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It started with a meow.<\/p>\n

On a hot Saturday in Brooklyn, I was about to begin my afternoon run when I heard it: \u201cMeow.\u201d A slim black-and-white cat was staring up at me from the sidewalk. I feed the cats in my neighborhood<\/a>. This one was shy, always hanging back and waiting for me to leave before eating. Today she seemed different, insistent about something.<\/p>\n

\u201cMeow!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is it?\u201d I asked. \u201cAre you hungry?\u201d<\/p>\n

Suddenly she darted down the driveway, stopping next to my car. She meowed again. That\u2019s when I noticed a black lump on the ground. It looked like one of the shingles that sometimes blew off the roof in a storm.<\/p>\n

\u201cMeow!\u201d It wasn\u2019t a shingle. It was a kitten! His fur was a dusty black with several patches missing. Both his eyes were closed, crusted over with some kind of nasty gunk.<\/p>\n

Good thing I had my running shoes on. I ran inside to fetch a dish towel from the kitchen, scooped up the weak little guy and left him bundled in a shoebox on the floor of my bathroom. Then I ran to the pet store for kitten formula and a bottle. I spent the rest of the day with the kitten<\/a> in my lap, feeding and cleaning him up. He looked even worse up close. The gunk sealing his eyes shut was greenish\u2014probably infected. I used cotton balls dipped in warm water to wipe the layers away. When he was finally able to crack open one watery eye, he fixed me with what I know was a grateful gaze. Me? I fell in love.<\/p>\n

The next day, the vet confirmed that the kitten was only about four weeks old and his eyes were definitely infected. Soon, with the help of an antibiotic and regular feedings, he started to look like a real cat. I didn\u2019t name him at first, thinking I probably wouldn\u2019t keep him. I was a recent college grad<\/a>, living in my grandfather\u2019s house with my cousin and juggling freelance writing jobs. Who knows where I\u2019d be living in a few months or if I could even afford to take care of this cat?<\/p>\n

Yet I didn\u2019t know if I could bear to give him away. We had a connection. \u201cHe and I are from the same neighborhood!\u201d I told my friends, only partly joking. \u201cFrom the same block, even!\u201d I grew up in the house across the street from my grandfather\u2019s. The kitten and I had both started our lives in Brooklyn, on Desmond Court. Desmond\u2026<\/i><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think Desmond\u2014Des, for short\u2014thought he wasn\u2019t mine, even for a minute. Over the past year, he\u2019s grown into a friendly, talkative cat, one that even self-professed dog people have been won over by.<\/p>\n

And the cat that brought me to him? I haven\u2019t seen her around much since. I\u2019ve often wondered if Des was her kitten or if she just sensed he needed help and knew who to call. All I know is, I was the one who was called. There was definitely a reason for that. Des and I were meant to be.<\/p>\n

Did you enjoy this story? Subscribe to <\/em>All Creatures<\/a><\/strong> magazine<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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