Her name is Coco, and she came into my life on June 16.
Still a kitten, she appears to be a Maine coon mix. She has big feet, black and grey fur with a mackerel pattern, a bushy tail and an assertive personality.
My black and white tuxedo cat, Ariel, died Aug. 31, 2021.
We adjusted to having one cat, a 5-year-old calico named Peanut. We developed a routine of extensive morning pets, and then Peanut spent most of her days in her bed on the couch. It was nice, easy.
But when my daughter Zoë came home for the summer — she is a junior at N.C. State — we decided that maybe we were ready for a new member of the family.
Zoë happened to be getting a coffee one day at Bold Coffee in Asheboro, and she noticed some pictures posted by a barista of