Steven Helmer Publications

My name is Apollo. And, as you can probably tell from the picture below, I'm a cat. I've never done anything special, like rescue someone from a fire, save someone from drowning or protected my house from burglars. Instead, I'm just an ordinary house cat living with a family in Wisconsin. My average day consists of sleeping, eating and occasionally playing with one of my toys. My favorite activity is crawling into my mother's lap each night when she sits down to watch a movie on TV. However, while I consider myself an ordinary cat, I also know I'm a lucky cat. This is because, nearly 16 years ago, things weren't like this at all. When I was younger, I didn't have a family. I was a stray. And, ultimately, I ended up living in an animal shelter in Pennsylvania. Life in the shelter wasn't horrible. The people there were good people, and they took good care of me. It just wasn't the same as having a family of my own and I was lonely. The worst part was I...

I figured there would be times when the two of them would fight. And, I was right about that though, fortunately, it seems to be mostly play fighting. What I didn't expect is their insistence on doing this in the most inconvenient places. This includes our bed in the middle of the night, when we are trying to sleep. And, I'm not just talking the foot of the bed either. I'm talking right on top of us as though we were some sort of lumpy wrestling ring. But, I guess I can't complain. They could hate each other and be drawing blood.