Last year, my husband and I adopted an older cat from a pet shelter, and she has made our lives even happier! We’d originally planned to find a kitten to raise together, but once we got to the pet shelter and spent several hours looking at and playing with cute kittens, we didn’t connect with any of them. Of course, kittens are energetic and curious, but we didn’t feel like any of them were particularly interested in us, and something about taking an uninterested kitten home didn’t feel right (even though they were SO precious and sweet!). So, we walked around the shelter and looked at older cats, not thinking anything would come from it.