We’ve talked before about the fact that some of us are crazy cat ladies (or gentlemen) and how—although the phrase used to be negative—we wear our crazy cat lady badge with pride, right?
In my mind a crazy cat lady has one or more cats. She loves those cats with a passion and cares for them diligently. She might help neighborhood cats and volunteer in some way to help cats even if it means getting dirty and doing unladylike things (cleaning litter boxes or sitting in a stand of trees or near a refuse 
center watching for the injured cat she wants to help). She donates cash and items to further the health and safety of cats. She educates the public through articles, books, blogs, presentations, magazines, and more.
She might seem to overbuy cat toys and treats and cat trees, build walks and perches all over the house for her cats, allow four or five cats to sleep on her bed with her, put off finishing a task because a cat wants attention… Am I describing 
you? You might stop on the freeway to help a frightened cat, spend more time petting a shop cat than shopping in the establishment where he lives, feed a stray, send Christmas and greeting cards with cats (guilty!), enclose a picture of your cat in the card (guilty), post pictures of your cat on your blog almost daily (again, guilty). Yup, crazy cat lady.
Sure there may be the “Crazy Cat Lady” of yore out there. You may know one who hoards cats, keeps a low profile (isn’t sociable), can’t keep up with the litter boxes and allows the cats to demolish the home while living in squalor. But I’m here to tell you that is no longer the common stereotype. I’m wearing my Crazy Cat Lady badge with pride.
