All it took was one picture on the HOPE website, and I was in love with this cat.  Stewie stole everyone’s heart the minute they met him, and kept us all in stitches with his antics – he was SO playful.  He patiently let me dress him up for photos like a lunatic, and snuggled like crazy, doing my favorite “face-boops”.  I called him my little “pirate”, and he instantly filled a void we didn’t even know existed.   Gone too soon, he will always be in our hearts.