Internet, I have heard bad things about shelter animals and really had no intentions of adopting even though I felt so bad for the animals. A lot of people told me the animals are there for a reason. It is almost like buying a used car with someone else problems. But like I said I went to the website and right on the homepage was this cat that was so photogenic and I thought he is so cute, I even showed my husband his picture and said "Isn't he cool looking" and my husband agreed. Well I looked for kittens and at the time none were available.

So a week later I went to the site again to see if there were any kittens and still no, but the first cat on the search was "Oscar" I told my husband this is a sign every time I go to the website he pops up... he just laughed and went on his way. Well I found myself telling family and friends about "Oscar" and lots of them told me its a sign go get him... I just laughed and said "Its too early. We are gonna see how things go at Christmas time."

Well the next Thursday July 29th I picked up the local once a week paper at the end of the driveway on my way to work. I arrived at work early so I decided to look thru it before work. You would never believe who was in the paper... "Oscar" so I took a picture of him in the paper and texted my mom and said "OMG look who is in the paper today" she sent me back a text and said "Just go get him" So I told my husband "This is a sign, I am working a half a day and going to get him"

So I went and picked my mom up to meet her new grandson... I told her on the way if he doesn't want anything to do with me I am not taking him home. Well when we got there there were many cats in the room. He was running around with the others but was interested, from a distance. So I fell in love... They had a hard time getting him in the carrier, one of the people there acually told me he isnt gonna be a "lap cat". Little did she know he was sleeping in my lap in a week.

Well since he got home he got given a new name. He is now "Roscoe-Peecoe-Train" and he was meant to be here. My mom said she new the first time I talked of him he was gonna be the one. He definitely has a different personality than the one we lost, but I love him and wouldn't want to not have him.

Let me tell you a little about him. He will be 1 in December, he talks all the time, he is a only child LOL... he has lots of toys (and he plays all the time). He has one special Grey mouse he LOVES... we got him a new kitty condo that almost goes to the ceiling and he loves it. His funny game is if you throw his Grey mouse up on top of his kitty condo he looks at you with wide eyes (like what are you doing, I guess his mouse if afraid of heights) and rescues it, but he brings it back to you. You can throw it 10 times in a row and he will get it every time. When he is tired he lays down next to it on the top.

I am so glad I adopted "Roscoe" life is much better these days, he brings out the kitten in me and my husband...

THANK YOU
Kevin, Michelle and Roscoe Williams

P.S. I had a very hard time sending just one photo... so i made a collage and also included a photo of our cat that brought us to you R.I.P. Sylvester... gone but never forgotten...