Behind every cat story is a cat purrson: Meet Ayala and Cassie of I Can Has Cheezburger

The useful part

I never imagined the cat I adopted as a broke student in my mid-20s would become my daughter's childhood cat, but here we are. I knew I wanted to adopt a cat, but Cassie dropping into my life still feels like chance. A classmate of mine followed her closely, even tried to reintroduce her to mama, but to no avail.

How it works

• She ran to me, snuggled inside my hands, searching for warmth.
• My classmate took her in, despite the dorm's strict no-pet policy, and posted on Facebook that she needed to have this tiny kitten adopted ASAP.
• Most of her fur was gone because of a skin condition, and she was thin, despite having a round worm-belly, and her eyes had all problems possible.
• As if saying, "I still have life in me, I want to make it." A few days later I could finally adopt her for good.
• Months of vet visits and intensive care finally made her healthy, and she grew the sleekest, shiniest black fur coat I've ever seen.

Details worth keeping

She wasn't named yet, and had a very different life. She was born to a stray cat on my university's dorm premises. She was the tiniest and sickliest of the litter, making mama abandon her.