14 piped up to “Love is…”

1. RebeccaS Posted: Dec 6th, 2009 at 9:48 am

   1 Aww, that’s adorable. And also funny for the laser eyes, especially Shadow’s rather piratical squint.

2. Maria Zannini Posted: Dec 6th, 2009 at 12:10 pm

   2 They are so sweet together. It’s nice they have each other now.

3. Ann Posted: Dec 6th, 2009 at 2:13 pm

   3 That’s almost too ridiculously cute!

4. theo Posted: Dec 6th, 2009 at 2:18 pm

   4 Awww… I’m way too emotional this year. I teared up at this one. Too sweet.

5. Maili Posted: Dec 6th, 2009 at 3:39 pm

   5 Aw, so sweet. And I love the photo! (Sorry for being slow, but which is Shadow and which is Alana?)

6. AztecLady Posted: Dec 6th, 2009 at 4:14 pm

   6 Author Comment Alana is the yellow lab hugging Shadow. The rest of the story (which is unbearably sweet to me) is this: Six or so years ago in September a black “feral” cat started following me when I walked my two large dogs (Alana and the late Laika, a German Shepherd mix) around the property at night or very early in the morning. Little by little, this cat became friends with them, rubbing against their legs and noses in greeting and calling to them. It took a few weeks before she let me touch her and longer before she came inside. Once she did, we discovered she had been spayed and declawed and, as far as we could guess, abandoned when her owners moved. My kids took one look at the unrelieved black coat and named her Shadow. She’s sweet, playful and loving–and I think she believes she’s a dog. Either way, she and Alana have been sisters and best friends from the beginning.

7. theo Posted: Dec 6th, 2009 at 4:36 pm

   7 Well, now you did it! *leaves to grab kleenex*

8. Jill Sorenson Posted: Dec 6th, 2009 at 5:45 pm

   8 Aww! That is way too cute. Love it!!

9. Janet W Posted: Dec 6th, 2009 at 7:03 pm

   9 Loved it! Thank you AZ for a picture I’ll treasure in my memory. It made me think ~ Give peace a chance. The lamb lying down with the lion. Why can’t we all get along … sometimes I think animals are so much smarter than humans!!!

10. Alisha Rai Posted: Dec 6th, 2009 at 11:56 pm

    10 OMG. That’s so freakin cute. And what a sweet story! Thanks for sharing.

11. Anya Howard Posted: Dec 7th, 2009 at 12:08 am

    11 Aww, they’re so darling!! Isn’t that wonderful they are so close, too. I let my kids have a peek at the picture and they laughed because our black cat’s eyes always turn out with that same “demon glow” whenever he gets photographed LOL

12. Jace Posted: Dec 7th, 2009 at 4:51 am

    12 Too cute! Much love to both of them.

13. maddie Posted: Dec 7th, 2009 at 4:09 pm

    13 When ever I see pictures or hear a story like this I think of how stupid we humans are, we can build machines that take us up into the atmosphere, but yet we as a race can not even get along with each other, here you have two different animals that are basically not so friendly towards each other, and one Alana is giving comfort to shadow. Sad that we humans take our difference and build a bridge to nowhere.

14. vanessa jaye Posted: Dec 8th, 2009 at 12:55 am

    14 Awww,what a sweet story, and I just love the pic.