We have had such wonderful cats. Critter and Buttsky were with us before we had kids. Then came Dickens who lived to be 20+ and lived in 5 states with us. He was our indoor/outdoor guy and brought love presents of bunnies and snakes! He also put up with 2 young children. Then we had Twidgett and Herman who were siblings. Herman was so dumb (honest) that when he came home as a kitten, he had to watch Twidgett to know what to do!! But that Herman was a love. If anyone sat in the recliner for over an hour, he'd be there to check them out and make sure they were okay. After one surgery, he stayed on the arm of the recliner until I recovered! Twidgett was a clever girl and my sewing companion. Miss my cats, but life is in a different stage now.