Sometimes you open your heart and a 4-legged furball walks right in... [View all]

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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The sounds of a kitten meowing had passengers in a parking lot at Portland International Airport very concerned — and for good reason — they feared the cat may have been trapped inside a car parked in the lot. Several people called police dispatchers to report hearing the kitten’s meow. The calls started coming in Tuesday night and continued into Wednesday morning…. Early Wednesday morning, the crews placed food on a piece of paper beneath the car — thinking the cat may have been hiding in the engine compartment or a wheel-well. Eventually, the kitten crawled out from somewhere underneath the vehicle. As crews approached, the kitten darted off…. As for the kitten…after it ran away Wednesday morning, crews continued routine patrols into the afternoon. They used a small, well-placed trap with tuna where the kitten was last seen, which “[soon] seemed to do the trick.”…. The kitten is now being cared for by an airport employee.

The best part of this story is that the “airport employee” is me….

Say hello to Sjón (pr. “Shoan”- his namesake is an Icelandic poet), the newest member of our family. He came into our lives rather unexpectedly, but it’s a feel-good story that even the local media picked up. I mean, who doesn’t love a kitten, right? Especially one rescued the circumstances Sjón faced.

A number of people have said kind things to and about me for giving the kitten a home. While I appreciate the sentiments, I’m here to tell you that selflessness was way down my list of priorities when I first met Sjón. I’ll own the truth that it was TOTALLY a selfish act on my part, one that Erin was kind enough to indulge. I fell in love with Sjón the moment I laid eyes on him, and when the folks in the PDX Operations office mentioned they were looking for someone to give a wayward kitten a home, I was all over it. As far as I was concerned, NO ONE else was going to be taking him home.

I love animals, and I’m a sucker for cats and dogs. Some who know me believe (not without reason) that I enjoy animals more than people. They’re much easier to get along with, and (though cats often have their own agenda) their affection can be much more genuine and open. No one who knows me is surprised that I’d readily take a stray kitten in so impulsively. Some of the best decisions in my life have been impulsive…and I’d take another stray or two in if I thought Erin would be on board. She probably wouldn’t be, and that’s OK; she’s the sensible one. I tend to be the emotional and impulsive one…which explains why I was the one walking through the airport with a cat carrier Wednesday evening.


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