The first time I saw our Kai was when I was driving on the 4 lane boulevard

that runs past our neighborhood.

She was a scrawny adolescent that was running at full speed

across all 4 lanes of heavy morning traffic.

I was screaming at the top of my lungs as I watched her,

terrified for this skinny black cat.

Somehow she made it through the traffic and up the grass

on the other side and hit someone’s back fence at full speed,

bounced off, shook her head and hopped up over the fence to safety.

Whew!

About a week later,

that scrawny black cat showed up in our backyard, hungry and stressed.

After a while, she came to trust us and show her loving side.

We brought her inside and named her Kai (thinking she was a boy).

When we took her in for a neuter,

the Vet informed us she was a female and had a spay scar – oops!

Kai’s nickname is ‘Mama Kai’.

When she takes to a little one she’ll bathe, snuggle and defend that kitten,

just like their own Mama.

No one ever claimed our girl and we are so very thankful she is part of our family.

So that is the story of our Kai.

Isn’t she brave, beautiful and amazing?