Kate had a cat when I first met her. When the cat passed she said she would never have another as the pain of them passing is too great. One month later, to the day, we went to the Humaine Society, Kate saw a kitty she wanted in an advertisement. We went there to get this cat, she said that she should get another so this one would have someone to play with. We looked around and found two more that seemed to like us. Kate asked which we should get, assuming I would not want to get three, they were seventy-five dollars apiece,, I asked her how we would decide and then asked why we had to decide, why not get all three. Since then we have had at least three cats and as many as eleven at one time. We are now down to six, I think they help her with the illness she has as they are fun to watch and get to know. We sleep with at least three of them and sometimes as many as five, they get me up in the morning and put me to bed at night. They are a delight.