March 20

This is our cat, Violet.

She's been my furry little buddy for almost 13 years now. I adopted her from the ASPCA a few months after I graduated from college, and she was my sole constant companion when I lived in an apartment in the months before Adam and I got married.

I've developed a cat allergy in recent years, so our interactions are significantly more limited than they once were, but it's still nice to spend my evenings with her curled up near my feet, just... being. Because sometimes, we all need to take the time to forget our worries and just be.