This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship

This is the first picture I took of Lionheart, taken in July of 2010. This is how I met him.

I had put Cecil’s old cat tower out for recycling (you can see its best days were behind it). Later, I found this orange tabby/tuxedo cat had claimed it. I nicknamed him Orange Man. At first, I thought he was a stray, so I brought some food out to him. It wasn't …