I said that after I lost Merlin, I would never allow a cat that deep into my heart....it hurt too bad...it killed me to lose Merlin...but...now Gus (our big orange baby) has been in our lives (Amber and I ) for 5 months...not all that long...but long enough to fall totally in love with him. Amber just adores him...the first thing she says when I get her up every morning is..."Gus???" ....she wants to know where Gus is. And when she finds him, she grabs him and kisses him..they just adore each other.
She calls him Gusser , so that is his new name...I pray nothing happens to him...because getting my heart broken (Merlin) is one thing, but having her heart broken would be way worse.