Photos by Darleen

07/07/2025

06/11/2025

He doesn’t have a name—or maybe he did, once.
A name whispered while being petted, a name he heard while running through a living room. But that name was lost somewhere between a closing door and a human who stopped looking back.

This cat was abandoned. Not because he was sick. Not because he was aggressive. No.
Just because he was different.

His paws are wide. Too wide, some say. Not “normal.”
People looked at him with suspicion, as if his body made him a mistake. As if his unique shape was something to be ashamed of—a flaw, something to hide. And one day, someone decided he no longer deserved a home. That he would scare people. That he would never be “like the others.”

So they left him.

He waited. For a long time. Right where they dropped him.
Every sound of footsteps, every car door, every window creaking open made his heart race. But no one came back.
He understood, little by little.
That this time, it wasn’t a game.
That this time, he had truly been forgotten.

But he didn’t give up.

He kept going.
Kept searching for a patch of shade, a drop of water, a kind hand.
He still approached humans, always with the same quiet question in his eyes: Will you reject me too?
His gaze is vast. Deep. Full of things he’ll never say.
He doesn’t ask for much.
He doesn’t want anyone to marvel at his difference.
He just wants to be loved. To be seen—truly seen.
To be accepted, not in spite of his paws, but with them.

Because he has never judged anyone.
He has never hated.
He still trusts.
He still approaches, gently, with dignity.
He was born this way.
It’s not a mistake. It’s not a burden.
It’s just who he is.
An extraordinary cat—in every sense of the word.

He doesn’t need to be pitied.
He needs to be welcomed. With love.

One day, someone will open the right door.
And on that day, there will be no more “different,” no more “too big paws,” no more abandonment.
Just one heart beating against another.
And a simple, powerful sentence: You are perfect. Just the way you are.

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Early morning Ice crystals

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