This week's Angel Animals Story of the Week is about finding comfort with a cat who showed up at exactly the right time and place.

AN ANGEL CAT AT THE GRAVESITE
By Shawna Marzett

In 1999 I was pregnant with my son, and he was due in April 2000. A couple of weeks before I was going to have him, he passed away. This was very tragic for my family and me.

I was not doing well after my loss. We decided to have a funeral and to have my son Dorian buried at a cemetery in Santa Rosa, California. That way, I could go and visit him every day.

Then one day while I was crying on the hill at the cemetery, I looked over my shoulder and saw a gray tabby looking at me from the bushes. For three weeks the gray cat returned to watch me everyday.

One day, I drove up the hill at the cemetery and found the cat sitting by my son's grave, waiting for me. I walked over and sat down next to him. This is how our relationship started.

Each time I went to the gravesite, the gray cat would be waiting there. So I started feeding him twice a day. I made him a shelter in the trees by my son's grave, and we would meet there, rain or shine. I named him Sir Boy. He is my dear angel. He saved me from so much sadness.

Last year Sir Boy got sick. I paid a thousands dollars for his surgery and finally decided it was time to bring him home. I think he might be eleven years old. He has adjusted well to the home life.

I still visit my son. Because I have Sir Boy with me in my bed every night, safe and healthy, I only go once a week now.

BIO:
Shawna Marzett lives in Santa Rosa, California. She is 36-years-old and works as a nursing assistant at a local convalescent hospital.

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT:
Have you ever met a stray animal who found a way into your heart?