Claws for Concern
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Lessons Learned from My Cat
By Donna L. Roberts

A beating heart and an angel’s soul, covered in fur.
~Lexie Saige

My husband and I had just purchased our first house together, so we were eager to spend the weekend cleaning it out and fixing it up. The place was a tiny two-bedroom fixer-upper and we could hardly wait to make it into a cozy home.

My mother-in-law Denise had volunteered to do the heavy scrubbing indoors, leaving my father-in-law to do handyman repairs throughout the house. My husband and I would work on the fence and yard. We would be leaving our black rescue cat Squeakers indoors with them until she got used to the place. We didn’t want the cat outdoors with us yet, possibly running away or accidentally sticking to the fresh coat of paint on the fence. (Keep reading)