Missy’S Babies

By JoAnn Hill

Missys Babies begins when a very skinny and frightened cat appears in the neighborhood. The cat hides under the bushes and runs from people when they get too close. After befriending the cat and convincing it to come into the house, JoAnn Hill determines that it is a girl and decides to call her Missy. JoAnn tries in vain to find her owner, but no one claims her. Gradually, she becomes part of the family.

One day, they notice that Missy is gaining weight. After a visit to the vet, they realize that she is pregnant. Although the family was reluctant to take in one cat, they cannot turn her away when she is expecting a litter of kittens. The birth of five kittens provides many exciting adventures for JoAnn and her husbandand Missy too!

As the babies get bigger, JoAnn notices that one of the babies is as small as a mouse, and the vet suggests that it may not live. But Dinky, newly named because of her size, is determined to survive. Missys Babies is the heartwarming story of what happens when you open your heart to a situation and discover that there is a place for every living creaturesometimes in our own hearts and homes!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Inspiring Voices
• Release date: Jun 28, 2013
• ISBN: 9781462406487

JoAnn Hill

JoAnn Hill lives in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. She was raised on an Iowa farm and loves animals. She is married and has one son. She taught elementary school for twenty-five years and has been a Red Cross Disaster Services Volunteer for more than ten years.

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Inspiring Voices rev. date: 6/25/2013

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One beautiful day in May I was out watering my flowers and noticed an unfamiliar cat between my neighbor’s house and mine. She was a pretty cat and I had not seen her before but didn’t pay much attention to her. Over the next week I saw her again and again, I began to wonder if she had a home. I tried to get close to her but without success. Then I put out food and water because I couldn’t stand to see her all alone. After a few days of giving her food I was able to get up to her and saw that she was very, very thin.

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My husband and I talked about what to do because we really didn’t want another cat. We