'I know that's why Oscar sent her to us': Couple grieving their 20-year-old cat spots his identical twin on vacation, and weeks later makes a 13-hour round trip to bring her home for good

We believe in the signs of the Cat Distribution System.

Imagine you had a feline friend for two whole decades. That's practically forever in cat years. It probably means you raised a cat from infancy, as a tiny kitten, all the way to a sweet senior cat. By that point, you and your cat have spent so many years together that it's hard to imagine your life without them. But that's the thing with raising cats - we know they're here with us only for a short time. For them, it's a lifetime. But for us, it's a shortened version of a life cycle. And saying goodbye to a cat is hard.

But then comes the Cat Distribution System. They know your grief; they know how heavy it is, but they also know you took care of a cat for so long, and so beautifully… so they send you another cat. A new cat can heal the hole the previous cat left behind, and the Cat Distribution System knows it very well. That's why many people who went through the worst and lost their cat are sometimes awarded a cat who seemingly came out of nowhere, a gift from the universe. And that's exactly how Rocket, the cat below, was adopted. And not just that - she looks just like the cat of 20 years the couple who adopted her had before her.

Cats help people through grief, and this case is no different. But also, there's something about helping another soul in need that elevates our own. This couple might've been down, trying to distance themselves from the situation by going far away, trying to have a vacation from it all. But here comes a cat who's identical to the one they've just lost. Is it a coincidence? We think it's the work of the Cat Distribution System. They tried to heal themselves by distancing themselves from where they lost their cat - but without realizing it, in a seemingly coincidental situation, they were met with another cat who needed the same kind of help.