Our little Chazzie is 14 years old today. We brought him home in August 2009 to be a playmate for a young Riley. John found the ad for him on Craigs List. A young couple had just had a baby and 4 month old Chaz was given the boot. His original name was Tasmanian. He was a little happy active healthy kitten but those people thought he was a devil?
I had thought we would name him Charlie before we saw him but we compromised on his name and Tasmanian and Charlie were smushed together to make Chaz.
Funny story about our Chaz meetup: We had been looking for a while for a kitten to be a companion for Riley. But the right kitten wasn't appearing. We had already decided against 2 other cats. On the way to meet the man who was offering Chaz, John kept reminding me that we needed to not just accept any kitten. It had to be the "right" kitten. I agreed.We arrived at the apartment complex and phoned the man that we were in the parking lot. He said he would be right down. John and I paced in the lot. I remember John was a few yards away from me when all of a sudden I heard "Awwwww" and saw my husband - the one who was so skeptical and promised to be the careful one - reaching out to this little orange furball and cradling him. Chazzie had found his forever home. He and Riley became instant friends from that day forward.
Happy birthday, sweet boy!
