Heather Cattle

## Heather Grace Cattle

**Heather Grace Cattle** was Chilli Heeler, Brandy Cattle, and Mort Jr. Cattle's mother. She was Mort Cattle's wife. She died from blood loss after giving birth to her son.

## Appearence

Heather was a Red Heeler - Australian Shepherd mix, with a tan-cream body. She had 3 orange spots on her chest and a large orange spot on her back that ended on her arms. She has an orange tail, with a tan-cream tip. She has orange legs, with tan-cream hands. Heather has red-orange spots on her face, with an orange ring lining them. She has one red-orange ear and one tan-cream ear. She has three darker cream-tan freckles on her muzzle, and her inner ears are light orange. Heather has lighter red-orange hairs on her face. She had longer fur on her face and feet.

## Personality

Heather was a very kind person. She commonly gave away her time and things to people who needed it more than her, which is why she became a pediatric nurse. Heather also knew to be honest, and especially towards her kids.

## Backstory

### Childhood

Heather was born to a farming family and had many siblings. Her father never paid much attention to her, as he already had 4 other daughters.

Heather loved the horses her family owned and was always seen talking to them and taking care of them. Her favorite horse, Argo, was her star horse. She would ride her for shows almost every week and won tons of prizes with her.

### Teen

While traveling to a rural town for a horse show when she was 17, she met Mort. At first, she thought he was kind of annoying. He was loud, and followed her almost everywhere. But he also was kind, and funny, and showed her beautiful places in town. Mort was also kind to Argo, which really won her over. He asked her on a date the day before she left, and she agreed. That night, they went to a creek and star-gazed. It was then that Heather truly fell in love with him.

When Heather returned home, she told her mother about Mort. Her mother was overjoyed and told Heather to keep her updated. Just like that, life returned to normal for Heather. She and Mort would exchange letters over the months, and eventually, he came to visit her again.

Heather's father was very judgemental of Mort, and questioned him over dinner. "Where does your family come from?" "Do you have a job?" "How are your grades?" "Can you drive a car?" And so on. Heather made sure to comfort him afterward, though.

Sadly, Argo died when Heather turned 18. It impacted her pretty heavily and caused her to shut herself off from her family for a few months.

When Mort was drafted for the war, she was extremely distraught. This plus Argo's death caused her to gain depression.

### Young Adulthood

Mort proposed to Heather when they were 22 after he returned from Vietnam, and she accepted. They had a moderate wedding, with a lot of attendees. Heather and Mort decided to move into a new house near Brisbane, but still in the bush. Heather started college for nursing, while Mort went to trade school.

At 23, Heather found out she was pregnant. Heather was overjoyed and excited to start a family. Mort was a little more nervous though, as he knew his family had problems with infertility.

When Brandy was born, Mort was ecstatic. He showered her in gifts and bragged about her to anyone who listened. Heather was also very happy, but fatigued from birth, Her doctor told her to go on bed rest, which she wasn't very happy about but agreed that she needed it. She also graduated university, and got a job as a pediatric nurse.

4 years later, Chilli was born. Heather became weaker than before and had to be put on bed rest for a month. While on bed rest, she decided to start sewing again. She created blankets that her daughters still have to modern day.

When Chilli turned 2, Heather bought 2 horses. They were named Chesnut and Peanut, and let her daughters learn to live with horses.

### Adulthood

When Heather gave birth to Mort Jr.2 months early, she lost too much blood and died.