Small & Simple Things: Sponge Bob

Throughout the years, my parents have had feral cats adopt them. They are usually too scared to come near us, but they will gladly accept the dish of cat food my mom sets out for them. Many times they've had kittens. If we handle the kittens soon enough they become friendly.

One Sunday Brian and I came home and saw 4 kittens on our front porch. 3 white ones and one gray one. The momma cat was fairly friendly, and she didn't seem to mind us picking up her babies. We named them Sponge bob, Patrick, Squidward, and Gary. The grey kitten was Gary. The other three we couldn't tell apart very well.

One sad afternoon we found Gary dead. The kittens and the momma were very skinny. We thought maybe they had worms so we gave them worm medicine. A few weeks later Squidward died. My sister in law's sister took Patrick and renamed him Ferris.

So now it's just Sponge Bob. Hayden loves him. He calls him his kitten.