Our pets have given me a lot of love. When our old cat, Seuss, died, I was very upset. I didn’t really think I would want to write a column about him, but I am emotionally much better now.

Seuss came to us on a fall day. I remember how I was nervous about him. I’ve never really dealt with cats before. My Mom went inside after he came up to our porch; she had already fed him, and he showed up frequently around the neighborhood. When she went in, the cat started to walk around me, and rub his head against my ankles, I had no idea that that was how cats communicate. I was scared he was going to bite me or something. Looking back it’s really a funny memory!

But as time went on, he became an incredibly friendly pet; we all loved him dearly. My Mom, she is a cat person, claims she hasn’t seen many cats like him before with that much love in them.