Sharon Digre spent the first ten years of her life in a tiny town close to the North Dakota-Canadian border. Then, she moved with her twin sister and parents to a huge seven-county area called "The Twin Cities," or Minneapolis / St. Paul Minnesota. It was a sudden culture shock to say the least. To her everlasting astonishment, Sharon's mother allowed her to buy a kitten (a house cat!) from the local pet store. Kitty changed everything, making the odd new home and all the foreboding of that noisy and enormous city warm and inviting!