JoAnn and Pretty Girl

Hi Purr Project Readers,

Obviously, I’m dictating, but I can assure you this is my story.

It was Christmas Eve, 2011 and I was a Purr Project candidate for adoption at the Paradise Farmers Market. There I met the daughters of JoAnn Duperrault, who was to arrive later that day from the USA. They decided I would make a purr-fect surprise for her birthday!!! Following JoAnn’s arrival there were several of us in a car headed towards Mayto and I was in a carrier hidden amongst the other bags. I was trying to be quiet, but I was feeling a bit nervous and started to call out. JoAnn kept asking what the sound was and the others told her it was coming from the wheels of the car, lol! Unable to keep the secret any longer, JoAnn and I were introduced during the ride and we soon became fast friends.

Ten days later, my new adventure of living in the USA began. For six years we lived in a lovely condominium in Florida on the water very close to the airport, just the two of us. This had been JoAnn’s home for more than forty-four years, until last February when we decided to try a new lifestyle settling into an independent living community in a suburb just outside Boston. The change was nice, but not purrfect, so after eight months we decided to make another lifestyle change. Three weeks ago, JoAnn and I settled into a sunbathed condominium, close to the airport and on the water just like our home in Tampa, but this time in lovely Puerto Vallarta! In any good relationship there is give and take. I lived in the USA and now JoAnn will live in my hometown. I’ve come full circle and am very happy to be back where it all began. Meow!