Stardust hasn’t had a magical life so far. In fact. The powder-gray tabby, at just nine weeks old, has likely used several of her proverbial nine lives already. Stardust, her mama and sister were shivering, huddled together outdoors, when some kind-hearted people noticed them. Mother Nature had given Mama kittens in the wrong season, a season when kittens freeze.

Mama was trying to save Stardust, but, without help, she would have failed. Now the grateful little family is in the shelter, warm and safe but still homeless. Of course, this is the season of hope. Maybe, somehow, Mama and Stardust sense that.

And maybe the out-of-season, tiny miracle, Stardust, survived for a reason. Maybe she’s meant to bring magic to a family who needs her.