6A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL APRIL 25, 2018
Miss Wings with her captivating owl-shaped green eyes, featured
weekly in the Tips 'n' Tails photo, passed at the age of 16. She lived
a miraculous life, one that people dream about. She was the only
surviving kitten born in Boston to a mother who had lost seven
litters. On her birth day, her sibling was still born; so when the
breeder, Linda, saw another kitten presenting breech she helped the
mother deliver it by pulling its tail assuming it, too, was dead. This
action saved Miss Wings' life but broke her tail off creating the cut-
est little puffy-bunny tail.
I was recuperating from a health issue and announced to my
family, "All I want for Christmas is a Silver Persian kitten." Friends
and family searched trying to fur-fi ll my heart's wish, but no one
found any kittens. All I received was a red sweatshirt with a Silver
Persian kitten inside a Christmas stocking stating, "Santa, please
bring me a kitten."
Linda previously read my Christmas Miracle book; so the day
after Christmas, she phoned and offered the tailless kitten thinking
that no one would love her more than me. She was paw-sure-ly
right, because soon thousands would also love the tiny kitten.
I asked on my "Angels and Miracles" internet newsletter for help
fl ying the 'miracle kitten' to Cottage Grove. A woman volunteered
to drive it cross-country and a pilot fl ying from Maine to Seattle
offered to bring the kitten. Two separate fl ight attendants offered
their help, and one business woman offered to combine fl ying and
driving to get Miss Wings to me. However, a fourth woman in
Maryland, Vivian, was determined to be the carrier of this miracle
kitten when her boyfriend gave her $400 to treat herself to some-
thing nice for Valentines day. She purr-omptly bought a plane ticket
and hand-delivered Miss Wings into my waiting arms, in front of
her fi rst of many TV cameras.
My 50,000 newsletter readers have watched "our" kitten grow
through stories and photos.
Miss Wings name is derived from her winging across America,
and after Monica, in the Touched by an Angel TV show. For exer-
cise, we walked the mile into town with her leading the way in her
harness. When she tired, I carried her in a pretty pink Easter basket.
She married Mr. Wings and gifted us with triplets, known as the
Winglets: Whyspurr, Myster E., and Nymbus.
The fur family became famous for teaching swimming and were
featured in international newspapers and magazines, Animal Planet,
Must Love Cats, many TV stations, and books. Her son, Nymbus,
fl ew to New York in April 2012 and swam on Anderson Cooper's
show!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3KfoZ9VVXU And http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VVk7Wt7w0Q
Amazingly, the artist of the kitten Christmas sweatshirt contacted
me and featured Miss Wings and the Wingletts on other shirts. I've
seen people wearing them on many occasions!
Always ready for an adventure, Miss Wings visited Canada 12
times and stayed at friends' homes in Oregon, Washington and BC.
She loved sitting on the front dash watching the scenic views, and
we bought two vehicles based on, "Will Miss Wings feel comfort-
able and not slide off the dashboard?"
At home, she loved her outside "cat castle" watching birds and
gifting us with various bugs and garden snakes. She genuinely wel-
comed the foster cats we nurtured for the humane society.
She survived the horrifi c Chinese melamine pet food poisoning,
which weakened her in her senior years. On the eve of Easter, we
saw that she was struggling with her health; and our last gift of love
was releasing her from her adorable-furry self into the waiting arms
of Angels.
Our little Queen left delicate paw prints on the hearts of her fam-
ily, human and two surviving children (Whyspurr and Myster E.),
and her readers. She was lovingly buried in her cat castle next to the
catnip. She was and now always will be an angel using her wings
and fl ying with the Angels and napping on their laps.
There were many miracles in Miss Wings' life. Her legacy is that
dreams come true and miracles happen.
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