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I was brushing Apple this morning, and I noticed a gray hair. At least I think it's a gray hair. 

Apple is all black, except a small batch of white on her stomach, and about four white hairs on her neck. So when she rolled on her side, the one gray hair was very noticeable.

When I adopted her, she was aged at 3 years. That was a year ago. The staff at the SPCA of the Triad took an educated guess based on her teeth. But, like I said, it's a guess. So she could be much older than we think.

I've never known a cat to turn gray. Julian, my oldest, is a gray and white cat. So I'll never know with him. Libby is my second oldest at 8, but she's a gray tabby, so it may be just as hard to notice on her.

I know a number of dogs who have gone gray, mainly on their muzzle. It can come with age, or, from what I've heard, stress in their owner's life. Maybe that is where Apple got her gray hair.

I'm turning 30 in March. And the thought of me entering a new decade is turning me gray. Maybe she has sympathy graying.