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The Man Behind the Cats

By Franny Syufy, About.com

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A Home of Our Own

Photo of Asa and Puff

Asa and Puff

Photo Credit: © Franny Syufy
Quickly fast-forwarding: After graduating from high school and two years of college, we married and moved into our first rented home. It was a cottage, really, no larger than about 400 square feet, but we both knew there was plenty of room for a cat.

Our first cat was Puff, a longhaired white kitten. Asa loved that kitten so much, and we took her everywhere with us on a little leash. On weekends, we would go to Foster Freeze and Asa would buy Puff her own little vanilla frosty cone and hold if for her while she enjoyed a few licks. (Little did I know then that many decades later I'd be celebrating white cats during Valentines' Day month!)

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