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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Business
Ashley Stimpson

When her ‘soul cat’ died, she was bereft. Now she designs memorial jewelry to help others with pet loss

woman sits on floor of kitchen next to cats
Katie Teixeira, the owner of Fallen Whiskers, with her cats, Eve, Cash and Rey. Photograph: Faith Ninivaggi/The Guardian

In 2010, Katie Teixeira adopted a kitten found all alone in an abandoned house. The kitten – so tiny she fit in the palm of Teixeira’s hand – needed to be bottle-fed every few hours. For weeks, Teixeira set her alarm for middle-of-the-night feedings and drove home on her lunch break to care for the kitten she named Milo. As the cat grew, so did the connection between them.

“We just bonded,” Teixeira says. “Like mother and daughter.”

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