Heidi

       It has been about ten year now since Heidi joined my family. When mom first brought her home she was so small! My mom was at the school cleaning her class room for the summer and as she was walking to the car, she heard a meow in the school. She looked all around and then saw three guys, that were getting ready to wax the floors, cornering the kitten. They didn't know how to handle the situation, so mom went and picked it up. The poor thing was scared to death and very dirty. We suspect that it wasn't long after leaving her mothers side that caused all this.
       My mom brought her home to us that day but didn't want her in the house long with Jesse just yet since she needed to be cleaned and treated first. Mom and dad spent a little time at the church, which was next door, trying to get her cleaned up. When they brought her back, I took charge of feeding her. We then had to decide on a name. We figured that since Woody was Jacob's cat and had ran away, that we should let Jacob choose her name. When we would put her down to let her explore, she would constantly run and hide. So Jacob named her Heidi.
       Jesse and Heidi never really did get along very well. Jesse didn't want to share the food or the territory, but she did put up with her for the most part. They mainly just stayed out of each others way. It was pretty easy to do so when Jesse was outside most of the time, whereas Heidi hates the outdoors. She had given the outside world a chance at the wrong time. We just got back from a grocery run, and as we were bringing in the goods, Heidi had ended up outside. We didn't realize it for a little while that we hadn't seen her since we got back. We looked everywhere and then it dawned on me that she could have gone outside! I was so scared we had lost her, but when dad opened the back door, Heidi bolted back inside. We all were laughing so hard and we're so happy that she was ok and back to us. Ever since then she really hasn't had much interest in going out there again.
Heidi continues to live in Michigan with my mom, dad and brother. I miss that little goofball, but now I have two of my own. Love you Heidi <3