My wife and I have been married for 15 years, our 9th cat is now 2 years old.

We started with my two, and her two. Magic (1), Carmen (2), Max (3), and Paddy (4).

We lost Magic and Carmen (siblings) when they were 15. Then Paddy.

We took in Whisper (5), as a stray, then got Rocket (6) and Keanu (7).

We were forced to downsize and limited to two cats. Our son was attached to Max, and took him. He later died from cancer.

Whisper DEMANDED the outdoor life and was adopted by a horse farm where he was hit by a car.

When we bought a house, two of our neighbor cats had litters so we took in Lorelei (8) and Willow (9).