“Hi, Cute!”

My mother was looking through an old photo album last weekend. “Cute!” she exclaimed when she saw a picture of me as a little girl

Suddenly our cat Sapphire went running over to her. We were all mystified. Nobody knew why she zoomed over to my mom.

Then I remembered that I often call the cat “Cutie.” Sometimes I even greet her by saying, “Hey, cute kitty” or even “Hey, Cute!”

Now her attitude seems to be that her name is Cute. She really is the embodiment of Cute.

When we first adopted her in 2000, she came with a litter of unbelievably cute kittens, pictured above.

I thought that this CUTE photo would be appropriate to post on Easter, the season of hope, springtime and new life.