We had a cat named Smokey but I was a toddler so I don't remember much about him. I think he ran away. Then when I was 4, we got a kitten and named her Kristy and she was with us until I was about 17. Then, it's a funny story, but I was on probation at the time and my probation officer was looking to re-home his elderly cat and since our families knew each other before he became my probation officer, he asked if we wanted him. So that's how we ended up with Snowball and we had him until about a year and a half ago when he died. And then about a year ago when mom was scrolling through Facebook, a friend of our family posted that someone had abandoned a kitten on her porch and she posted a pic of the kitten and asked if anyone wanted her because she didn't, so that's how we got Layla and she's currently sleeping on her favorite blanket! Lol I also had a dog named Roxie in my teens and she was our neighbor's dog's best friend and even tho she's died now, Luna (the neighbor's dog) still comes over, so we buy dog treats for her.