Angela Rafuse

She was my grandmother’s best friend and when she passed away, my grandfather took care of her for the next year before he passed away, he wouldn’t put his name on the list for a nursing home knowing nobody would take the cat, who has the grumpiest meow I've ever heard.

Then so many people started sharing stories with us about how their grandparents' cats ended up in shelters and how their grandparents worry about what will happen to their cats or their dogs because there’s nowhere to take them, i've worked at a nonprofit for the past four years so I thought, it should be pretty easy to find resources to help these people. Nothing existed that empowered a senior and helped them arrange this and empowered their family. Everything was just shelters.

She's still grumpy, she's developed a really special connection with my dad, and I know my dad loves that because she's the last thing he has of his parents.