By skyforbes 
After only two weeks, she gave birth to a litter of five kittens in the corner of my office! Four girls and one big boy. Since we hadn’t had a chance to socialize the mama (who we have named Lucy) with our three other cats, we had to divide the house using a temporary fence. We also turned part of our newly-renovated basement into a full kitten nursery. I named the litter after my favourite sumo wrestlers, and they lived up to their namesakes! These babies loved to playfight and wrestle (and eventually, to climb pants). They were silly and wild and sweet.
We kept the kittens for 10 weeks, before seeing them off to good homes – four of them in two pairs, and one to a home with nice older cats. It was more difficult to let them go than I thought it would be. We watched them being born, and saw them open their eyes for the first time, and take their first wobbly steps. We cleaned a lot of messes, and collected a lot of little scratches, and missed a lot of sleep. It all happened so fast, and then it was over. There were a few days when I cried, after they had left. I miss them. But I’m so happy we were lucky enough to have the opportunity to give them a good start.
Mama Lucy will be staying with us now. She’s barely out of kittenhood herself, and she was more than ready to retire. She’ll be getting spayed in a few weeks.