Table of Contents
Introduction ix
1 On Love
Stubbly Dooright Marty Becker, D.V.M. Teresa Becker 2
Oscar, the Garbage-Can Kitty Kathleen Kennedy 7
My Mother's Cat Renie Burghardt 10
Music-Loving Tabby Beverly F. Walker 15
Coco's Cat Sheila Sowder 19
The Power of Love Barbara (Bobby) Adrian 23
"Child" Proof Valerie Gawthrop 26
The Uncles Bonnie Compton Hanson 30
A Perfect Match M. L. Charendoff 33
Conversation with a Cat Hoyt Tarola 38
Always Room for One More Roberta Lockwood 43
Disney's World Toni Fames 47
What Was That Sound? Maryjean Ballner 52
What I Did for Love Linda Bruno 57
2 Celebrating the Bond
Beautiful Music Steve Dale as told to Amy Shojai 62
That's My Cat Mary Knight 67
The Wisdom of Socrates Syndee A Barwick 72
Saving Private Hammer Rick Bousfield 78
Billu the Beauty, Henry the Hero Cori Jones 83
The Cat Burglar Marty Becker, D.V.M 86
Ling Ling Theresa Dwyre Young 91
The Ashram Cat Shirley Harmison 96
Ariel and Pongo Keiri Glynn 100
Reunion Karen S. Bentley 102
Can You See Me? Dena Harris 108
Mayor Morris M. L. Charendoff 111
Trash-Pickin' Kitty Marie D. Jones 115
Volunteer of the Year Edi dePencier 118
To Find a Friend Vanni Cappelli 121
3 A Furry Rx
Laser, the Therapist Nancy Kucik 130
Five Hundred Flowers Bev Nielsen 134
A Dickens of a Cat Gwen Ellis 138
Puffin's Gift Jennifer Gay Summers 143
Friends for Life Silvia Baroni 147
Nurse Mima Natalie Suarez 152
Peace for Pickles B. J. Taylor 156
The Cloe Cure Marlene Alexander 161
Angels Among Us Vivian Jamieson, D.V.M. 165
The China Cat Mary Bryant, V.M.D 169
4 Cat-Egorically Wonderful
Catch of the Day Patti Schroeder 174
The Cat Man Roger Dean Kiser 181
Serendipity Amy D. Shojai 186
Panther and the Pigeons Barbara Vitale 192
The Cat's Bill of Rights Michael Ruemmler 195
The Ins and Outs of Cats Betsy Stowe 197
One Smart Cat Rebecca A Eckland 199
Jaws, the Terror Carol Shenold 204
The Cat Who Brought Us a Bottle of Wine… from the Popes' Private Reserve Michael McGaulley 206
In-Flight Movings Lisa-Maria Padilla 210
Comedy Pet Theater Gregory Popovich 213
Ringo, the Hero Cat Carol Steiner 217
5 Cats as Teachers
Clueless About Cats Carol Kline 222
For Every Cat, There Is a Reason Lisa Duffy-Korpics 226
Warm Rocks and Hard Lessons Joan Shaddox Isom 232
Beginning Again Harriet May Savitz 236
Solomon's Smile Sharon Melnicer 240
What Willa Knew Kate Reynolds 244
Learning with Roscoe Ellen Perry Berkeley 247
Time with Marky Joanne Liu 251
6 Farewell, My Love
A Postcard to Fremont Catherine Johnson 256
Angel Cat Lesléa Newman 261
Full Circle Andrea Rolfingsmeier 265
The Long Good-Bye Jeanne Marie Laskas 269
Walking with Ace Edie Scher 273
Patches Carolyn Hams 276
The Bell Tolls for Annabelle Madelyn Filipski 278
The Funeral Linda Mihatov 282
Merlyn's Magic Lori Hess 284
Ring of Fire Sara Wye 289
A Cat's Gift of Faith Claudia Newcorn 293
7 Rescue Me!
A Miracle Called Faith Heather L. Sanborn 298
Black Jellybeans Dorian Solot 304
Persian Love Daniela Wagstaff 308
My Life as a Midwife Brian Baker 312
The Kitten Who Saved His Mom Elizabeth Doyle 316
Bogie's Search for His Forever Home Lorra E. Allen 321
Alley's Gift Lori Pitts 325
Romeo and Juliet E. V. Noechel 330
Happy Endings Janet Mullen 333
8 One of the Family
Elvis Has Left the Building Marie D. Jones 338
A Tale of Two Kitties June Torrence as told to Hester J. Mundis 341
Etcetera, Etcetera, Etcetera Sharon Landeen 345
Machiavelli Susan Hasler 348
Training Camp for Wheezy Tom Schreck 350
The Call of the Lobster Susan Isaac 357
Jingle, Jingle Dena Harris 360
Confessions of a Cat Hater-Who Got Lucky Marshall Powers as told to Hester J. Mundis 363
The Gift of Acceptance Anne Marie Davis 368
Learning the Rules Jane Lebak 372
George Washington Cat and Family Peggy Seo Oba 375
Who Is Jack Canfield? 380
Who Is Mark Victor Hansen? 381
Who Is Mary Becker, D.V.M.? 382
Who Is Carol Kline? 383
Who Is Amy D. Shojai? 384
Contributors 385
Permissions 395