{"id":19825,"date":"2026-03-11T08:20:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T08:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/how-a-cat-can-change-your-life\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:08:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:08:41","slug":"how-a-cat-can-change-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/friends-and-family\/pets\/cats\/how-a-cat-can-change-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"How a Cat Can Change Your Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In my life &#8220;before Ginger,&#8221;  I never really cared for cats.<\/p>\n<p>When I first met my future wife, she informed me that she had a cat\u2014Ginger\u2014that she had rescued several years earlier from a local animal shelter. When we started dating I rationalized that as long as the cat stayed at her home it would be fine.<\/p>\n<p>The time finally came when I asked my future wife to marry me, and luckily for me she accepted my proposal. During the time we were dating I hadn&#8217;t really been around Ginger. My wife had never pushed me to get to know her, knowing that I was not a cat lover by any stretch of the imagination. When my wife informed me that Ginger was going to be moving with us to our new home in another state, I put my foot down and said &#8220;over my dead body.&#8221; No way did I want that cat living in the same house as me\u2014but we reached a compromise&#8230;and the cat came with. <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\" size-full wp-image-37203\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC01667.jpeg\" style=\"width:250px; height:188px; margin:5px; float:left\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC01667.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC01667-340x255.jpeg 340w, https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DSC01667-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>At first, both Ginger and I did everything we could to avoid each other. She hid under the bed and only came out when she thought I was asleep. If I happened to catch her looking my way, I would shoot her a mean look. But one day as I was sitting on the couch watching television, Ginger ventured out from her hiding place. She sat by the couch looking up at me, innocently.<\/p>\n<p>She was probably calculating in her head that I wasn&#8217;t going anywhere\u2014and the more I thought about it, I knew for sure she wasn&#8217;t going anywhere. I patted my hand on my lap. In less than a second Ginger jumped up on that couch and planted herself on my lap (which by the way is now her favorite place to take a cat nap).<\/p>\n<p>I could go on and on about all the things I told my wife that the cat would never, ever be allowed to do\u2014like sleeping on the bed or jumping on the couch; or the things that I would never, ever do\u2014like cleaning her litter box or feeding her. Of course, that was then. <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\" size-full wp-image-37204\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/RudyGinger.jpeg\" style=\"width:250px; height:188px; margin:5px; float:right\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/RudyGinger.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/RudyGinger-340x255.jpeg 340w, https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/RudyGinger-600x450.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Five years later I can tell you that I have never loved or cared for an animal as much as I love and care for <em>that <\/em>cat!<\/p>\n<p>Ginger is quite the character. She has brought me much happiness and calmed me down in many ways. All those things I said she would never, ever do when she came to live with us, well, she is doing them. And I am doing all those things I said I would never, ever do&#8230;and more. Funny thing is, I don&#8217;t mind it one bit.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Rudy Fourzan, Jr., Murrieta, California<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Has your cat changed your life? <a href=\"mailto:Inspireus@guideposts.org?subject=Love%20Dem%20Cats\">Tell us<\/a> your story!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my life &#8220;before Ginger,&#8221; I never really cared for cats. When I first met my future wife, she informed me that she had a cat\u2014Ginger\u2014that she had rescued several years earlier from a local animal shelter. 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