Introducing Miss Sniffles, The Princess of the Pride

Black Friday 2007. It's about 3:00 AM. I awake to the sound of animal noises under the window near the head of my bed. Thinking it's the family of Opossums that treks through my yard from time to time, I figure it'll solve itself. 4:00 AM ticks by, still the sounds persist. With pillow over my head I watch as 5:00 AM, and then 6:00 AM ticks by. Finally the sun is up. I throw on my cloths and go hunting for the sound.

It's fall, and there are a lot of dead leaves in the back yard. But I can hear it. I just can't see it. As I gently brush away the leaves up against the brick wall of my house, I find her. A small kitten, barely big enough to cover the palm of my hand.

Miss Sniffles (2015)

NAP ATTACK

Miss Sniffles (2017)

I bring her into the house, bundle her up and feed her a little milk until I can get her to the vet. He finds that she has a respiratory infection, but otherwise is healthy. So, with medicine in one hand and a new fur ball in the other, I take her home to meet her new fur family Milo and Halo.

Because of the respiratory infection, when ever she purrsss, her nose runs. This is how she became known as Miss Sniffles.

Miss Sniffles (2021)