Who ever knew our family when I was a little girl knew about us, that we loved pets. We had all kinds of pets and I grew with a huge love for them.

I always wanted to own a dog or a cat, and ever since I live my own life as an adult, I always had a pet.

Now, as a single mom, I still cannot say no to a cuddely, furry little thing that needs a home.

It started with Foofoo, the little mixed dog, who was just about the size of my palm when I got him. The cutest thing ever. He used to sit in my coat's packet and come with us wherever we went. He used to sleep with me and so hebecame my shadow, who fallows me event to the toilet today. He got bigger and no longer can come with us to many places, but he still is very cute.

About a year later I fount a kitten. Street cats in Israel are as common as pidgets in Italy. They are everywhere and people don't care for them. This one was surounded by children one morning when I was leaving the house. They were standing in a circle and only God knows what were they doing with the little one, but I simply walked thru the circle and without even stopping I grabed the kitten and kept on walking with him. In the tiny apartment I can barely afford I knew I just cannot keep both the dog and a cat, so I decided that I will release him that evening. But it was winter, and mamma cat was no where to be found, so I couldn't let him go. I tried four times to leave him outside, but I always ended up taking him back home. Knowing that I don't want to keep him, I didn't want to kive him a name, so I just called him "tzitza"  - "kitty" in Hungarian, which is my mother tounge. Every time I let him wonder around outside and waned to see him again I called out : "tzitza, tzitza, tzitza", and he came running with his tail high up, and trusting eyes, calling back :"miou, miou".

How could I let him go? Of course he stayed, almost three years now that Tzitza is a part of our family.

Foofoo and Tzitza grew up like brothers, and they share a wonderful love for each other. They probably think I am their mom, and they both sleep with me at night.

The fish came about a year ago, when my neighbor wanted to get rid of a beautiful plant she didn't know how to care for. I took the plant, and placed it in an over sized glass vase, leaving all the roots visable, and I added all kinds of colorful lake fish into the water. It is the highlight of the living room, and every one entering the room compliments on the idea. Of course Tzitza being a half street cat, he is happily snacking out of that vase every now and then, so the fish need re-fills in about every two months, but they are cheap, and I cannot blame the cat for being a cat.

In about two weeks ago we fount this female dog outside. She is a mix but I can tell she is a rotweiler mix. Very smart and loving, and I know she was some one's pet, thown out for osme reason. She understands every instruction she gets, and she listens too. The only problem with her is that she runs away, and doesn't come back for hours, when no one knows what she is doing. I don't want ot keep her, since our rented apartment is not even big enough for my son and I, and I really have no founds to care for another dog. Especially one this big.

But she is the only pet who loves my son more than she loves me, and my son is crazy about her because of this. Every time she runs away I am hoping she would not come back - but she is smarter than that.

I called her Mamma, because she is th only female among the pets. Between us, if she'll continue to run away like this, one day she will really become a mamma. I will probably go crazy when that happenes.........