Melissa was incredibly sweet and affectionate. When I picked her up, she would lean back, and gently pet my face. For many years, she would come up to me at bedtime every night and "ask" to spoon with me (by kneading and tapping my shoulder). She'd come up next to me, then lay down just under my chin. She would let me hold her paw in my hand, which is unusual enough as it is... then she would spread her little paw "fingers" out and interweave them with mine, and hold them, purring intensely.