Samuel (Sammy/Sam)

by Mel
(Atlanta, GA)

I got him from my local animal shelter as a 7-week old kitten. My girls wanted me to call him Milo from the series "The Adventures of Milo and Otis". As I rode home with him from the shelter, I kept looking at his soft eyes and beautiful shiny orange-striped fir and couldn't have stood it if I called him Milo! He needed something softer. I remember how much I had loved Patrick Swayze's character in the movie "Ghost", and his name was Sam. When I looked over at my new kitten, I said, "Hey Sam!" I knew that would be the name he'd have for the rest of his life. He is now 10 1/2 years old. We usually call him Sam, but Sammy when we're being playful and Samuel if we are angry at him, which isn't that often.